Software for aluminium fabrication shops
An aluminium fabrication shop juggles 10-30 live projects at once, constant schedule pressure from site managers, profile orders across several suppliers, and mistakes that cost thousands. AluFlow is the first software built specifically for that environment — not a general ERP, not AutoCAD, but a system designed end to end for aluminium pergolas.
The problems that come up in every fabrication shop
We spoke to dozens of shop owners. These are the ones that came up every time:
- “Hours lost to the quantities sheet”: An estimator spends 2-3 hours in Excel per pergola. At 30 projects a month that is 100 hours nobody is spending on anything else — selling, for instance.
- Raw material waste: Without cutting optimisation, 20-25% waste is normal. A shop turning over ₪500K of material a year is throwing away ₪100K of it.
- Production mistakes: A cut list written by hand or in Excel leads to dimension errors. On the floor every error costs twice — in material and in time.
- Slow quotes: A customer calls and wants a price. The estimator needs two hours of design before there is a number. By then the customer has a competitor's quote.
- No visibility for the owner: Who is working on what? How much did project X lose? Excel does not answer that.
How AluFlow solves it
1. Draw a pergola in 10 minutes
A 2D canvas designed specifically for pergolas. Not a complicated CAD package — a new estimator learns it in an hour.
2. An automatic bill of quantities in seconds
The BOQ updates live as you draw. The moment you finish there is a complete materials list, costed against your own price list.
3. 15-25% less raw material
A first-fit-decreasing algorithm minimises offcut waste, so the shop pays its supplier less.
4. A production plan the shop floor can follow
A PDF with the cut list, miter angles and colours. The operator does not have to interpret a drawing — the instructions are explicit.
5. Quotes in minutes, not hours
Finish the drawing → click “create quote” → a professional PDF with VAT and your company logo. Send it to the customer on the spot.
6. Customers, projects and accounts in one place
No separate systems to keep in step. AluFlow includes a customer CRM, project status tracking, and quote management with full history.
What a shop running 30 projects a month gets
- 60-80 estimator hours saved every month
- ₪8,000-₪15,000 a month saved in material waste
- Customer quotes in 30 minutes instead of 3 hours
- Zero production errors traceable to the cut list
- Full visibility for the owner — a dashboard with status, profitability and workload
What it costs
Basic: 299 ₪/month for an independent professional. Team: 399 ₪/month for businesses with sales and operations staff. Enterprise: 499 ₪/month with unlimited users. Full comparison here.
A 7-day free trial — full access, charged only when the trial ends. Open an account and draw your first pergola today.
Prêts à commencer ?
7 jours d’essai gratuit avec accès complet. Le paiement ne démarre qu’à la fin de la période d’essai.