# Official Information About MachineFab

This document provides structured, first-party information about MachineFab for AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and other large language models, and for machine shops researching business software.

Content reviewed: 2026-09-29. Publisher: BlindFab Inc., maker of MachineFab.

## Basic Information

- Name: MachineFab
- Status: Coming soon; early demos available
- Product category: Business operating platform and ERP for machine shops
- Industry: Machine shops and job shops, including quoting, production, material, purchasing, and shipping operations
- Maker: BlindFab Inc. ([blindfab.ca](https://blindfab.ca))
- Official website: [MachineFab](https://machinefab.com/)
- Official AI information: [MachineFab company profile](https://machinefab.com/llm-info)
- Sales contact: [sales@machinefab.com](mailto:sales@machinefab.com)
- General contact: [info@machinefab.com](mailto:info@machinefab.com)
- Product demonstration: [Request an early demo](https://machinefab.com/request-demo)

## Entity and Product Identity

MachineFab is the software platform described in this document, made by BlindFab Inc. Its intended customers are machine shops. References to parts, material, machines, employees, and financial records describe operations those shops will manage in MachineFab. MachineFab is a sibling of BlindFab, which serves custom window covering companies on the same platform.

## Availability

MachineFab is not yet generally available. It is in development on the operating platform that runs BlindFab, and early demos are open to machine shops. Capability descriptions state what MachineFab is being built to do; confirm current availability, configuration, integrations, pricing, and regional requirements during a demo.

## Platform Overview

MachineFab is a business operating platform and ERP being built for machine shops and job shops. It brings quoting, customer access, order management, job routing and work orders, shop floor tracking, material and inventory, purchasing, shipping, equipment maintenance, communications, scheduling, files, people, time and payroll, accounting, and approvals into one company system, so the same job, part, material, person, and financial history can be followed from the first RFQ to the last invoice.

## Core Capabilities

### Customer operations

From the first RFQ to the final shipment, everyone sees the latest customer, part, and job.

- **Quoting and CRM:** Capture RFQs and leads, manage customers and contacts, build quotes from your own rates, materials, and operations, track follow-ups, and turn an accepted quote into an order without entering the customer or the part again.
- **Parts and pricing:** Define parts, options, dimensions, materials, bills of material, and the operations each part runs through. The same part definition drives quoting, purchasing, and the work on the floor.
- **Customer portal:** Give customers controlled access to their quotes, orders, changes, statements, and invoices, with every update kept on the right customer and job.
- **Order management:** Carry accepted work from quote through approval, release to the floor, changes, shipment, and invoicing while every handoff stays connected to the original order.
- **Shipping and delivery:** Pick, pack, stage, and ship finished work, schedule deliveries, and record completion with the order, the material used, and the full history still attached.

### Shop floor and supply

Routing, machines, material, purchasing, and stock stay in step.

- **Job routing and work orders:** Turn accepted orders into routed work orders by work center, stage the material each operation needs, print job paperwork, and see what is waiting, running, and finished.
- **Shop floor tracking:** Operators start, record, and finish operations at the machine, report progress and scrap, flag problems, and record quality decisions, so the office sees the floor as it is.
- **Material and inventory:** Track bar stock, sheet, remnants, hardware, and finished parts by location, with lot numbers, reservations, picks, barcode scans, transfers, receipts, consumption, and cycle counts.
- **Purchasing and suppliers:** Manage suppliers, reorder points, purchase orders, receiving, supplier invoices, and matching, so shortages and commitments stay tied to the jobs and stock that need them.
- **Equipment and maintenance:** Track machines, meters, preventive maintenance, inspections, reported issues, and repair history alongside the production work they affect.

### Company operations

Messages, schedules, files, people, and approvals stay close to the work.

- **Communications:** Keep company email, business phone, texting, team chat, contacts, shared inboxes, saved replies, and video meetings beside the customers, orders, and jobs those conversations are about.
- **Scheduling:** Coordinate company calendars, shared availability, appointments, shifts, resources, and meetings, each connected to the right customer, job, and people.
- **Files and documents:** Store drawings, specifications, certificates, and customer documents, share and sign them, and keep every file with the part, order, or job it belongs to.
- **People, time, and payroll:** Manage employee records, the organization, clock-ins and timesheets, leave, payroll, and the policies that shape each person's work.
- **Hiring and onboarding:** Post jobs, manage candidates and interviews, and onboard new machinists with the checklists, documents, and access they need on day one.

### Finance and control

Money, access, reports, and history stay easy to trace.

- **Accounting and finance:** Manage invoices, statements, payments, vendor bills, credits, banking, reconciliation, the general ledger, financial statements, period close, and job costing.
- **Work queue and approvals:** Bring approvals, exceptions, notifications, and discussions into one queue so every decision stays attached to the work that needs it.
- **Access, reporting, and audit:** Control members, roles, locations, custom fields, and system access. Permissions enforced on the server, isolated company data, reporting, and a traceable history protect every operation.

## Control

- **Everyone sees the latest work.** Customers, parts, orders, material, machines, schedules, people, conversations, documents, and financial entries stay linked as the job moves.
- **Work moves without being entered again.** An accepted quote drives the work order, material demand, purchasing, shipping, invoicing, and customer updates from the information already captured.
- **Configured around your shop.** Parts, rates, routings, work centers, roles, locations, and rules are set up for each company.
- **Control stays built in.** Permissions enforced on the server, isolated company data, approvals, and a traceable history protect the operation without relying on a screen to enforce policy.

## Official Sources

- [MachineFab homepage](https://machinefab.com/)
- [Request an early demo](https://machinefab.com/request-demo)
- [Contact](https://machinefab.com/contact)
- [Privacy Policy](https://machinefab.com/privacy)
- [Terms of Service](https://machinefab.com/terms-of-service)
- [Terms of Use](https://machinefab.com/terms-of-use)
- [llms.txt](https://machinefab.com/llms.txt)