Nobody knows where a job is
Status lives on a whiteboard, and the office walks to the floor to find out.
Manufacturing software on Zoho
Manufacturing software built around how your factory runs
Replace the whiteboard, the spreadsheets and the retyping with one connected system. Every job, stock move and quality check is recorded once, by the person doing the work, and everyone sees the same live picture.
- Live job status from order to dispatch
- Stock and purchasing figures you can trust
- Quality checks and batch traceability on a tablet
- Connected to your CRM and accounting package
JOB-1042 example
- Order
- Cut
- Weld
- Paint
- QC
- Dispatch
- Invoice
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Tell us how your factory runs
What you make and what slows you down. We reply within 6 hours with questions or times for a call.
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We read every enquiry ourselves and reply within 6 hours, usually with a few questions or times for a call.
- Led by an award-winning Creator developer“Master of Creator”, Zoho Creator Partner Hackathon 2025
- One month of free supportand onboarding after every build
- You own everythingZoho licences and data in your name
- Working withthe US, UK, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East
See it working
Pick a problem. Watch the connected system solve it.
Each example starts with the tangle most factories live with: apps and spreadsheets wired together by hand. Then the integration and AI layer takes over, and the job runs from order to invoice, with status syncing back to sales as it goes.
- Five manufacturing workflows: job status, reordering, bills of materials, quality and delivery dates
- Tap the diagram to pause it, or drag the apps around
- Example workflows that show what can be built, not client results
See it workingAll 90 workflows
Problem
Happening now
Solution
Sound familiar?
Six signs your factory has outgrown spreadsheets
Stock figures nobody trusts
The system says 40, the shelf says 12, and buyers keep a private spreadsheet.
The same order typed four times
Quote, job sheet, dispatch note and invoice, each a chance for a different number.
Quality records in a cabinet
Every nonconformance is written down. Nobody can say whether it is the fourth time.
Delivery dates are guesses
Sales promises a date without knowing what the floor is already committed to.
Nobody knows what a job really cost
The quote said one thing. Materials, scrap and hours said another, and nobody compared them.
What we build
One connected system, one module at a time
Start with the process that hurts most. Each module is useful on its own and connects to the next when you are ready.
Zoho Creator
Job and production tracking
Job cards for every stage of your routing. Operators tap or scan each step done, and the office sees it live.
Production tracking guide Zoho InventoryInventory you can trust
Stock moves posted as they happen, against the job, with cycle counts that keep the figures right.
Inventory accuracy guide Zoho Inventory · BooksPurchasing and reorder points
Reorder levels worked out from real usage and lead times, with purchase orders raised for approval.
Reorder points guide Zoho CreatorQuality, NCR and CAPA
Defects recorded at the station with photos, each with an owner, a cause and a corrective action.
Quality workflow guide Zoho Creator · InventoryBatch and lot traceability
Scan materials in and products out, so a recall question is answered in minutes, not days.
Traceability guide Zoho CRM · Xero · QuickBooksSales to production to accounts
A won quote creates the work order, and the shipment creates the invoice in your accounting package.
Integration guide Zoho AnalyticsDashboards and KPIs
On-time delivery, work in progress, scrap and quoted against actual cost, built from real records.
Dashboards guide Zia · Claude · ChatGPTAI order and document intake
Customer purchase orders and supplier documents read into draft records, with a person approving each one.
AI in manufacturing
What you end up with
A morning view built from real records
Because every record is made at the point of work, the daily view needs no one to update it. It lists what needs a decision, not a wall of charts.
- Operators scan a job card; nobody keys a job number
- One order number follows the job everywhere
- A problem is a record with a reason and an owner
- Your accounting package stays, if it suits you
Your options
Spreadsheets, a manufacturing ERP, or Zoho built around you
There is no single right answer. This is how the three routes usually compare for a small manufacturer.
| Question | Spreadsheets and paper | Off-the-shelf manufacturing ERP | Zoho, built around your process |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fits how your factory works | Yes, but nothing is connected | You adapt to the software | Built around your routing and forms |
| Live job status | Someone walks to the floor | Yes | Yes, operators tap or scan each stage |
| First process in daily use | Already in use | Often months | Weeks, one process at a time |
| Material requirements planning (MRP) | By hand | Built in | Not built in; we say so up front |
| Your accounting package | Stays, retyped into | Often replaced | Stays, and is integrated |
| Changing it later | Easy, and easy to break | Through the vendor or a consultant | Your team or ours, fully documented |
Need full MRP? Read Zoho apps or a manufacturing ERP: how to choose. We would rather tell you before a project than during it.
How a project runs
From first call to a working system
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Walk the process
We follow two or three real jobs from order to invoice and note every retyping and every question.
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Agree a small first step
One process, a written scope, timeline and cost, with a fixed price where the scope allows.
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Build and trial
A working version on one line or bench within weeks, changed in response to the people using it.
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Connect and hand over
Integrations, reports, training and documentation, plus one month of free support after launch.
Our 90-day roadmap from spreadsheets to a connected system sets out a typical sequence week by week.
Company brochure
Everything above, in 12 pages you can share
Our services, how the integration and AI layer works, example workflows, the manufacturing modules, how a project runs and who you will work with. Read it here, or download the PDF or PowerPoint to share with your team.
- 12-page PDF brochure and an 8-slide PowerPoint deck
- No sign-up to read it; your name and email unlock the download
Who builds it
You talk to the developers who build it
No account managers in between. Your project is designed and built by our Zoho developers and led by our CTO, who works on Zoho Creator, CRM, Deluge and integrations every day.
Arunkumar V, CTO
“Master of Creator” award, Zoho Creator Partner Hackathon 2025
- Projects our team has worked on
- 20+
- Client businesses supported
- 10+
- Zoho products used
- 40+
- Free support and onboarding after every build
- 1 month
Figures cover our team’s project experience. See our work for the kinds of systems we have built.
Straight answers
Is this the right fit for your factory?
A good fit if
- You make to order, run a job shop or produce in batches
- Work is tracked on spreadsheets, whiteboards or paper today
- You want the system shaped around your routing, not the other way round
- You already use Zoho, or want one platform for sales, stock and accounts
Better served by an ERP if
- You need full material requirements planning from forecasts
- Your industry requires a validated, certified production system
- You want one vendor’s standard process rather than your own
Questions
Manufacturing software: frequently asked questions
A connected set of Zoho apps shaped around your factory: a production app on Zoho Creator that follows your own routing, Zoho Inventory for stock and purchasing, Zoho CRM for quotes and orders, Zoho Analytics for dashboards, and your accounting package. Each record is entered once, by the person doing the work, and flows to the others.
It is quoted per project. After a discovery call we send a written proposal with scope, timeline and cost before any work starts, and agree a fixed price where the scope allows. Zoho licences are billed by Zoho, in your name. Our project estimator shows typical hours and timelines.
We start with the one process that causes the most daily pain, usually job tracking or quality records, and aim to have a working version on one line or bench within weeks. Other processes and integrations follow one at a time.
Not in the standard apps. Zoho Inventory has no manufacturing module and nothing calculates material requirements from a forecast. Zoho ERP includes manufacturing but is published for India only at the time of writing. If you need full MRP, a manufacturing ERP is the better core, and we will say so before any project starts. Our Zoho implementation for manufacturers page explains what each app covers.
No. If your accountant works in Xero, QuickBooks or Zoho Books, we keep it and integrate with it, so invoices and purchase orders arrive there without retyping.
Yes. Zoho Creator apps run in a browser and in the Creator mobile apps on phones and tablets, so operators can tap a stage done or scan a job card barcode at their station. We design those screens with the people who will use them.
You do. Zoho licences are held in your name, the data stays in your Zoho account, and you receive documentation your own team can maintain.
Yes. We work remotely with businesses in the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East, with working hours that overlap with yours, and reply to every enquiry within 6 hours.
Every build includes one month of free support and onboarding after launch. After that you can continue with ongoing support and maintenance or run the system yourselves.
In narrow, checkable ways: reading customer purchase orders and supplier documents into draft records, flagging unusual figures, and answering questions about your own data. We use Zoho Zia, or Claude and ChatGPT through Zoho MCP, and a person always approves the result. See our AI purchase order intake blueprint.
Go deeper
Guides and blueprints for manufacturers
Guides
Solution blueprints
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Tell us what you make and where the day goes wrong. We will tell you what we would build first, what we would leave alone, and how long it would take.
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- 2A discovery call about how work flows through your factory today.
- 3A written proposal with scope, timeline and cost, before any work starts.
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