For build-to-order shops doing $5M–$15M
I build one custom dashboard that wraps the way you already run jobs, inventory, and quoting — real-time job status, reorder alerts, no more re-keying. Software you own. Not a $30k ERP that makes you change how you work. Not a rented spreadsheet a consultant can walk off with.
No pitch. I'll map exactly where your hours and margin leak — you keep the map either way.
A dashboard built around your shop — sample shown
Job status lives on the wall. When it's wrong, nobody finds out until a customer calls. As you add jobs, the wall stops keeping up.
Numbers get re-keyed from QuickBooks into Excel, from Excel onto the board, from the board into a quote. Every hop is a chance for an error — and it's usually you doing the hopping.
A job quoted on a guess that loses margin. A reorder nobody caught until the line stopped. Inventory you carry "just in case." None of it shows up as a line item — it just quietly bleeds.
For a shop around $8M, that quiet leak adds up to roughly
~$95,000 / yr
Conservative math — built from the low end of every published range.
Sources: Parseur, Struto, APQC, POWERS, JMCO (manual-entry, rework, carrying-cost & bottleneck benchmarks). Figures are estimates, not a guarantee of savings.
15–20 minutes on how jobs, inventory, and quoting actually move through your shop. I show you where the time and margin leak. You keep that map whether or not we work together.
If it's worth fixing, a short paid scoping sprint turns the teardown into a fixed plan: exactly what the dashboard does, what it costs, and when it's done. No moving targets, no surprise invoices.
I build one dashboard around your existing process — job status, reorder alerts, quoting, the QuickBooks numbers — and it goes live on your floor. Hosted, supported, and yours. Most shops earn the cost back in under two months.
| A big ERP NetSuite, etc. | A low-code consultant Airtable / Retool | What I build JobFloor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $25k–$40k+ first year | $1.5k–$5k, then $300–$2,000+/mo rising per-seat | $15k build (founding $10k) + $600/mo |
| Fit | You change your process to fit it | Bends to you — but it's their account | Built around how you already run |
| Ownership | You rent it forever | You rent it; if they leave, it leaves | You own it. It runs on your terms |
| Time to live | 6–12 months | Weeks, but fragile | ~3 weeks |
| If the builder walks | Locked into a vendor + integrator | Tool can break, data held hostage | Hosted, documented, supported — yours |
The difference that matters: this is production software your shop runs on, not a rented spreadsheet someone can walk off with. You own the thing your jobs depend on.
The teardown costs you nothing and you keep it regardless. No call is a sales ambush.
The $1–2k scoping sprint lets you see how I work — and get a fixed plan — before the build. If the scoped tool doesn't do what the plan says, you don't pay the balance.
For shops that fit, I'll build a mock dashboard for your shop and walk you through it in a 3-minute video — before any call. You judge the work, not a pitch.
The $95k figure is built from the low end of every published range, with sources. Even the conservative math makes a $15k build pay for itself fast.
Founding cohort
My standard build is $15,000. Right now I'm taking three founding clients at $10,000 — same build, full attention — in exchange for a testimonial, a named case study, and a reference call. Once I have my three, that rate closes and it's $15k.
If you run a build-to-order shop doing $5M–$15M and you're tired of being the glue, this is the cheapest this gets.
Get my free teardown15 minutes. No pitch. You'll leave knowing where your $95k is leaking — even if we never work together.
Compared to a $55/mo app, yes. Compared to what this replaces — a $25k–$40k ERP, or the ~$95k a year you're already losing to the gap — it's the cheap option. It pays for itself in under two months and then it's just working.
That's usually because the software was built for a generic factory and you had to bend to it. This is the opposite: I build it around the way your shop already runs. Nothing to migrate to, nothing to relearn.
Fair concern with any solo builder. That's what the $600/mo covers: it stays hosted, monitored, and supported, and it's documented so it's not trapped in one person's head. You own the code and the data — it's not locked to me.
No — Desktop is common in shops your size and the dashboard works alongside it. A live two-way sync is an add-on if you want it, but it's not required to start.
About three weeks from a signed scope to live on your floor. The free teardown and optional scoping sprint happen before that clock starts.
A couple of short calls so I get your process right, then a review before it goes live. I do the work; you keep running your shop.
Production software you own, built for build-to-order shops doing $5M–$15M.