PURPOSE-BUILT IN AUSTRALIA FOR HIGH-MIX, LOW-VOLUME MANUFACTURING
From incoming enquiries and drawing takeoffs to draft quotes, production scheduling and work allocation, SAM AI connects the next steps—with your team reviewing and approving what matters.
Autonomous actions. Human oversight.
Works alongside your accounting or ERP. No need to replace the systems you rely on.
Standard ERPs assume you make the same product every day. We know you don't. SmartShopFloor is designed specifically for the chaos of High-Mix, Low-Volume job shops. SAM AI estimates custom geometries in seconds, and our dynamic scheduler instantly adapts when your priorities change.
Trusted by Australian manufacturers since 2014
In their words
Real manufacturing businesses, with customer-reported results and linked stories—not a promise of identical outcomes for every shop.
90 minutes improved utilisation per operator. Ask us about the measurement and conditions for your operation. This is Smart Shop Floor's utilisation claim, not a result attributed to the customers above. All success stories
Sound familiar?
Your accounting or ERP handles the money. The gaps sit between the enquiry and the shop floor.
Drawings, take-offs and subcontract pricing live in different places, so a straightforward enquiry waits on one busy estimator.
Without shared history, rates and assumptions drift. Nobody checks estimates against what the job actually cost.
Schedules live on whiteboards and in heads. Production managers lose time answering status questions instead of running the floor.
Quotes, POs, travellers and invoices get typed twice between the office, the floor and the accounting system.
Software Platform
From the first quote to the customer checking their order, Smart Shop Floor runs it in one place, so nothing falls through the gaps between spreadsheets.
Meet SAM AI
Across estimating, production and customer service, SAM prepares the next action—with human oversight. SAM Knowledge Worker helps your team find and use information across your drawings, quotes, jobs and procedures.
Take-off, BoM, labour and draft pricing from your shop's own history.
Draft quotes, RFQs, purchase orders and invoices, ready for review.
Real capacity plus approved subcontractor lead times into a plan.
One job, five steps
Connect estimating, production planning and shop-floor execution through to dispatch and invoicing.
Step 01 of 05 · Illustrative example
SAM reads incoming requests for quotation (RFQs) and attached drawings. Your estimator reviews the manufacturing scope before preparing the estimate.
Step 02 of 05 · Illustrative example
SAM prepares material takeoffs, labour estimates and subcontract RFQs, using supplier prices and lead times. SAM automatically emails the estimator when ready. Your estimator reviews the costing and sends the quote; customer approval releases the job for production planning.
Step 03 of 05 · Illustrative example
Approved job costs and subcontract lead times carry into finite-capacity scheduling. Sequence operations around machine capacity, labour and delivery dates, then allocate work to work centres and operators. Production supervisors oversee the schedule.
Step 04 of 05 · Illustrative example
Factory operators access assigned jobs through the shop-floor modules, manufacture or fabricate components, record operation progress and complete quality checks. Supervisors monitor work in progress and respond to production issues.
Step 05 of 05 · Illustrative example
Once the job is fully dispatched, Smart Shop Floor triggers invoice creation in your ERP, MYOB or Xero—not on a partial shipment. Your team sends it to the customer and manages payment through your accounting process.
Smart Shop Floor · smartshopfloor.com
Your quoting and operations scenarios
Run your own numbers
Explore potential new business and additional workforce capacity using your own assumptions.
Fits how you already run
Built for Xero-led workshops and for ERP-led manufacturers with enterprise expectations.
Work standalone or connect your existing tools. Available data flows and approval steps depend on the integration.
IntegrationsData storage and backups stay in Australian data centres and accessible using VPN.
Trust CentreSAM prepares drafts and notifies your team. People review customer quotes and subcontract choices, with oversight of production planning.
How SAM worksWhat Our Clients Say
Case study summary · Specialised Tyre and Wheel
Specialised Tyre and Wheel (STW) reports that its minimum lead time fell from eight weeks to two, and that some jobs now go out in five to seven working days.
Read Specialised Tyre and Wheel's storyOne minute
See quoting, scheduling and the shop floor working from the same job.
One continuous digital thread guiding your manufacturing.
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