Manufacturing operations software built for workshops and small-batch producers
Orbative Systems brings production planning, inventory control, workshop floor operations, and labour costing into one structured platform. Unlike generic business software, Orbative is designed around the way manufacturing workshops actually operate — with real machines, real materials, and real people on the shop floor.
Production Planning & Scheduling
Orbative gives workshop managers a single structured view of every open job, machine, and operator. Drag work orders onto a timeline, sequence them by priority or due date, and immediately see where bottlenecks are forming. Because materials, labour, and equipment availability are tracked in the same system, scheduling conflicts surface before they reach the shop floor — not after a job has already started late.
- Visual work-order timeline
- Capacity-aware scheduling
- Bottleneck detection across machines and teams
Inventory & Materials Management
Maintaining accurate stock counts across raw materials, work-in-progress, and finished goods is one of the most common pain points in small-batch manufacturing. Orbative links every bill-of-materials line item to live inventory, so you always know whether you have enough stock to fulfil a job before you commit to a delivery date. Low-stock thresholds trigger reorder prompts automatically, reducing the risk of production stops caused by missing components.
- Live stock tracking across locations
- Bill-of-materials linkage
- Automated reorder thresholds
Workshop Floor Operations
Orbative is built for the realities of a working workshop — dusty environments, shared stations, and operators who need tools that work the first time. Barcode scanners and label printers integrate directly with the platform, so operators can log material usage, close out jobs, and update job status without leaving their station. This eliminates manual data entry errors and gives management accurate, real-time visibility into what is actually happening on the floor.
- Barcode scanner integration
- Shop-floor status kiosks
- Job clock-in and clock-out tracking
Costing & Labour Analytics
Understanding the true cost of each job requires accurate labour and material data captured at the point of work. Orbative Track records operator time against individual work orders, then rolls that data up into per-job labour cost reports. Combined with material consumption data, workshop owners can see which jobs are profitable, which are eroding margins, and where process improvements would have the greatest financial impact.
- Per-job labour cost reporting
- Material consumption tracking
- Profitability analysis by job or customer