Custom installation planning app for carpentry firms
At a carpentry firm, installation is planned in the office but carried out on site. The foreman needs to know where he is tomorrow, which window frames, staircases or glazed façades are going in, and what has already been delivered. Appfront builds an app for the foreman and the crew: the daily schedule and drawings on the phone, hours, photos and snags on site, and handover with signature, linked to the planning in the office.
What is an installation planning app for a carpentry firm?
A carpentry company makes window frames, doors, staircases or glazed façades in the workshop and installs them on site. The office plans which crew is where and when, coordinated with production, delivery and the contractor's progress. But the work happens outside, with the foreman and his crew, who need to know what is expected of them.
At many companies, the foreman gets his schedule through a message or a phone call, and the drawings arrive on paper in the post. He only finds out whether the materials have been delivered once he is on site. Hours are written down at the end of the week, a damaged frame is reported with a photo in a group chat, and snagging items are jotted on a note that gets lost. The office only sees what is happening outside when it is already late.
We build an app because installation happens on site. The foreman sees his schedule and the drawings per element, records hours, photos and snagging items there and then, and has the contractor sign off the handover. For planning crews, production and delivery at the office we have separate software, and the app and that software share the same model.
Schedule in your pocket
Daily schedule and drawings per element.
Recorded on the spot
Hours, photos and snagging items.
Handover signed off
With the contractor's signature.
How we build your installation planning app for carpentry companies
We start with the foreman: how does he currently receive his schedule and drawings, what does he need to record, and where do things go wrong between the office and the site. Then we define which data goes from planning and production to the app, and what comes back. We often start with the daily schedule with drawings and hours recording, because that saves time every day. Photos and snagging items, and the handover with signature, follow after that. We test the app with one or two crews on real projects before all crews use it. After that, we maintain the app as your way of working or your systems change.
Schedule, drawings and recording.
What goes out and what comes back.
Schedule, hours, snagging items, handover.
Trial with crews, then maintenance.
What an installation planning app for carpentry companies actually does
The components below appear in almost every installation planning app for a carpentry company. Which ones you need depends on your crews and projects.
Daily schedule
Per crew and project.
Drawings
Per element.
Delivery
What is already there.
Hours
Per project, per day.
Snag items
With photo and owner.
Delivery
With signature.
Who we build an installation planning app for carpentry companies for
The app is intended for carpentry companies with their own installation crews or regular installation partners. The more crews and projects, the more it delivers.
Joinery manufacturers
Many crews. Getting the schedule out to site matters.
Window frame makers
Many elements. A drawing per element matters.
Staircase makers
Custom work on site. Photos matter.
Installation companies
For factories. Hours and handover matter.
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This page is about the app for the foreman and the crew. For planning crews, production and delivery at the office, see our page on installation planning software for carpentry companies, for measuring up beforehand our page on the measurement list app, and for the factory as a whole our page on carpentry factory software. You can read about our approach at custom software development.
Why Appfront for your installation planning app for carpentry companies?
A schedule by phone call, drawings in the post and snagging items on a note cost a carpentry company repeat trips, forgotten repair work and a late invoice. That is what we build on: schedule and drawings in your pocket, recording there and then, and a handover that is signed off.
Fewer calls
Schedule on the phone.
Nothing forgotten
Snagging items with an owner.
Faster invoicing
Handover signed off.
Security and privacy in an installation planning app for carpentry companies
The app processes data on projects, contractors, employees and their hours. Access is set up by role: a foreman only sees his own crew's projects, and every entry is logged with who made it and when.
The app and the underlying environment run in a European data centre, with encrypted storage and daily backups. We record the processing in a data processing agreement.
Frequently asked questions about an installation planning app for joinery companies
Questions joinery firms ask before they start on this.
The software is for the office: planning crews per project per day, aligned with production and delivery, and showing the contractor when installation takes place. The app is for the field: the foreman and the crew who carry out the planning and record what happens. They can be built together, in which case they share the same model.
Yes. The planning and drawings are loaded onto the phone beforehand, and hours, photos and snags are stored until there is signal again. That way the crew can carry on as normal, even in a basement or a concrete shell.
Yes, if that data is available. The app shows per project which elements have been delivered and which are still on their way, so the crew doesn't drive to the site for nothing. Where that data comes from is something we look at in the first step.
The foreman records a snag with a photo, a description and the location, and indicates who needs to fix it: the crew itself, the workshop or the contractor. The office sees the snags per project, and they stay open until someone signs them off.
Yes. At the end of the installation the foreman walks through with the contractor, records any snags, and the contractor signs off on the phone. The signed handover goes to the office so that invoicing can go ahead.
Yes, if you need that. Hours per employee, per project and per day go to the office for post-calculation and, where you want, to the payroll system. Which integration is needed is something we look at in the first step.
On iOS and Android, on the foreman's phone or a tablet in the van. Drawings are often easier to read on a tablet, but the app works on both.
Installation planning on the foreman's phone?
Tell us how the foreman currently gets his planning and drawings, what he records, and how the handover works. We'll show you what the app looks like.