Custom software for sanding capacity and costs
Appfront builds software for the office side of the work in the barn: which operations need to be carried out in the coming season, how much capacity in people and machines that requires, what the work costs per batch in labour, machinery and losses, and how contract processors are settled per operation. We describe the issuing and closing of jobs in the barn on the app page.
What is barn work capacity and cost software?
In the barn, batches are processed: peeling, rinsing, disinfecting, sorting, counting, packing. During the season this involves many people, often temporary agency workers, and a limited number of machines. On the shop floor, crews work with an app for jobs and completion. In the office, the questions are about what comes before and after that: do we have enough capacity, and what did the work cost per batch?
In practice, weekly capacity is estimated in a spreadsheet, and it only becomes clear during the week itself that a machine is the bottleneck. How many temporary workers are needed is ordered on gut feeling. Costs per batch are not calculated, because times, quantities and losses are never brought together. And a contract processor sends an invoice per week, which is checked by hand against their own records.
We build custom solutions because businesses differ: which operations and machines, how many crews and temporary workers, how standard times are determined, how contract processors settle, and which app, batch administration and accounting you use. The actual times and quantities come from the app in the barn, so the planning improves each season.
Capacity ahead
Which operations are coming each week, and whether machines and crews can handle them.
Costs per batch
Labour, machinery and losses per batch, drawn from actual times and quantities.
Contract processors settled
Settlement per operation or unit, checked against what was recorded in the barn.
How we build your barn work capacity and cost software
We start with your season: which operations, which machines and crews, how costs are calculated today, and where things go wrong.
Your operations, machines, crews, temporary workers, contract firms and systems.
Operations per batch across the season, and capacity per week.
Actual times, quantities and losses from the app, and costs per batch.
Settling accounts with contract firms, reporting on bottlenecks, and then ongoing management.
What capacity and cost software for sanding work actually does
The components below come up at almost every business with sanding work. Which ones you need depends on your operations.
Seasonal planning
Operations per batch across the season.
Capacity
Machines and crews per week.
Standard times
Times per operation, adjusted to reality.
Cost
Labour, machines and losses per batch.
Agricultural contractors
Settlement per operation or unit.
Bottlenecks
Where the work gets stuck, per week.
Who we build capacity and cost software for sanding work for
The software is aimed at businesses with a lot of sanding work during the season.
Growers
Your own batches and many operations. Capacity is the core.
Exporters
Sorting and packing for buyers. Costs per batch matter most.
Agricultural contractors
Operations for others. Settlement is what's needed.
Businesses with many temporary workers
Lots of temporary staff. Weekly deployment is the core.
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This page is about the capacity and costs of grinding work at the office. For jobs and completion in the workshop, see our page on an app for processing jobs; for sales of batches, our page on sales and stock of bulb batches; and for contract work, our page on contract work vouchers. You can read about our approach at software development.
Why Appfront for your capacity and cost software for sanding work?
A bottleneck that only shows up in the week itself costs a week's delay in the season. That's what we build around: capacity ahead of time, costs per batch from real times, and contract firm settlements that add up.
No surprises during the season
Bottlenecks show up weeks in advance.
Knowing what a batch costs
Labour, machines and losses per batch.
Invoice matches
Contract firms are settled on what was actually done.
Security and privacy for capacity and cost software for sanding work
The software holds data on batches, employees, temporary workers and costs. Access is set up by role: the planner sees capacity, management sees costs and margins.
The software runs in a European data centre, with encrypted storage, daily back-ups and sign-in with a second factor.
Frequently asked questions about capacity and cost software for sanding work
Questions businesses with sanding work ask before getting started.
It plans operations per batch across the season, shows the capacity of machines and crews per week, calculates costs per batch from actual times, quantities and losses, and settles contract firms per operation or unit.
The app is for the shed: issuing orders, assigning crews and machines, and signing off completion with quantities. This software is for the office: capacity ahead of time, costs per batch and settlement. The app supplies the data the software calculates with.
From the operations each batch needs, the standard times per operation, and the machines and crews available. Per week you can see whether the work fits, and where an extra crew or shift is needed.
Yes. Actual times from the app are compared with the standards. Where they consistently differ, the software proposes an adjusted standard, so the planning improves every season.
Per operation or per unit, as agreed. The contractor's invoice is compared against what has been recorded in the barn, and any discrepancies are flagged for review.
Weekly capacity shows how many people are needed. That gives you a basis for ordering temporary workers on time and in the right numbers.
Check this first. Some packages schedule operations, and that may be enough. Custom development makes sense if you want to see capacity ahead, calculate costs per batch, or pay contractors per operation.
The season planned ahead, with costs per batch?
Tell us which operations you carry out, with which machines and crews, and how you currently plan and calculate. We'll show you what capacity, costs and invoicing could look like.