Bottom-Line Gains,Banked From Day One
Ferndale Furniture
The wins for Ferndale Furniture
Wellington commercial furniture makers — Empower banked bottom-line gains from the first year and kept adding value for eight years running.
Gains from the first year
Grant MacDonald, Managing Director — "Accurate time keeping and reporting with Empower Software enabled Ferndale Furniture to bank significant bottom line gains as soon as we started using it."
Still paying back at eight years
"Eight years down the track Empower is still adding value." That's the test of production management software — not whether it moves the needle in year one, but whether it stays load-bearing for a decade.
Wellington furniture, measured
Ferndale Furniture build commercial and bespoke furniture out of Wellington. Empower gives them the accurate time data that turns intuition into measurable margin.
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You see gains like Ferndale Furniture's in your first year — or we provide unlimited support, free of charge, until you do.
Faster jobs, greater workshop output — with the same overheads.
Stop losing money to manual tracking and hidden inefficiencies.
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Floors doing more with Empower
20% Increase in Factory Productivity
Sydney commercial joinery — 20% more joinery out the door each month with the same staff. Their consultant estimated the profit lift at ~$220,000/yr.
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Real-Time Issues, Real-Time Fixes
New York millworks — Empower dashboards on 50-inch TVs in the office and workshop show issues live so they get fixed live.
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20% Longer / 50% More Unproductive Time if Removed
Northland joinery — 15 years on paper, then punch cards, now Empower. Going backwards to either would cost 20% longer jobs and 50% more unproductive time.
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25% Faster Average Job Times
A 10-person sheet metal shop grew to 200 staff and $15M+ revenue without losing grip on margin — live time tracking on the floor cut average job times by 25%.
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Manta Marine swapped manual tracking for live visibility of every task — labour hours per job dropped 30% immediately, and they say costs would jump straight back if they turned the system off.
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30% Increase in Productivity
Compass replaced manual systems with live floor visibility — letting management identify bottlenecks and keep staff on the highest-priority task. Output rose 30% with no extra overhead.
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$67,500 Return on Investment
Landquip recovered $67,500 a year by replacing manual timesheets across 15 staff. Touchscreens on the floor cut manufacturing times 20% and downtime 50%.
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Workshop displays paired with Empower let Makaira reshape their production line and cut non-value-added labour — driving a six-fold lift in total production.
Read the story20% Increase in Factory Productivity
Sydney commercial joinery — 20% more joinery out the door each month with the same staff. Their consultant estimated the profit lift at ~$220,000/yr.
Read the storyReal-Time Issues, Real-Time Fixes
New York millworks — Empower dashboards on 50-inch TVs in the office and workshop show issues live so they get fixed live.
Read the story20% Longer / 50% More Unproductive Time if Removed
Northland joinery — 15 years on paper, then punch cards, now Empower. Going backwards to either would cost 20% longer jobs and 50% more unproductive time.
Read the story25% Faster Average Job Times
A 10-person sheet metal shop grew to 200 staff and $15M+ revenue without losing grip on margin — live time tracking on the floor cut average job times by 25%.
Read the story30% Reduction in Labour Times
Manta Marine swapped manual tracking for live visibility of every task — labour hours per job dropped 30% immediately, and they say costs would jump straight back if they turned the system off.
Read the story30% Increase in Productivity
Compass replaced manual systems with live floor visibility — letting management identify bottlenecks and keep staff on the highest-priority task. Output rose 30% with no extra overhead.
Read the story$67,500 Return on Investment
Landquip recovered $67,500 a year by replacing manual timesheets across 15 staff. Touchscreens on the floor cut manufacturing times 20% and downtime 50%.
Read the story6x Total Production Growth
Workshop displays paired with Empower let Makaira reshape their production line and cut non-value-added labour — driving a six-fold lift in total production.
Read the story20% Increase in Factory Productivity
Sydney commercial joinery — 20% more joinery out the door each month with the same staff. Their consultant estimated the profit lift at ~$220,000/yr.
Read the storyReal-Time Issues, Real-Time Fixes
New York millworks — Empower dashboards on 50-inch TVs in the office and workshop show issues live so they get fixed live.
Read the story20% Longer / 50% More Unproductive Time if Removed
Northland joinery — 15 years on paper, then punch cards, now Empower. Going backwards to either would cost 20% longer jobs and 50% more unproductive time.
Read the story25% Faster Average Job Times
A 10-person sheet metal shop grew to 200 staff and $15M+ revenue without losing grip on margin — live time tracking on the floor cut average job times by 25%.
Read the story30% Reduction in Labour Times
Manta Marine swapped manual tracking for live visibility of every task — labour hours per job dropped 30% immediately, and they say costs would jump straight back if they turned the system off.
Read the story30% Increase in Productivity
Compass replaced manual systems with live floor visibility — letting management identify bottlenecks and keep staff on the highest-priority task. Output rose 30% with no extra overhead.
Read the story$67,500 Return on Investment
Landquip recovered $67,500 a year by replacing manual timesheets across 15 staff. Touchscreens on the floor cut manufacturing times 20% and downtime 50%.
Read the story6x Total Production Growth
Workshop displays paired with Empower let Makaira reshape their production line and cut non-value-added labour — driving a six-fold lift in total production.
Read the story