Quote, schedule, and track every job to the minute
Precision and general engineering workshops live on tight margins. Empower captures real labour against real jobs so your tenders are accurate and your floor is honest.
Built for the engineering floor
Precision and general engineering workshops live on tight margins. Empower captures real labour against real jobs so your tenders are accurate and your floor is honest.
Tendering blind
Without real labour data, every quote's a finger in the air. Empower gives you actuals across your whole job history.
Variations swallowed by the floor
Scope creep eats margin when it's not tracked. Empower logs and costs every variation as it happens.
Multi-stage routing
CNC → fitting → assembly → QA. Empower routes work through stations and tracks time at each.
Compliance & QA paper trail
ISO, H&S, and customer-specific QA built into the workflow — the audit trail builds itself.
How engineering shops are winning with Empower
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%.
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.
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Best of Digital Manufacturing
Adelaide-based custom metal fabricators — architectural screens, commercial furniture, industrial parts — using Empower to run their floor with digital-manufacturing precision.
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World-Class Metal Fabrication
Hamilton stainless specialists building food-grade processing systems for a global market — the Waharoa sculpture on their doorstep is a signature of the fabrication capability Empower helps them run.
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~20% Less Time on Jobs
Auckland-based Smart Shelters engineers and installs fabric-covered farm shelters, riding arenas and industrial structures across NZ — putting Empower on the floor cut roughly 20% off job times.
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20%+ Less Time, 20%+ Less Cost
A Christchurch sheet-metal shop up against much bigger competitors — tablets on the floor and Empower cut labour time and cost per job by 20%+ minimum.
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30–35% Factory Productivity
AlRound's Onehunga shop turns aluminium, stainless, mild and corten into ducting, flashings and custom enclosures for Auckland — and lifted factory productivity 30–35% by putting Empower on every station.
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30% Reduction in Job Costs
After comparing options nationwide and overseas, EDS chose Empower. Real-time visibility on times and jobs cut labour cost per job by an average of 30%.
Read the story20% Reduction in Labour Costs
Tricon use Empower for real-time transparency on job status, time on jobs, and labour cost — improving scheduling, sharpening future quotes, and stopping cost blowouts before they happen.
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40% Increase in Productivity
13 years on Empower, $96,000 a year saved in wages, and a 40% lift in staff and factory productivity — Versalite use daily Empower reports to keep their single biggest production cost (labour) under control.
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10% Less Time, 10% Less Cost
Napier industrial equipment manufacturer — tablets on the floor plus Empower gave workshop staff target times to beat, dropping 10% off both labour time and cost.
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15% Increase in Factory Productivity
Dry Creek equipment specialists — Empower replaced time-punching machines with live tablets, driving a 15% productivity lift by showing budget vs actual as work happens.
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25% Increase in Factory Productivity
Northland-based access equipment manufacturer — costed times, staff accountability, month-to-date productivity tracking. 25% factory productivity gain on Empower.
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~10% Less Labour Time, Full FTE Saved in Scheduling
Australia-wide industrial pump specialists — Empower + MYOB Exo interface saves practically a full-time scheduling role while cutting 10% labour time on jobs.
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 storyBest of Digital Manufacturing
Adelaide-based custom metal fabricators — architectural screens, commercial furniture, industrial parts — using Empower to run their floor with digital-manufacturing precision.
Read the storyWorld-Class Metal Fabrication
Hamilton stainless specialists building food-grade processing systems for a global market — the Waharoa sculpture on their doorstep is a signature of the fabrication capability Empower helps them run.
Read the story~20% Less Time on Jobs
Auckland-based Smart Shelters engineers and installs fabric-covered farm shelters, riding arenas and industrial structures across NZ — putting Empower on the floor cut roughly 20% off job times.
Read the story20%+ Less Time, 20%+ Less Cost
A Christchurch sheet-metal shop up against much bigger competitors — tablets on the floor and Empower cut labour time and cost per job by 20%+ minimum.
Read the story30–35% Factory Productivity
AlRound's Onehunga shop turns aluminium, stainless, mild and corten into ducting, flashings and custom enclosures for Auckland — and lifted factory productivity 30–35% by putting Empower on every station.
Read the story30% Reduction in Job Costs
After comparing options nationwide and overseas, EDS chose Empower. Real-time visibility on times and jobs cut labour cost per job by an average of 30%.
Read the story20% Reduction in Labour Costs
Tricon use Empower for real-time transparency on job status, time on jobs, and labour cost — improving scheduling, sharpening future quotes, and stopping cost blowouts before they happen.
Read the story40% Increase in Productivity
13 years on Empower, $96,000 a year saved in wages, and a 40% lift in staff and factory productivity — Versalite use daily Empower reports to keep their single biggest production cost (labour) under control.
Read the story10% Less Time, 10% Less Cost
Napier industrial equipment manufacturer — tablets on the floor plus Empower gave workshop staff target times to beat, dropping 10% off both labour time and cost.
Read the story15% Increase in Factory Productivity
Dry Creek equipment specialists — Empower replaced time-punching machines with live tablets, driving a 15% productivity lift by showing budget vs actual as work happens.
Read the story25% Increase in Factory Productivity
Northland-based access equipment manufacturer — costed times, staff accountability, month-to-date productivity tracking. 25% factory productivity gain on Empower.
Read the story~10% Less Labour Time, Full FTE Saved in Scheduling
Australia-wide industrial pump specialists — Empower + MYOB Exo interface saves practically a full-time scheduling role while cutting 10% labour time on jobs.
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 storyBest of Digital Manufacturing
Adelaide-based custom metal fabricators — architectural screens, commercial furniture, industrial parts — using Empower to run their floor with digital-manufacturing precision.
Read the storyWorld-Class Metal Fabrication
Hamilton stainless specialists building food-grade processing systems for a global market — the Waharoa sculpture on their doorstep is a signature of the fabrication capability Empower helps them run.
Read the story~20% Less Time on Jobs
Auckland-based Smart Shelters engineers and installs fabric-covered farm shelters, riding arenas and industrial structures across NZ — putting Empower on the floor cut roughly 20% off job times.
Read the story20%+ Less Time, 20%+ Less Cost
A Christchurch sheet-metal shop up against much bigger competitors — tablets on the floor and Empower cut labour time and cost per job by 20%+ minimum.
Read the story30–35% Factory Productivity
AlRound's Onehunga shop turns aluminium, stainless, mild and corten into ducting, flashings and custom enclosures for Auckland — and lifted factory productivity 30–35% by putting Empower on every station.
Read the story30% Reduction in Job Costs
After comparing options nationwide and overseas, EDS chose Empower. Real-time visibility on times and jobs cut labour cost per job by an average of 30%.
Read the story20% Reduction in Labour Costs
Tricon use Empower for real-time transparency on job status, time on jobs, and labour cost — improving scheduling, sharpening future quotes, and stopping cost blowouts before they happen.
Read the story40% Increase in Productivity
13 years on Empower, $96,000 a year saved in wages, and a 40% lift in staff and factory productivity — Versalite use daily Empower reports to keep their single biggest production cost (labour) under control.
Read the story10% Less Time, 10% Less Cost
Napier industrial equipment manufacturer — tablets on the floor plus Empower gave workshop staff target times to beat, dropping 10% off both labour time and cost.
Read the story15% Increase in Factory Productivity
Dry Creek equipment specialists — Empower replaced time-punching machines with live tablets, driving a 15% productivity lift by showing budget vs actual as work happens.
Read the story25% Increase in Factory Productivity
Northland-based access equipment manufacturer — costed times, staff accountability, month-to-date productivity tracking. 25% factory productivity gain on Empower.
Read the story~10% Less Labour Time, Full FTE Saved in Scheduling
Australia-wide industrial pump specialists — Empower + MYOB Exo interface saves practically a full-time scheduling role while cutting 10% labour time on jobs.
Read the storyEngineering floors, running on facts.
Real numbers from real engineering shops
We guarantee your productivity gains.
20–40%in your first year, guaranteed. Don't see it? We provide unlimited support — free of charge — until you do.
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