From cut list to dispatch, nothing off the books
Sheet metal work is fast, varied, and priced tight. Laser, fold, weld, finish — Empower tracks every job through every process so you know which work makes money and which just makes noise.
Built for the sheet metal floor
Sheet metal work is fast, varied, and priced tight. Laser, fold, weld, finish — Empower tracks every job through every process so you know which work makes money and which just makes noise.
High job volume, tiny margins
Dozens of small jobs a week means one mispriced job hides easily. Empower gives you cost-per-job automatically, so nothing slips through unexamined.
Quoting from memory, not data
That bracket you made last year — how long did it really take? Empower keeps the actuals from every past job one search away.
Machine time vs. labour time
The laser runs itself; the folding doesn't. Empower separates machine, labour, and idle time so you see where the hours truly go.
Urgent jobs jumping the queue
Walk-in work blows up the schedule. Empower reshuffles priorities live so urgent jobs land without silently delaying everything else.
How sheet metal 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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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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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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~25% Less Time on Jobs
Wellington sheet metal specialists — 24-inch touchscreens on the workshop floor and Empower on every station, planning a conservative 25% cut in 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 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 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 story~25% Less Time on Jobs
Wellington sheet metal specialists — 24-inch touchscreens on the workshop floor and Empower on every station, planning a conservative 25% cut in 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 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 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 story~25% Less Time on Jobs
Wellington sheet metal specialists — 24-inch touchscreens on the workshop floor and Empower on every station, planning a conservative 25% cut in labour time on jobs.
Read the storySheet Metal floors, running on facts.
Real numbers from real sheet metal 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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