ManufacturingDoors, windows & architectural glass· 2026

Doors & Windows ERM

From quotation to installed openings—one project spine.

An enterprise resource management system for glass and aluminium door/window fabricators: sales, design, quotation, materials, production, QC, and field installation tied to a single project record.

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Type

Manufacturing

Our role

Full-stack ERM product design, module architecture, and implementation

Industry

Doors, windows & architectural glass

The challenge

Door and window manufacturers run a long chain—lead, site measure, design, quote, deposit, BOM, warehouse, cutting, fabrication, glass fit, QC, and install. When those steps live in separate tools, hand-offs break, stock fights projects, and nobody owns the stage.

What we delivered

DotCreative built a project-centric ERM: CRM wins the deal, Project Management owns stage progression, and warehouse, procurement, production, QC, and field emit events into that spine—so fabrication businesses run one connected operating model.

How the system works

A walkthrough of the operating model—from daily work to controls that keep the business governed.

Sales → project handoff

Leads move through contact, account, site visit, millimetre measurements, design, quotation, and deposit. When the deal is won, a project is created and starts at awaiting deposit or deposit received.

Lead pipeline through quotation and deal win
Quotation measurements for pricing vs production measurements later
Deposit threshold gates when execution can advance

Design, BOM, and materials

Approved measurements become design jobs; fabrication-ready packages feed quotation and later BOM. When the BOM is finalized, warehouse runs an all-or-nothing FIFO reservation—or procurement fills shortages before release to the shop floor.

Design jobs and fabrication-ready uploads
BOM finalize triggers stock check and reservation
PR → PO → GRN path when materials are short
Glass ordered per project—not held as bin stock

Production → QC → field install

Production schedules orders through material prep, cutting, fabrication, sash, glass assembly, finishing, and post-fab QC. Field then runs install jobs, delivery records, unit progress, non-conformities, and tool custody through to site QC and snagging.

Shop-floor stages with evidence and misfit handling
Install modes for fabrication-only vs full site install
QC gates across warehouse, production, and site
Client portal shows controlled progress without exposing internal ops

Governed integration

Warehouse, procurement, production, and field notify Project Management; only PM writes the canonical project stage. Every meaningful action stays attributable to a user—and usually a project—with an audit trail.

19-stage project lifecycle from deposit to complete
Event-driven module integration
Role + permission access by department
FIFO materials with audited overrides

Core modules

The building blocks operators use day to day.

CRM & quotation

Leads, accounts, deals, site visits, measurements, and proforma quotations.

Design

Measurement packages to fabrication-ready design jobs and reviews.

Project management

Stage board, BOM, documents, change orders, dispatch, and timeline.

Warehouse & procurement

FIFO stock, tools, offcuts, PRs/POs/GRNs, and per-project glass orders.

Production & QC

Cutting through glass assembly with inspection gates and defects.

Field installation

Crew jobs, delivery, unit progress, NCs, and site handover.

Results at a glance

Point-in-time signals from the live or populated environment—not marketing estimates.

Project stages

Ops modules

Project spine

FIFO

Material reservation

Measurement standard

Full

Sales-to-install chain

Capabilities & stack

Next.jsLaravel APIPostgreSQL / MySQLEvent-driven modulesRole-based accessClient portal

Ready for your own operating system?

Running a doors, windows, or architectural glass operation? We can map your sales-to-install flow onto a single ERM spine.

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