Glass Processing & Fabrication
Complete Visibility from Measurement to Cutting, Processing and Installation.
An ERP for glass processors and fabricators that carries a site measurement through quotation, cutting optimisation, tempering, quality control and installation without a single re-entry.
17 modules across 3 functional areas, scoped to what your operation actually needs.
Context
Why glass businesses need this built properly.
In glass processing, the measurement is the order. A single transcription error between the site, the quotation and the cutting table turns finished toughened glass into scrap that cannot be reworked.
Beyond Papers builds glass industry ERP systems that hold measurements, specifications and processing steps in one record — so the cutting table, the tempering furnace, the quality check and the installation team are all working from the same numbers.
What We Hear
The problems that bring businesses like yours to us.
These come up in almost every discovery conversation in this sector. If several of them are familiar, the system below is designed to address them directly.
Measurements re-entered at every stage
Site sheets are copied into quotations, then into cutting lists, and each copy is an opportunity for an error that cannot be undone.
Sheet utilisation left to judgement
Cutting plans depend on whoever is at the table, so offcuts and utilisation vary widely between shifts.
No record of where a panel is
Customers ask whether their glass is cut, toughened or ready, and nobody can answer without walking the floor.
Breakage absorbed silently
Breakage and rejection are re-made without being recorded, so the true cost of rework never reaches management.
Installation scheduled loosely
Fabricators and installation teams are booked verbally, and delays surface only when a customer complains.
Project-wise profitability unknown
Material, processing and installation costs are never gathered against a single site, so margins are estimated rather than measured.
End to End
One record, from first contact to final settlement.
Each stage hands its information to the next inside the system. Nothing is re-entered, and at any point the current position can be answered without walking the floor.
- 1
Site Measurement
Recorded once, against the project and location
- 2
Specification
Type, thickness, processing and edgework confirmed
- 3
Quotation
Priced from the measured area and processing steps
- 4
Cutting Plan
Optimised against sheet sizes to reduce offcuts
- 5
Processing
Tempering, lamination and finishing tracked by batch
- 6
Quality Check
Breakage and rejection recorded, not absorbed
- 7
Installation
Dispatched, fitted and signed off at site
Modules
What a Glass Industry ERP covers.
Scope is confirmed after discovery. You are never asked to take modules that have nothing to do with how your business operates.
Group 01
Enquiry, Measurement & Quotation
- Customer measurements
- Project and site management
- Glass type, size and thickness configuration
- Quotation generation
- Customer communication
- Contractor and fabricator management
Group 02
Cutting & Processing
- Cutting optimisation
- Sheet utilisation
- Wastage tracking
- Tempering and processing workflows
- Batch tracking
- Production status
- Inventory management
Group 03
Quality & Delivery
- Quality control
- Breakage and rejection tracking
- Dispatch and installation
- Site completion and handover records
What Changes
The operational differences you should expect.
Stated as changes in how the business runs, not as percentages. We do not publish improvement figures we cannot substantiate from a named project.
- Measurements entered once and carried through to the cutting table
- Sheet utilisation and offcuts visible for every plan
- Live answer to where any panel is in processing
- Breakage and rejection recorded against a cause and a cost
- Installation scheduled against confirmed processing completion
- Project-wise material, processing and installation cost in one view
Field application
Today’s follow-ups
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Due today
4
Overdue
Approval requested
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Field and supervisor applications keep the system current where the work actually happens. Illustrative interface.
Questions
Glass Industry ERP — what businesses ask first.
Still deciding whether this is the right route?
A discovery conversation costs nothing and carries no obligation. We will tell you plainly if a package would serve you better.
Book a consultationYes. Cutting plans can be generated against the standard sheet sizes you stock, with utilisation and offcut reporting for each plan. The optimisation rules are configured to your sheet inventory and processing constraints during the design stage.
Yes. Batch tracking links each panel to its processing batch, which supports quality investigation, breakage analysis and customer queries after installation.
Status updates can be sent through WhatsApp, SMS or email at defined milestones such as cutting completion, processing completion and dispatch, subject to the messaging platform being configured for your business.
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Next Step
Ready to see this mapped against your own operation?
Book a discovery consultation. We will walk your process end to end and set out honestly which parts are worth systemising first.