Fabricator Support
Built around the fabricator workflow.
Formline support is designed for the people who quote, order, cut, assemble, install, and manage aluminum systems every day.
From system data to finished installation.
Fabricators need more than product names. They need clear system rules, pricing variables, technical documentation, cutting logic, support pages, and practical tools that connect the office, workshop, and site.
Support for the full fabrication process.
The fabricator-facing side of Formline is structured as an operational hub. It gives fabricators access to the tools and information needed to manage clients, staff, pricing, quoting, product data, and technical support.
Quoting support
Pricing variables, markup logic, product classes, glass rules, finish options, and system data can support more consistent quoting from one project to the next.
Fabrication data
Extrusion codes, KG/M, finish perimeter, anodizing perimeter, cutting formulas, hardware lists, and system rules can be managed from structured product data.
Controlled access
Fabricator users can be given access to the pages and tools relevant to their role, such as client management, staff setup, pricing settings, or quote creation.
Technical documents
Fabricators can reference system guides, fabrication notes, installation guidance, performance data, and technical resource sections as the range expands.
Client and staff management
Fabricator teams can manage their own customers, contacts, staff users, rights, and operational settings from their fabricator area.
Operational improvement
Because product data, quoting logic, and fabricator settings are structured, the system can improve over time without relying only on manual spreadsheets.
Fabricator workflow
One workflow from customer to completed project.
The fabricator area should become the place where the day-to-day operational work happens. A fabricator can manage customers, create quotes, control pricing variables, access system information, and prepare the data needed for fabrication.
Instead of placing every function on one landing page, the fabricator dashboard can act as the hub. From there, users can navigate to sub-pages for clients, staff, pricing variables, quote creation, product data, reports, and support.
Create or select a client
Keep client records, contacts, project notes, and quote history together.
Prepare system-based quotes
Use product rules, glass options, finish choices, and markup variables to support quoting.
Generate fabrication information
Convert approved work into cutting lists, product data, glass sizes, and workshop references.
Support installation and follow-up
Keep the link between product data, site requirements, support notes, and future maintenance.
Pricing control
Manage the variables that affect fabricator pricing.
Fabricators need control over the pricing variables that affect their own selling prices to clients. These variables may include markup percentages, finish adjustments, fabrication costs, delivery costs, installation allowances, discount groups, and project-specific risk allowances.
The supplier-side data controls the base system costs, while the fabricator-side settings control how those costs become client-facing prices. This separation keeps supplier costing and fabricator pricing logically distinct.
Supplier cost inputs
Extrusion costs, finish costs, KG/M, hardware costs, glass costs, and base product data.
Fabricator pricing variables
Markup, margin, fabrication cost, labor allowances, delivery charges, and client discount rules.
Client-facing quote
A structured price that can be reviewed, adjusted, approved, and turned into fabrication data.
Logged-in fabricator area
A dashboard hub for daily system use.
The fabricator landing page can work like a dashboard. It should give quick access to the most common tasks without trying to contain every detailed form on the landing page itself.
Sub-pages can handle deeper functions such as client editing, staff rights, pricing setup, quote building, product references, reports, and supplier data. This keeps the landing page clean while still making the full system accessible.
Dashboard overview
Show recent activity, pending quotes, clients needing attention, and quick links.
Sub-page navigation
Link to clients, staff, pricing variables, quotes, reports, and settings.
Role-based access
Allow different staff members to see only the tools and data relevant to their work.
Fabricator support starts with clear system data.
Use the Formline support pages to connect product information, pricing logic, fabrication rules, and technical guidance into one practical workflow.