Prepare your first rack

Start with one material and one rack

Choose the material whose offcuts you most often wish you could find, and the rack they live in. One material family and a single rack section show quickly whether finding offcuts saves more time than labelling them.

What to set up

An administrator sets up:

• The material code, profile, grade and finish, exactly as your workshop names them.
• Your measurement practice: how lengths are measured, in millimetres or inches, and the uncertainty of that method.
• Each rack and its bins, with the materials and maximum lengths they accept.
• The keep threshold, kerf, trim and processing allowances for each material.
• The label stock and how it is attached to the material.

Labels that stay on

Piece labels print as 100 × 150 mm PDFs, with operation sheets on A4. Before general use, attach test labels to real offcuts, handle them as the workshop would and scan them again. Where adhesive labels do not survive, use tags or sleeves. Label adhesion and scanning are checked on your material, not assumed.

Bring in the offcuts you already have

Existing offcuts can be listed in a CSV import, but each one is provisional until someone finds it, labels it, scans its bin and confirms the put-away. Register a small rack section first and reconcile it with a rack check before relying on the register.

Describe the problem first

The enquiry form is for general workflow information. Do not send stock lists, drawings or job details through it. Onboarding sets out how your data is handled.