Engraving Shop Scheduling Software

Balancing banquet deadlines on a whiteboard means missed rush orders and bays that sit idle.

The schedule shows every work center for the week, with each job on the bay that fits its material.

• ✓Sort jobs by due date across lasers, rotary, and sandcarving.
• ✓Flag rush banquet and tournament work to the front.
• ✓Level the day so Friday isn't a wall.

A signed proof that waits in an inbox is a job nobody has scheduled yet.

When a client signs, the order posts to the floor schedule with its plate specs and roster attached. Unapproved work stays off the board.

• ✓Signed proofs become scheduled machine jobs.
• ✓Layout specs and rosters travel with the slot.
• ✓Showroom staff see the completion date without calling the floor.
• ✓Order status updates as each bay finishes its run.

Every fixture and lens change between jobs costs setup time.

Group compatible blanks into one run — brass plates together, acrylic awards together — and cut the changeovers.

• ✓Batch satin brass, acrylic, or coated tumblers into consecutive runs.
• ✓Check the blanks are reserved before a bay is scheduled.
• ✓Track completion and scrap across morning and afternoon shifts.
• ✓Coordinate multi-stage jobs that need plate cutting and trophy assembly.

A scheduling board that doesn't know about deposits or deliveries is only half the picture.

EngraveDesk checks the deposit or school PO before a job is released, and deducts blanks as the run finishes.

• ✓Hold jobs with an unpaid deposit off the machines.
• ✓Deduct finished blanks from stock as each run closes.
• ✓Send the pickup notice and final invoice when the job is done.
• ✓Run every work center from one database for $38 a month with 10 seats.