Welding and fabrication software
DispatchMind runs a welding and fabrication company from one place: calls and leads in, jobs on the schedule, the work on your team’s phones, then the invoice. Pick Welding and fabrication when you sign up and it’s set up for your trade from the first screen. You can change any of it later.
A welding shop splits time between the truck and the shop. One day it is a mobile repair on a broken trailer hitch, the next it is a custom railing that takes a week to fabricate. DispatchMind tracks both kinds of jobs, keeps drawings and photos with the work, and makes sure every piece gets billed.
A typical welding and fabrication job in DispatchMind
- A landscaper calls about a cracked trailer frame and Nellie gets the trailer type, the damage and where it is parked.
- You book a mobile welding repair, and the job lands on your welder's list in the app with the address and photos the customer sent.
- The welder texts on my way, makes the repair, adds before and after photos and logs the material used.
- The job is marked Done pending approval so you can check the time and parts before billing.
- You send the invoice, the customer pays by card, and the job shows up in your weekly report by job type.
What welding and fabrication owners tell us slows them down
Shop jobs and road jobs collide
A custom gate in the shop and three mobile repair calls do not fit in one day. The calendar and dispatch board show who is on the road and who is in the shop, so you schedule without guessing.
Custom work gets underquoted
Fabrication jobs are easy to price low and lose on. Log steel, consumables and other expenses on the job, and profit per job shows which kinds of work pay.
Specs live in somebody's text messages
Measurements and sketches for a railing end up buried in a phone. Attach photos and notes to the job page so the welder sees the exact specs when fabricating.
Set up for welding and fabrication from day one
Your job types
- Mobile welding repair
- Gate and railing
- Custom fabrication
- Trailer repair
- Equipment repair
- Structural steel
- Estimate visit
The details you keep on each job
- Metal
- What is being welded
- Measurements
- On site or in the shop
A checklist for the work
Weld job: Fire watch and area cleared · Metal cleaned and prepped · Welds done · Welds checked · Ground smooth and painted if asked · After photos
A starter price list
Your common items are already in your price book. You set every price; nothing is filled in for you.
- Mobile service call
- Welding labor (per hour)
- Fabrication (quoted)
- Materials
- Paint or powder coat
Equipment on file
Keep what’s installed at each place, by type and brand (Lincoln Electric, Miller, Hobart, ESAB and more).
Nellie knows the trade
Nellie is the assistant built into DispatchMind. On a welding and fabrication account she knows how your customers talk and what to ask:
- What needs welding or building, and what metal?
- Can it come to the shop, or is it on site?
- Any measurements or photos?
- Best time window and the address?
What she treats as urgent: A broken railing or gate someone could fall through; Structural or load-bearing steel: the company decides, never quote it on the phone.
What she never does: Never quote a price the company hasn’t set in its price book; Never promise what the tech will find before the visit.
Everything else
- Jobs move through four plain steps: Submitted, In progress, Pending, Done pending approval. Your trade’s own steps are color tags you can sort by.
- Estimates and invoices from your price book.
- A tech app for your team, with what each person may see set by you.
- Reports and commissions worked out from your own jobs.
- Bring your customers and jobs over from the system you use now.
Welding and fabrication software: common questions
Can I track mobile welding and shop fabrication jobs separately?
Yes. Set them up as different job types, like Mobile welding repair and Custom fabrication. Reports break down your work by job type so you see what each side brings in.
Can I attach drawings and photos to a fabrication job?
Yes. Add photos, sketches and notes to the job page. Your welder sees them in the app on any device.
Can I quote a custom gate or railing and get it signed?
Yes. Build the estimate from your price book and send it. The customer approves and signs online, and you turn it into the invoice when the work is done.
Can I keep track of steel and rod on hand?
Yes. Keep your materials in inventory and log what each job used. It helps you see real costs per job and know when to reorder.
Can I try DispatchMind for my welding company before paying?
Yes. You get a 14-day free trial with every feature turned on, Nellie included, and no card needed. After that it is month to month, so you can walk away any time.
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Set up for welding and fabrication. No card, month to month.