Run Every Job to Profit
Start from fully customized project templates, track real-time labor, and see exactly which jobs make you money.
Why Projects Slip and Margins Disappear
When time and tasks are not linked to projects and cost codes, contractors miss early warning signs and mis-price future work.
Shops rely on whiteboards, spreadsheets, or memory to track jobs which makes it hard to know what is done, what is late, and who is overloaded.
Missed deadlines pile up.
Paper timesheets and generic time trackers do not tie hours to specific tasks or jobs which turns job costing into guesswork and hides real labor costs.
Labor costs stay invisible.
No clear view of job-level profit means you only find out you lost money after the job is closed and paid.
Margin discovered too late.
"We finished a $30k casework job and thought we made money. Then we added up the hours and realized we lost $4k in labor alone."— Owner, 8-person custom millwork shop
Project Management in 30 Seconds
From first contact to closed deal, every step stays in one place.
Pick a pre-built workflow or build your own customized template. Generate all standard stages and tasks in a few clicks.
Send work to specific staff or machines, set due dates, and see workload across the shop.
Each person starts, pauses, and completes tasks on their phone so time is tied to the exact job and step.
Labor hours, material usage, and machine time roll into job costing and show whether the job is on track or bleeding margin.
What This Gets You
No more chasing timesheets
Time is captured in the flow of work, not days later from memory.
Clarity on every job
At a glance, see status, who is on what, and where bottlenecks are.
Job-level profit visibility
Know which job types, clients, and templates are actually profitable and adjust pricing or process accordingly.
Everything Included
Core functions and shop workflows, purpose-built for make-to-order manufacturing.
Project templates
Pre-built task lists for cabinets, casework, and trim that you can customize.
Task assignment
Assign tasks to staff, crews, or machines with due dates and priority.
Mobile time tracking
Staff log time directly to tasks and jobs from phones or tablets.
Job costing view
Labor, materials, and machine time roll into a live profit and loss view per project.
Progress tracking
Visual boards or timelines showing each stage from design to install.
Shop Workflows Covered
Works With
Project Management connects seamlessly to the rest of your OpenSpindle workflow.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. OpenSpindle includes pre-built templates for common millwork jobs such as cabinets, casework, and trim, and you can add, remove, or edit tasks to match your exact process.
Staff use a simple task interface to start, pause, and complete work from a tablet or computer. Time is automatically tied to the right job and task, so you do not have to chase paper timesheets.
Yes. Project Management connects to your cost library and time tracking so you can see labor, material, and machine costs in one place and understand profit or loss at the job level.
Ready to See Which Jobs Make Money?
Join shops using OpenSpindle to run every job to profit.