The Biggest Challenge for Steel Fabricators: Knowing Your True Job Cost
Ask any fabrication shop owner in Sri Lanka what keeps them up at night, and the answer is usually the same: "I'm not sure if I made money on that job." It's not that they can't do the work - Sri Lankan fabricators are some of the most skilled in the region. The problem is tracking costs.
Steel prices have been anything but stable. A job you quoted three months ago at Rs. 220/kg might cost you Rs. 260/kg by the time you actually purchase the material. Add labor overruns, subcontracted welding, surface treatment costs, and transport - and suddenly that profitable project is bleeding money.
ReoBiz gives you job-level cost tracking from the moment you issue a quotation to the day you deliver the final product. Every piece of material consumed, every hour of labor, and every subcontractor invoice is allocated to the specific job. No more guessing.
Material Wastage & Offcuts
When you cut a 6m steel beam, the offcut doesn't disappear - but in most workshops, it might as well. Without offcut tracking, you're buying new material when usable stock is sitting in the yard.
Quoting Without Real Costs
Most fabricators quote based on weight and a per-kg rate. But that doesn't capture cutting, welding, drilling, painting, and transport costs. Under-quoting by even 5% on a large project wipes out your margin.
Project Deadline Pressure
Construction projects have strict deadlines. When steel fabrication delays, the entire building schedule shifts. Without job scheduling, critical projects get stuck behind routine orders.
Inventory of Mixed Steel Sizes
Angles, channels, flat bars, round bars, plates in different thicknesses and grades. Tracking what you have across the workshop and yard manually is a full-time job in itself.
