Bay-level work orders operators will actually start
Report faults on the CNC, brake, laser, or welder with impact and notes. Technicians claim and complete work without translating a whiteboard into tribal memory at shift change.
CMMS for your industry
CMMS for metal fabrication shops that outgrew the whiteboard
CMMS software for metal fabrication and machine shops organizes work orders, preventive maintenance, and spare parts around CNC machines, presses, welders, lasers, and supporting equipment so jobs stop living on whiteboards and group chats. Corivo fits mid-sized fab shops and machining plants that need facility pricing with unlimited users and a first-facility go-live typically under a day.
Metal fabrication and job-shop machining fail in familiar ways: a CNC goes down mid-lot, a press brake waits on a seal, a welder’s feeder issue returns every Thursday, and the only history is a grease-stained notebook or a text thread. Owners feel it as missed ship dates and overtime; maintenance feels it as rework diagnosis. Generic “facilities CMMS” demos talk about campuses. Fab shops need something that matches bay-level reality — high-mix work, operator-reported faults, and spares that vanish into tribal inventory.
What matters here
PM light enough for a busy shop floor
Short PM routes on critical machines beat binder theater. Convert due items into owned work during real gaps between jobs — not imaginary quiet Tuesdays.
Spares for the machines that print money
Track consumables and critical spares against thirsty assets so a missing insert set or seal does not become an overnight surprise.
Unlimited users as the shop adds second shift
Growing fab shops add operators who report faults and techs who close them. Facility pricing keeps access open without per-seat math.
Scenario: repeat CNC spindle fault eats a rush job
A machine shop takes a rush lot on a 4-axis CNC. The spindle throws the same alarm twice in one day; each time a tech “clears it” and moves on. With Corivo, both events sit on the asset with notes. Before the third start, the lead sees the pattern, schedules a proper inspection, kits the suspect wear item, and protects the ship date — instead of discovering the chronic issue after the customer already called.
Metal fabrication CMMS: machine shops, not office facilities
If your floor is CNC, press brakes, lasers, weld cells, and saws, you need manufacturing CMMS habits: asset identity, owned work, PM, parts. Whiteboards scale until they do not — usually right when the shop finally wins larger contracts.
Failure modes fab teams recognize
- Intermittent CNC alarms that never become history
- Brake and shear hydraulic issues rediscovered every quarter
- Welder consumable chaos
- Laser optics/assist issues blamed on “the material” without a trail
- PM stickers that lie
Job shop vs production fab
High-mix job shops need fast reporting and short PM. Production fab cells need tighter repeat-stop control. Corivo supports both when you start with the machines that gate shipments.
Reshoring and capacity without a software science project
Shops adding machines for domestic demand cannot wait on a multi-week CMMS rollout before the new spindle is already making parts. Guided first-facility setup targets under-a-day go-live on critical assets.
Related buying paths
Auto parts stampers and aero suppliers often sit next to general fab — see those industry pages if your customer mix is more specialized.
Frequently asked questions
Retire the maintenance whiteboard
Load your noisiest CNC or press into Corivo, invite the shop crew, and keep the next fault as owned history.
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