Most Shop Owners Can’t Tell You If a Job Made Money
You finished the job. The client paid. But after lumber, hardware, consumables, and your time — did you actually come out ahead? Most shop owners check their bank balance and hope for the best. That’s not a system. That’s a guess.
Bit & Grain connects every step from materials on the shelf to money in your pocket — so you stop guessing and start knowing your numbers.
The Value Chain
Inventory — Know What You Have and What It Costs
Track the lumber, sheet goods, hardware, and consumables sitting in your shop. When you know what’s on hand and what you paid, every job starts with real numbers instead of a trip to the store.
Job Costs — Assign Materials to Projects, Track Real Costs
Pull materials from inventory into a project. Every board, every box of screws, every sheet of sandpaper gets assigned to the job that used it. Nothing disappears into overhead.
Projects — Organize Work by Job, Not by Chaos
Each project is a container for materials, labor, and notes. You see what’s going into a job while it’s happening — not after it’s too late to adjust.
Clients — Connect Jobs to the People Paying for Them
Assign a client to every project. When it’s time to quote or invoice, the connection is already there. No digging through emails or sticky notes.
Quotes — Build Quotes from Real Numbers, Not Gut Feel
Your quote pulls from actual material costs and labor. Stop underpricing your work because you forgot what that walnut actually cost. Quote from real numbers.
Invoices & Profit — Send Invoices, Close Jobs, See the Margin
Send the invoice, mark the job complete, and see the real number — cost vs. revenue. Not a bank balance check. An actual margin on an actual job.
The 2-Minute Job Start
You don’t need to catalog your whole shop. Start here:
- Open a project — give it a name and a client.
- Add the materials — pull from inventory or add them on the fly.
- Assign a client — connect the job to the person paying for it.
Two minutes. That’s all it takes to start tracking a real job with real costs. Everything else builds from there.