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Joinerysoft saves Barr Joinery
Ltd 75% of time quoting
Bespoke joinery
manufacturer Barr
Joinery Ltd explains
how Joinerysoft’s Joinery
Management System
(JMS) saves the business
at least 75% of their time
quoting compared to their
previous manual process
- and makes the business
more efficient too.
Barr Joinery Ltd in Thame, Oxfordshire was
started by owner, Stuart Barr, who needed
a reliable supply of high quality bespoke
joinery for his construction firm.
Nine years later the joinery workshop has
expanded considerably and supplies joinery
not only for the construction company but
also for the general public, developers and
other building firms. They employ 10 staff
including seven bench joiners of whom two
are apprentices. Investing in the business is a
key focus of Stuart, whether it’s saving time or
labour or materials.
The company manufactures high end
bespoke joinery such as windows, doors,
bifold doors and conservation work for listed
buildings, in fact anything made with wood.
Joinery Manager, Josh Hudson, who has been
with the company since its start up and has
used JMS for the last five years says, “We
don’t have CNC machines or window lines
as we rely upon the skill and talent of our
joinery team to produce some really weird and
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wonderful windows! JMS supports us in that
it can design and provide cutting sheets for all
types of custom or bespoke joinery.”
Purchasing JMS in modules allows joinery
firms to customise the software specific to the
items they manufacture. Josh agrees, “Earlier
this year we added on the module for Sliding
Sash as we were starting to produce more and
more sliding sash and from our experience
with the software we knew that it would save
us considerable time.”
Josh says customers appreciate the detailed
quotations which include images of each and
every item. As well as clearly showing the
bottom line figure the quotations ensure that
customers know exactly what they are getting
and are very self explanatory. He adds, “The
software contributes to us winning orders
not least due to the improved turnaround
or response I can now give to enquiries.
Joinerysoft takes the pressure off as I can
now quite easily quote windows for an entire
house in less than an hour.” He believes if
you take into account both the time it takes to
type out a quote and work out timber prices,
ironmongery prices and glass specifications –
he easily saves 75% of his time.
He adds, “JMS also allows me to print
supplier orders and cutting lists without any
extra work. The software provides a significant
saving on time and makes our ordering process
more efficient, particularly when ordering
high-tech timber laminate. The accuracy we
gain with Joinerysoft saves us money. “
Josh values the service he gets from
Joinerysoft but knows he could use the
support service more by just picking up the
phone. He adds, “Subsequent training I’ve had
on the new module Sliding Sash has made me
appreciate just how knowledgeable Joinerysoft
are. Their trainer was a time served joiner and
their technical knowledge meant that I could
get down to the detail quickly without having
to explain myself or explain how our joinery is
put together.”
Josh has customised the huge variety of
cutting lists and production sheets available
within JMS which means that he can respond
to his joiners’ preferences and ensure that they
get exactly the style of cutting list that they
like. If they prefer different cutting lists for
doors than windows it is no problem with
all reports once sent up, printing instantly.
Another efficiency within the workshop is
the ability to order glass early; including glass
order sheets with the production sheets means
that as the job is started the glass gets ordered
in advance, sitting in the workshop ready for
when it is required.
During the five years of using JMS, Josh has
seen many changes and improvements to the
software. The recent industry requirement to
CE mark external windows and doors has been
forced upon them but thankfully says Josh,
“Joinerysoft has made it easy for us to come
up to this standard. The Factory Production
Control System is brilliant and the headache
of how to comply with CE marking has been
taken away from me.”
www.barrjoinery.co.uk,
www.joinerysoft.com
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