Know your true job costs before the invoice goes out.
Empower is job costing software for manufacturing workshops. It captures labour time directly from the shop floor, multiplies it by your loaded rates, and compares the result against your quote — live, as the job progresses. No spreadsheets, no end-of-month surprises.
Everything you need to cost every job accurately.
From automatic time capture to margin reporting, Empower gives you live job cost data without the admin overhead.
Live Job Cost Tracking
See exactly how much labour has been spent on every job as it happens — not three weeks after it ships.
Quoted vs Actual Analysis
Compare your quoted hours against real floor data so every future quote gets tighter.
Automatic Time Capture
Staff clock onto jobs and tasks. Labour costs build themselves — no timesheets, no guesswork.
Rework Cost Visibility
Track the true cost of mistakes and corrections so you can fix the process, not just the part.
Margin Trend Reporting
Identify which jobs, customers, and product lines are making money — and which are quietly eroding profit.
Xero & MYOB Integration
Job costs sync straight to your accounting software. One source of truth from the floor to the books.
From clock-in to accurate quote.
Staff clock onto jobs
Workers select their job and task on a tablet or phone. The clock starts. No paper, no admin.
Labour costs build live
Empower multiplies time by your loaded labour rates automatically. You see the cost accumulate in real time.
Compare against your quote
Every job shows quoted hours vs actual hours — by task, by stage, by worker. You see overruns before they blow out.
Report and improve
Use historical job data to quote the next job accurately. Your margins improve with every project completed.
Stop quoting blind. Start quoting from data.
Every workshop quotes jobs based on gut feel and rough estimates. Empower gives you the actual labour data from every completed job — so your next quote is based on what really happened, not what you hoped would happen.
Quote Accuracy
See how close your estimates are — by job, by task, by department.
Historical Back-Costing
Price new work with confidence using data from completed projects.
Loaded Rate Costing
Factor in wages, overheads, and on-costs for true job profitability.
Multi-Stage Tracking
Track costs across CNC, fitting, assembly, finishing — each stage individually.
Why workshops outgrow spreadsheets.
| Capability | Spreadsheet | Empower |
|---|---|---|
| Live labour cost tracking | — | |
| Automatic time capture from the floor | — | |
| Quoted vs actual comparison — per job | — | |
| Rework and waste visibility | — | |
| Xero / MYOB integration | — | |
| Historical back-costing for quoting | — | |
| Multi-stage job tracking | — | |
| Works offline on shared drives | — |
Workshops using Empower recover 20–40% in productivity.
When you know your real job costs, you stop underquoting. You stop overservicing. And you stop leaving profit on the floor.
See How Much You Could SaveJob costing works best with the full picture.
Empower's job costing draws on data from time tracking, job management, and reporting. Together, they run your entire workshop floor.
Common questions about job costing software.
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Real workshops, real numbers
25% Faster Average Job Times
A 10-person sheet metal shop grew to 200 staff and $15M+ revenue without losing grip on margin — live time tracking on the floor cut average job times by 25%.
Read the story46% Productivity Increase in 10 Weeks
Ten weeks in, factory productivity was up 46%. Three years on it had doubled — gains that compounded into roughly $200k a year in extra profit.
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30% Reduction in Job Costs
After comparing options nationwide and overseas, EDS chose Empower. Real-time visibility on times and jobs cut labour cost per job by an average of 30%.
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38% Productivity Increase
Same weekly output, fewer hands: the floor shrank from 25 to 18 staff and productivity climbed 38% — plus a meaningful annual wage saving.
Read the story30% Reduction in Labour Times
Manta Marine swapped manual tracking for live visibility of every task — labour hours per job dropped 30% immediately, and they say costs would jump straight back if they turned the system off.
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$67,500 Return on Investment
Landquip recovered $67,500 a year by replacing manual timesheets across 15 staff. Touchscreens on the floor cut manufacturing times 20% and downtime 50%.
Read the story6x Total Production Growth
Workshop displays paired with Empower let Makaira reshape their production line and cut non-value-added labour — driving a six-fold lift in total production.
Read the story
20% Faster Kitchen Manufacturing
Live, accurate time data on workshop screens makes every kitchen maker accountable — Montage estimate they'd go back to taking 20% longer to manufacture their kitchens without Empower.
Read the story25% Factory Productivity Increase
More production out the door each day — same staff, same hours. Halswell Timber's production manager credits Empower with a 25% lift, which translates directly to 25% more daily revenue.
Read the story
40% Increase in Productivity
13 years on Empower, $96,000 a year saved in wages, and a 40% lift in staff and factory productivity — Versalite use daily Empower reports to keep their single biggest production cost (labour) under control.
Read the story
20% Factory Productivity Increase
Continental Stairs saw an immediate 20% productivity lift in their first year — by handing their floor staff the reporting tools to manage their own times and bring jobs in on budget.
Read the story25% Increase in Factory Productivity
By moving to a job-and-staff management system with the reporting depth to back it up, Strata achieved a 25% productivity lift in their first two years on Empower.
Read the story25% Reduction in Labour Times
Allflex integrated their SAP system directly with Empower — every new order instantly available for scheduling — and replaced manual spreadsheets with budgeted-time task plans. The result: a 25% reduction in labour times.
Read the story
$120k Saved in Employee Wages
Comseat lifted weekly output while shrinking the floor by two full-time roles — turning the workshop into a high-margin revenue engine where every hour of labour is accounted for and profitable.
Read the story
30% Increase in Productivity
Compass replaced manual systems with live floor visibility — letting management identify bottlenecks and keep staff on the highest-priority task. Output rose 30% with no extra overhead.
Read the story
38% Increase in Productivity
A world-class superyacht builder replaced paper-based tracking with Empower — instant feedback on job status and performance, and weeks of manual data entry shrunk to minutes.
Read the story20% Reduction in Labour Costs
Tricon use Empower for real-time transparency on job status, time on jobs, and labour cost — improving scheduling, sharpening future quotes, and stopping cost blowouts before they happen.
Read the story
20% Reduction in Job Times
Digital job tracking gave McNaughton's a live, minute-by-minute view of which staff are on which jobs — eliminating manual status checks and keeping every job on its budgeted timeline.
Read the story25% Faster Average Job Times
A 10-person sheet metal shop grew to 200 staff and $15M+ revenue without losing grip on margin — live time tracking on the floor cut average job times by 25%.
Read the story46% Productivity Increase in 10 Weeks
Ten weeks in, factory productivity was up 46%. Three years on it had doubled — gains that compounded into roughly $200k a year in extra profit.
Read the story30% Reduction in Job Costs
After comparing options nationwide and overseas, EDS chose Empower. Real-time visibility on times and jobs cut labour cost per job by an average of 30%.
Read the story38% Productivity Increase
Same weekly output, fewer hands: the floor shrank from 25 to 18 staff and productivity climbed 38% — plus a meaningful annual wage saving.
Read the story30% Reduction in Labour Times
Manta Marine swapped manual tracking for live visibility of every task — labour hours per job dropped 30% immediately, and they say costs would jump straight back if they turned the system off.
Read the story$67,500 Return on Investment
Landquip recovered $67,500 a year by replacing manual timesheets across 15 staff. Touchscreens on the floor cut manufacturing times 20% and downtime 50%.
Read the story6x Total Production Growth
Workshop displays paired with Empower let Makaira reshape their production line and cut non-value-added labour — driving a six-fold lift in total production.
Read the story20% Faster Kitchen Manufacturing
Live, accurate time data on workshop screens makes every kitchen maker accountable — Montage estimate they'd go back to taking 20% longer to manufacture their kitchens without Empower.
Read the story25% Factory Productivity Increase
More production out the door each day — same staff, same hours. Halswell Timber's production manager credits Empower with a 25% lift, which translates directly to 25% more daily revenue.
Read the story40% Increase in Productivity
13 years on Empower, $96,000 a year saved in wages, and a 40% lift in staff and factory productivity — Versalite use daily Empower reports to keep their single biggest production cost (labour) under control.
Read the story20% Factory Productivity Increase
Continental Stairs saw an immediate 20% productivity lift in their first year — by handing their floor staff the reporting tools to manage their own times and bring jobs in on budget.
Read the story25% Increase in Factory Productivity
By moving to a job-and-staff management system with the reporting depth to back it up, Strata achieved a 25% productivity lift in their first two years on Empower.
Read the story25% Reduction in Labour Times
Allflex integrated their SAP system directly with Empower — every new order instantly available for scheduling — and replaced manual spreadsheets with budgeted-time task plans. The result: a 25% reduction in labour times.
Read the story$120k Saved in Employee Wages
Comseat lifted weekly output while shrinking the floor by two full-time roles — turning the workshop into a high-margin revenue engine where every hour of labour is accounted for and profitable.
Read the story30% Increase in Productivity
Compass replaced manual systems with live floor visibility — letting management identify bottlenecks and keep staff on the highest-priority task. Output rose 30% with no extra overhead.
Read the story38% Increase in Productivity
A world-class superyacht builder replaced paper-based tracking with Empower — instant feedback on job status and performance, and weeks of manual data entry shrunk to minutes.
Read the story20% Reduction in Labour Costs
Tricon use Empower for real-time transparency on job status, time on jobs, and labour cost — improving scheduling, sharpening future quotes, and stopping cost blowouts before they happen.
Read the story20% Reduction in Job Times
Digital job tracking gave McNaughton's a live, minute-by-minute view of which staff are on which jobs — eliminating manual status checks and keeping every job on its budgeted timeline.
Read the story25% Faster Average Job Times
A 10-person sheet metal shop grew to 200 staff and $15M+ revenue without losing grip on margin — live time tracking on the floor cut average job times by 25%.
Read the story46% Productivity Increase in 10 Weeks
Ten weeks in, factory productivity was up 46%. Three years on it had doubled — gains that compounded into roughly $200k a year in extra profit.
Read the story30% Reduction in Job Costs
After comparing options nationwide and overseas, EDS chose Empower. Real-time visibility on times and jobs cut labour cost per job by an average of 30%.
Read the story38% Productivity Increase
Same weekly output, fewer hands: the floor shrank from 25 to 18 staff and productivity climbed 38% — plus a meaningful annual wage saving.
Read the story30% Reduction in Labour Times
Manta Marine swapped manual tracking for live visibility of every task — labour hours per job dropped 30% immediately, and they say costs would jump straight back if they turned the system off.
Read the story$67,500 Return on Investment
Landquip recovered $67,500 a year by replacing manual timesheets across 15 staff. Touchscreens on the floor cut manufacturing times 20% and downtime 50%.
Read the story6x Total Production Growth
Workshop displays paired with Empower let Makaira reshape their production line and cut non-value-added labour — driving a six-fold lift in total production.
Read the story20% Faster Kitchen Manufacturing
Live, accurate time data on workshop screens makes every kitchen maker accountable — Montage estimate they'd go back to taking 20% longer to manufacture their kitchens without Empower.
Read the story25% Factory Productivity Increase
More production out the door each day — same staff, same hours. Halswell Timber's production manager credits Empower with a 25% lift, which translates directly to 25% more daily revenue.
Read the story40% Increase in Productivity
13 years on Empower, $96,000 a year saved in wages, and a 40% lift in staff and factory productivity — Versalite use daily Empower reports to keep their single biggest production cost (labour) under control.
Read the story20% Factory Productivity Increase
Continental Stairs saw an immediate 20% productivity lift in their first year — by handing their floor staff the reporting tools to manage their own times and bring jobs in on budget.
Read the story25% Increase in Factory Productivity
By moving to a job-and-staff management system with the reporting depth to back it up, Strata achieved a 25% productivity lift in their first two years on Empower.
Read the story25% Reduction in Labour Times
Allflex integrated their SAP system directly with Empower — every new order instantly available for scheduling — and replaced manual spreadsheets with budgeted-time task plans. The result: a 25% reduction in labour times.
Read the story$120k Saved in Employee Wages
Comseat lifted weekly output while shrinking the floor by two full-time roles — turning the workshop into a high-margin revenue engine where every hour of labour is accounted for and profitable.
Read the story30% Increase in Productivity
Compass replaced manual systems with live floor visibility — letting management identify bottlenecks and keep staff on the highest-priority task. Output rose 30% with no extra overhead.
Read the story38% Increase in Productivity
A world-class superyacht builder replaced paper-based tracking with Empower — instant feedback on job status and performance, and weeks of manual data entry shrunk to minutes.
Read the story20% Reduction in Labour Costs
Tricon use Empower for real-time transparency on job status, time on jobs, and labour cost — improving scheduling, sharpening future quotes, and stopping cost blowouts before they happen.
Read the story20% Reduction in Job Times
Digital job tracking gave McNaughton's a live, minute-by-minute view of which staff are on which jobs — eliminating manual status checks and keeping every job on its budgeted timeline.
Read the storyReady to see what your jobs really cost?
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