Production management system for precast concrete

Full digitalisation of precast production.

PrefaPro follows every piece from the contract to the truck at the customer's site – with its QR code, mould, concrete batch, quality acceptance, yard location and delivery note. On desktop, tablet and phone.

better mould utilisation reliable FPC automated logistics
PrefaPro dashboard: mould occupancy, today's plan, yard stock, contract Gantt chart
Piece card on a phone with the STOP button
1 QR codeper piece – full traceability
6 modulesfrom preparation to logistics
3 screensdesktop, tablet, phone – no app store install
Data in the EUseparate database and backups for every plant

What you gain

Benefits of implementing a precast production management application

01

Data availability

Contracts, items, the mould schedule, quality control, yard stock and deliveries live in one system, in the plant's own database – on desktop, tablet and phone.

02

Transparency

Every piece has its own QR code and status – from planning, through the mould, casting and QC acceptance, to the yard and the truck at the customer's site. Full traceability.

03

Working with data

Higher output from the same moulds – mould and line occupancy is visible on the schedule. Active worker hours and man-hours per element are calculated automatically.

04

Lower administrative costs

Mould planning, material requirements, labels, the delivery note and notifications are generated automatically. Interlocks instead of mistakes.

Element life cycle

Seven steps, one continuous data trail

An element entered once carries its data all the way to the truck – nobody retypes anything.

Contractassumptions before drawings, items, drawings, materials, QR labels
Mould planmould and line schedule, dimension and occupancy checks
Rebar shopreinforcement made in advance, ready cages wait for the mould
Shop floorSTART / STOP by scan, crews, concrete batch
Quality controlinspections, measurements with standard tolerances, non-conformities
Yardlocations, hollow-core slab stacks, real-time stock
Dispatchdelivery calendar, loading by scanner, delivery note, e-mail to customer

Film

See PrefaPro in action

Real application screens – from the plant manager's dashboard, through the shop floor and quality control, to the yard and the truck at the customer's site.

Modules

Six modules that make up the plant

Each module works on its own, and the value appears where they meet. Click a screenshot to enlarge it. Screens are shown in the Polish version of the app.

I · Production preparation

The contract is ready before the drawings arrive

The production preparation module is a complete tool for gathering all data on ordered elements – from contract assumptions before the drawings arrive, through items from the design documents, to materials, shop drawings and QR labels.

  • Mould occupancy forecast at the quotation stage – assumptions in pieces, m² or m³ per day
  • Easy item entry: dimensions, weight, mix design, erection sequence
  • Automatic QR label generation – full traceability of every piece
  • Reinforcement and formwork drawings (PDF) also available on the phone on the shop floor
  • Contract material requirements in Excel for purchasing
Contract assumptions and mould forecast
Contract items
Material requirements and Excel
QR labels for hollow-core slabs

II · Planning

A mould schedule that checks itself

The planning module lets you quickly assign pieces to moulds, tables and lines and reinforcement to the rebar shop. An interactive, colour-coded schedule shows mould occupancy, production progress and pieces awaiting inspection at a glance.

  • Automatic planning – the system spreads pieces over the moulds and moves overflow to the next free days
  • Checks on every move: routing, mould dimensions, occupancy and the plant's working days
  • Occupancy of lines and column moulds by length, tables by area
  • Hollow-core line – one routing for the whole length of the line
  • Reinforcement planned ahead of casting
Shop floor mould schedule
Rebar shop schedule

III · Work card

Scan, START, STOP – and everything is recorded

Work reporting and quick access to data – straight from the shop floor. The work card streamlines the foremen's daily work and gives full transparency at every workstation.

  • One-tap work reporting – scan the piece's QR code, START and STOP; the next process is suggested from the routing
  • Role-based view – the foreman sees only their own workstations and crew
  • Assigning workers to workstations and to specific pieces, crew attendance
  • Interlocks: mould occupied, previous process not accepted, strength too low for demoulding
  • Active worker hours day by day and man-hours per element
Work card: hours and man-hours
Hollow-core slab on the line – phone

IV · Quality control and concrete

FPC that does not depend on memory

The quality control module supports both production staff and supervisors. Every production step meets FPC requirements – quickly, transparently and without paper forms.

  • Electronic inspection card – the design dimension fills in automatically, the inspector enters only the measurement, and the result is assessed against the product standard tolerance (EN 13369, 14992, 13225, 14843, 13747 and others)
  • In-process inspections triggered automatically by the routing – production waits for an OK
  • Non-conformities with photos – the piece is blocked until a decision: repair, concession, scrap
  • Concrete batches and test results – demoulding and release blocked when strength is too low
Inspection card with standard tolerances
Concrete and testing

V · Yard

A yard you can see from the office

The yard module gives instant insight into finished-goods stock by zone and location and full control over receipts, moves and dispatches. The last scan sets the storage location of the finished product.

  • Receiving, moving and loading by scanner – with location labels
  • The system stacks hollow-core slabs on its own – in erection sequence and with a limit matched to slab thickness
  • Each stack gets its own QR code – scanning the stack code is enough when receiving and dispatching
  • Search pieces by contract, product, element name and location
  • This week's loadings and dispatched trucks in one view
Hollow-core slab stacks in the yard
Yard operator – phone

VI · Logistics

Deliveries in erection order, customer informed

A module for managing logistics – from planning deliveries in erection order, through loading, to the delivery note and customer notification.

  • Deliveries planned in site erection order, not in production order
  • Delivery calendar – dragging a truck changes its loading day
  • Truck status: to load → loaded → dispatched → delivered
  • Delivery note in one click once loading is complete
  • Automatic e-mail to the customer: what is coming, how many pieces and tonnes, which truck and driver
Delivery calendar
Stacks in logistics
Dispatch and delivery note

On the shop floor, in the yard and on site

Everyone has exactly what they need on their phone

The foreman sees his stations and crew, the yard operator the yard and loadings, quality control the inspections. Permissions are set by the plant administrator.

Foreman's schedule
Foremanschedule of his stations only and crew assignment
START/STOP on the piece card
Shop floorscan the code and START / STOP with one tap
Stacks in the yard
Yard operatorstacks, receiving and loading by scanner
Dispatch e-mail at the customer
Customerdispatch e-mail with delivery note, truck and driver
No app storeOpen your plant's address and add the PrefaPro icon to the home screen – it works like an app, full screen.
iPhone, Android, tablet, desktopThe same app everywhere. Updates arrive automatically, no reinstalling.
Password in the office, PIN on the floorQuick login with gloves on, the phone camera as a QR scanner.

Catalogues

Rich catalogues you edit yourself

Rich catalogues the plant edits itself – without a programmer. A change applies across the system immediately: in contract items, the schedule, QC cards and labels.

Product catalogue
Product catalogueWalls, floor slabs, hollow-core slabs, stairs, columns, beams – with photo, description, QC card and routing.
Accessory with variants
Accessories with variantsOver a hundred accessories, steel and insulation; variants from manufacturer data sheets chosen per item.
Routings and processes
Routings and processesStep order, supervisor and QC inspections, workstations – added from a menu.
Label editor
Label editorSize for your printer, logo, plant details and production week – with preview.

Technology and security

Our own application, your data in the European Union

PrefaPro is a proprietary web application built from the ground up for precast concrete plants. It does not rely on third-party no-code platforms – there are no per-user licence fees in external systems, and development is not limited by what such a platform can do.

A separate instance per plant

Each plant has its own address and its own database.

EU servers, HTTPS

Plant data is stored on servers in the European Union, with communication over encrypted HTTPS only. Processing complies with the GDPR under a data processing agreement.

Account protection

Passwords and PINs are stored only in hashed form; accounts lock for 15 minutes after repeated failed logins.

Permissions

For every user and every area: edit, read-only or no access. The phone view adapts to the role.

Event log and backups

Every operation records the author, time and device. Automatic database backup every night and before every application update.

Support access only with consent

Vendor support without sharing passwords – once the administrator grants consent, via a one-time link, with a visible “PrefaPro Support” banner and an activity log.

Technical requirements

  • Internet access (Wi-Fi / mobile) on the shop floor, in the yard and in the office
  • Computers – an up-to-date browser (Chrome, Edge, Safari, Firefox)
  • Phone / tablet – iPhone or Android with a camera for scanning QR codes
  • A4 or label printer – size set in the label editor

What you don't need

No Microsoft Office, Google / Microsoft accounts or software installation on computers are needed – the application generates Excel files itself. Updates reach all users automatically, with no reinstalling.

Plans

Subscription – application, maintenance and development

We prepare an individual offer after the demo – it depends on plant size and the scope of implementation.

Full functionalityall modules as per the specification
Maintenance and updatesbackups and development within the functionality
Dedicated instanceplant address and dedicated database
Every devicedesktop, tablet, phone – accounts for the plant's staff
Consultant supportuser help and diagnostics, also remotely with the customer's consent
Modificationsto the customer's needs, after prior analysis
Dedicated featuresdeveloped on a shared, continuously updated codebase – the customer keeps its features and receives further improvements
Trainingby role: office, shop floor, quality control, yard, logistics

Implementation

Management support during implementation at the plant

An optional Interim Manager contract for 1 to 6 months.

  • Supporting management through the plant's digital transformation
  • Configuring catalogues, moulds, routings and labels for your plant
  • Supporting staff and training them to work with the application
  • Co-developing plant optimisations based on PrefaPro data
  • Lean Manufacturing audit of the plant

Wojciech Nowacki · 25 years in construction

References

“The presentation of the proprietary ERP application dedicated to precast plants sparked our enthusiasm, and we intend to implement the tool in our plant in the near future.”

President of the Management Board · ARP Budownictwo Sp. z o.o.

View the reference letter (PDF, Polish) →

Contact

PrefaPro is the central nervous system of your plant.

Book a demo on your plant's data – from a process audit to running the first shift in the system.