Not another seat package wearing a shop logo.

Most “fabrication software” is either a detailing tool, a cloud ERP, or a status board. ForgeEPM is the operating record after the model is issued — on a PC in your building.

Prove it on one job Read data residency

Where shops actually feel the difference

Four questions a cloud package usually fails in a bay.

Question	ForgeEPM	Typical cloud shop package
Where does the mill certificate live?	On the shop PC, linked to stock, remnant, piece and load.	In a hosted file, a shared drive, or a scanned PDF attached later.
What happens when Wi-Fi dies at the saw?	ForgeGo queues the scan and retries. The host is on the LAN.	The floor waits, or people write on the tag and type it in later.
Can a fitter skip QC?	No. The gate refuses and names the missing inspection.	Usually a status they can still change, or a folder after the fact.
How is turnover built?	From the event log and a SHA-256 manifest of what left.	Reconstructed the night before shipping from emails and binders.
What does a 40-person crew cost?	One shop subscription. Phones do not add seats.	Per-user or per-device multipliers that punish putting scanners on the floor.
Who owns the database?	You. Copy the disk. Backup to NAS. No export ticket.	The vendor. You rent access to your own heats and QC.
Does it replace Tekla / SDS/2?	No. It reads issued IFC and controls fabrication from there.	Often tries to be detailing, ERP and floor app at once — and is none of them well.

Keep detailing

Model where you model.

ForgeEPM retains IFC source, digest, schema and GlobalId mapping. It does not pretend to author steel.

Keep accounting

Job cost is a shop signal, not a GL.

Committed material, hours and margin move with the job so someone can intervene. Deep multi-plant finance stays where it is.

Keep quality ownership

We do not sell a stamp.

AISC certification is the shop’s system. ForgeEPM is the record that system can actually inspect.

Keep your IT policy

Email is not the fabrication database.

ForgeMail is @forgeepm.com company mail. Mill certificates stay on the Windows host. See the data residency page.

The only comparison that counts is one live job.

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