If you’re a cabinet maker, you know how important it is to have a smooth connection between your manufacturing floor and your showroom sales. The customers who walk into your showroom want to see their dream cabinets come to life, visually, quickly, and accurately. On the other hand, your production team needs clear, precise orders to build those cabinets without delays or costly mistakes.
That’s why the right cabinet manufacturing software is more than just a tool for production; it’s the bridge that connects your showroom to your manufacturing shop floor. The best ERP software for cabinet makers helps you bring your entire business together, making sales faster, production smoother, and customers happier.
Let’s take a closer look at how Frontier ERP can enhance your showroom experience and streamline your manufacturing workflow.
Why Cabinet Makers Need an Integrated ERP System
Imagine this: A customer comes into your showroom and wants to customize a kitchen cabinet set. They pick colors, door styles, hardware, and special features. Now, your sales team must translate all those choices into a quote quickly and accurately. Meanwhile, the production team needs clear instructions and materials ready to make exactly what was ordered.
Dealers can wow their customers with custom 3D visibility of their product during the design phase using eQuote Dealer and Frontier’s built-in CPQ software, connecting the showroom to the shop floor.
Without a unified system, this can become a tangled web of emails, phone calls, spreadsheets, and potential errors. Miscommunication can cause delays, wrong orders, or worse, unhappy customers.
An integrated ERP system brings all your processes under one roof. From design to quote to order to production, everyone uses the same platform. This means:
- No lost information
- Clear communication between teams
- Faster turnaround times
- A more professional experience for customers
Frontier’s cabinet manufacturing software is designed specifically with cabinet makers in mind, helping you connect every step in this journey.
How Frontier ERP Supports Cabinet Makers’ Showrooms and Manufacturing
1. 3D Visualization of Product Design: Show Customers Their Cabinets Before They’re Built
One of the biggest challenges in a showroom is helping customers imagine exactly what their cabinets will look like. Words and flat pictures often don’t cut it. Frontier ERP features powerful 3D visualization tools that enable your sales team to create stunning, realistic renderings of cabinet designs directly in the showroom.
This means customers can see the style, finish, and layout in vivid detail. They can request changes and see updates instantly. This kind of interactive experience builds trust and excitement, helping customers feel confident in their purchase.
2. CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote): Fast, Accurate Quotes That Close Deals
Time is of the essence when you’re trying to convert a showroom visitor into a paying customer. Frontier ERP’s built-in CPQ software streamlines the entire quoting process. Your sales team can configure cabinet options, calculate pricing based on materials and labor, and generate professional quotes in minutes, all without waiting for someone in manufacturing to get involved.
No more back-and-forth emails or guessing on costs. This quick, transparent quoting builds customer confidence and lets your team close deals faster.
With CPQ software built right into the Frontier ERP system, your customers can easily pick different cabinet options and configurations for their custom project.
3. eQuote Dealer Portal: Everything Your Dealers and Sales Team Need in One Place
If you work with dealers or have multiple showroom locations, sharing the right product and pricing information can get complicated. Frontier ERP’s eQuote Dealer portal makes it easy. This online hub puts all critical data like product specs, pricing, inventory status, and order history at your team’s fingertips.
Dealers and sales reps can quickly look up inventory, submit quotes, and track orders, no matter where they are. That level of transparency reduces errors and keeps everyone on the same page.
4. Seamless CAD Integration: From Design to Build Without Rework
When designing custom cabinets, precision matters, not just in the showroom, but all the way through to the manufacturing floor. With seamless CAD integration, Frontier CADFlow connects your design software directly to your ERP system. This means your engineering or design team can create detailed cabinet models using your preferred CAD tools, and those designs automatically flow into the ERP for quoting, material planning, and production.
CADFlow fully leverages Autodesk Inventor’s powerful 3D design and visualization tools while eliminating integration issues. Frontier ERP reads and applies the design rules and constraints directly from your Inventor models. No more re-entering dimensions or manually converting drawings into production orders. CADFlow ensures that what gets designed is exactly what gets built, saving time, reducing costly rework, and eliminating communication gaps.
5. Collaborative Showroom and Manufacturing Design: Keeping Everyone Aligned
One of the biggest strengths of Frontier ERP is how it connects your showroom directly with your manufacturing shop floor. When your sales team finalizes a customer’s design and order, those details automatically flow into production schedules and material planning.
This real-time collaboration eliminates manual re-entry, reduces mistakes, and keeps your entire team aligned. Whether it’s a design tweak or an urgent order change, Frontier ERP ensures manufacturing always knows what the customer wants.
What Does This Mean for Your Cabinet-Making Business?
Frontier CADFlow integrates your cabinet designs directly into the ERP system for error-free configuration and manufacturing.
By connecting your showroom and manufacturing with Frontier ERP, you get:
- Faster sales cycles. Quotes and orders happen in minutes, not days.
- Happier customers. They get to see exactly what they’re buying, with clear pricing and no surprises.
- Less risk of errors. One system means less chance of miscommunication or data mistakes.
- Smarter inventory management. Avoid costly stockouts and reduce waste.
- Better teamwork. Sales and manufacturing work together seamlessly toward the same goal.
Why Choose Frontier ERP as Your Cabinet Manufacturing Software?
Frontier ERP is built for cabinet manufacturers like you who want a complete, easy-to-use solution. It understands the unique challenges cabinet makers face and delivers tools that make showroom selling and manufacturing work better together.
If you want to grow your business, delight your customers, and simplify your operations, investing in the best ERP software is a game-changer. Frontier ERP consolidates everything you need into a single platform, encompassing design visualization, quoting, order management, inventory control, and production scheduling.
If you want to explore how Frontier ERP can connect your showroom and manufacturing for a smoother, more profitable business, get in touch with our team today! Don’t miss us at AWFS Fair 2025!
