Software, Templating & Technology Spotlight

CounterGo by Moraware

Moraware is a SaaS company that designs and supports industry-leading software for countertop fabricators. CounterGo is a straightforward drawing and estimating solution that allows fabricators to become more efficient, accurate and professional. Systemize, our scheduling and job management solution, gives countertop fabricators the tools to streamline and organize job information. Since 2002, Moraware has helped countertop fabricators take their ineffective, multistep processes and streamline them so that selling, scheduling and communication are fast and easy. Today, Moraware has over 14,000 users in more than 2000 shops creating over 30,000 quotes and 30,000 jobs a week. Learn more about taking your countertop shop to the next level at www.moraware.com.

Countertop Marketing Company

Formerly known as Hey Remodelers, the Countertop Marketing Co. has helped countertop companies land more jobs from Google, Facebook, Instagram and anywhere your potential customers might find you online. It all starts with your website. Your countertop company needs a solid online presence in order to turn website visitors into customers. Not a digital marketing expert? No worries. It’s a lot of work and it can be overwhelming. Countertop Marketing Co. has extensive marketing plans that handle everything so you don’t have to. They’ll communicate with you each week to provide progress updates and more. It’s an in-house marketing team feel that will help you grow your business, leaving you to focus on your customers. For more information, visit www.countertopmarketingco.com.

ETemplate Systems Featuring ELaser Xpress Templating

ETemplate Systems, the experts in digital measuring, are the makers of the ELaser Xpress Templating System. Powered by award-winning ETemplate Measure Manager software, templates are faster and easier, and the software provides seamless compatibility with all CNC machinery. The ELaser Xpress system features auto-start software, an industry-best, three-year warranty, enhanced speed averaging one second per point, accuracy of 1mm for a standard-size space, horizontal and vertical fine adjustment knobs, digital leveling, hand-held remote, rechargeable batteries with charger, and compact design with rugged case coming in at a very portable 13 lbs.!

These enhancements, along with automated countertop functions and new manual design updates within Measure Manager allow the user to create templates much faster than ever before. Set up, shoot your points, press enter and you’re done! For more information, visit www.etemplatesystem.com.

Hot Sauce Selling Software

Every day, you are introduced to upgrades and options, whether you are being asked to supersize your meal, get a wheel shine with your car wash or purchase the extended warranty on your TV. These offerings, called “Hot Sauce,” can enhance your purchase. The same holds true for countertops. Hot Sauce will dramatically improve your profitability with the most immediate earnings boost you can do for your company. The Hot Sauce selling software provides content, pictures and pricing so that every customer-facing employee will now become a salesperson. And, yes, it is that easy. In fact, field measurers will sell 50% of the Hot Sauce to your customers. Visit www.hotsauceyourtops.com to learn more about this powerful selling tool and why over 500 users are making more money every day.

LT-2D3D Laser Templator by LPI

The LT-2D3D Laser Templator is designed to be extremely intuitive — CAD experience is not required. The same fundamentals and experience from manual templating still apply in a digital approach, but they’re executed in a different and more efficient way allowing you to complete more jobs per week or even expand your services. Quickly shoot any horizontal and vertical job, and then finish your file with overhangs, edge and corner profiles, sink and appliance cutouts, backsplashes and much more all on-site. Send job site photos, estimates, customer signoffs and even CNC-ready files back to the shop directly from the job site to expedite the process. For more information, visit www.laserproductsus.com.

PHOTOTOP 5 by Fabricator’s Choice

PHOTOTOP 5 from Fabricator’s Choice just keeps getting better with added power capabilities. Functionalities include Auto-Create Miter Strips, Auto-Create Lamination, Auto Dimension On PDF Output and more. PHOTOTOP makes templating fast, accurate and the program is easy to use. Professional training and online support are available. Digitally integrate templating with office inventory and job management systems, as well as shop equipment. Additional software licenses are not required to expand PHOTOTOP 5 to additional templaters. Simply order additional ORGANIZE Field Kits, which include a laptop, camera and markers. The exclusive Organize On-site Tool provides immediate on-site confirmation and file delivery of the most highly detailed digital templates in the business. PHOTOTOP users enjoy constant upgrade options due to our ongoing R&D developments. For more information, visit www.fabchoice.com.

Proliner by Prodim

Countertops, backsplashes, bathrooms, stairs and more. All these beautiful things begin with an accurate measurement. With the Proliner measuring tool you create accurate, detailed digital templates in a matter of minutes. Measurements can be reviewed and changed on-site and exported as ready-to-use production files for CNC machines. Specialized Prodim Factory software enables stone shops to manage, digitize and improve their daily business processes. The latest improvements enable users to design their projects while making use of views in 2D and 3D. The software will help prevent mistakes beforehand by alerting the operator when problems occur, like the collision of solids. This allows for eliminating all uncertainty before installment. Measurements can be reviewed and changed on-site and exported as ready-to-use production files for CNC machines. Specialized software packages enable stone shops to manage, digitize and improve their daily business processes. Connect field, office and production using only one platform. For more information, visit www.prodim-systems.com.

QuickQuote by Crystallyne

QuickQuote Countertop Software from Crystallyne makes quoting, drawing, scheduling and laying out countertops easier and faster than ever. It features a uniquely intuitive interface that creates a fully-labeled scale drawing side by side with every quote. Its flexible pricing system offers multiple pricing methods so virtually any material can be quoted, and it provides the option to customize items and services to fit a particular business. Quotes can be printed alongside the drawings on a single page, exported to a number of different formats such as PDF, and transferred directly to QuickBooks. The built-in schedule provides a place to keep track of everything from fabrication to installation, and the internal slab inventory lets users lay out the parts on the slabs for more accurate material counts. For more information and a free trial of QuickQuote, visit quickquotecountertops.com.

Quote Countertops

Quote Countertops is a web-based visualization and instant quoting software that reshapes how consumers shop and buy kitchen and bathroom renovation projects. This sales and marketing software generates and captures consumer leads and transforms a company’s online presence into a 24/7 e-commerce platform by putting the power of design, visualization, online shopping and instant quoting into the hands of consumers. The software can also transform the current sales process to reduce time and increase efficiency. The software is fully customizable, with nothing to download or install. It is accessible by all devices and screens, and is easily integrated into traditional and digital marketing promotions and social media platforms. For more information, visit www.quotecountertops.com/landing-quoting-tool.

SIDE-SHOT by Park Industries

The SIDE-SHOT Digital Slab Station by Park Industries provides fabricators the tool to capture slab images right at the machine with an extremely small footprint requirement. The SIDE-SHOT incorporates Slabsmith Lite software for vein matching and 3D rendering. The equipment allows the user to capture high dimensional accuracy of digital slabs, view a vein-matched project preview before cutting the material (up to two slabs), and uses common line cutting to optimize material yield with the ability to communicate with multiple cameras (great for twin table machines). An upgrade to the full Slabsmith Basic Bundle is available at any time. For more information, visit www.parkindustries.com.

Slabsmith

Slabsmith produces digitized slabs that are highly accurate and detailed through proprietary calibration techniques. The digital slabs are true to life in both color and dimension, and they contain all of the relevant properties of the original slab that was photographed. The digital slabs are inventoried and are used to create 3D visual layouts for customers. When a digital slab is created it is immediately saved into Slabsmith’s SQL database. It provides the ability for anyone in a company to easily locate and view the slabs in inventory based on any of the properties of the slab. Layout tools allow for easy optimization for aesthetics or yield. The Perfect Match layout module provides tools that are customized for the specific needs of users to efficiently lay out countertops. For more information, visit www.slabsmith.com.

SPEEDlabel

Since 2017, SPEEDlabel has changed the way many fabricators label their jobs. It can be used with hand drawings or CAD files, and it works automatically with most countertop software. The labels are waterproof and tearproof, and they come off easily at install. There are customized label designs to choose from including top, bottom and edge formats. SPEEDlabel eliminates the need to handwrite on your pieces and ensures no parts are left behind. SPEEDlabel provides a quick understanding of the status of every part in the shop and helps ensure entire jobs are kept together. It can even help you become paperless in the shop as all you really need are the labels. It takes about one hour to implement the process. SPEEDlabel is developed by fabricators to help other fabricators streamline processes. For more information, visit www.speedlabel.net.