Jewelry Manufacturing Software Guide

Every gram, every stone

Jewelry manufacturing is unforgiving. A few grams of gold lost between casting and finishing, or a stone missing after setting, and a profitable order becomes a loss. Manufacturing software exists to make every gram, every stone and every minute of labor traceable.

What manufacturing software manages

It manages the whole production cycle: design and the bill of materials, purchasing, casting, polishing and setting, then quality control and finished goods, and it reconciles metal weight and loose stones at every stage, understanding karat, alloys, scrap, dust and breakage.

The modules a manufacturer needs

Here are the modules a manufacturer needs: a style master with a full bill of materials, and job cards tracked through every department, casting, with weight in, weight out and scrap returned, and stones issued, set, returned or broken, weight tracked department by department, and worker assignments with piece-rate pay, finished goods costed at actual cost, not theoretical, and quality checkpoints with a rejection workflow, purchasing for metal, findings and stones, and a direct link to wholesale, retail and online inventory.

The hidden cost of spreadsheets

Most small and mid-size manufacturers still run production on spreadsheets and paper job cards. The result is predictable: untracked metal loss, phantom stones, payroll disputes, and finished-goods costs that don't match reality.

How a job runs in WJewel

In WJewel, a job runs like this: define the style with its bill of materials, issue a job card to production, and track casting, reconciling the scrap, allocate stones to the setter and count back what was set, returned or broken, while every weight change is logged to a worker, then inspect, receive the finished goods at actual cost, and pay piece rate on what was actually completed.

Best practices for manufacturers

And five best practices: reconcile metal at every department transfer, never just at the end, issue stones in sealed packets, and record rejection reasons, cost finished goods with actual labor, metal and stones, and connect manufacturing to sales, in one platform.

Contact us

You'll find the full buyer's manual on the WJewel blog. WJewel is fully web-based, and runs on PCs, Macs, tablets and phones. To learn more, visit www.wjewel.com, or call us at (646) 578-8300.