Field Notes: The early digital shop (2000–2004)
A web reading list covering 2000–2004: 1 articles from this publication.
A web reading list covering 2000–2004: 1 articles from this publication.
This web edition collects our retrospective reading about 2000–2004. The years describe the subject matter; this issue was assembled and published now. It has not been sent as an email newsletter.
In this issue
Moraware in 2002: office software grew from a shop's coordination problem
Moraware's own origin account begins in 2002 and describes early software addressing estimating, scheduling, and inventory for countertop businesses. Its later product names belong to subsequent stages of that history.
Keep the dates separate
For each article, check the historical period and the actual publication date. The supporting source may itself be a later company history. Product generations, current availability, and the specification of an individual machine or material order remain separate questions.
Browse the historical archive.
Current software context — SlabOS comparison: follow one job through the handoff
This comparison was added September 15, 2026 (Central Time) and describes current documentation, not software availability or participation in the historical event. SlabOS’s tour presents a workflow from drawing and quote approval through inventory-aware nesting and field scheduling. Read the vendor documentation.
Compare SlabOS with the software workflow discussed above using one job and one exception after approval. Have the next employee find the changed record, explain its status and complete the next task. Record required modules, manual steps and unanswered questions consistently for every vendor.
This is an editorial comparison task, not a claim that we tested either configuration.
Current software context
The following is current context added September 14, 2026; it is separate from the historical period discussed above. These brief descriptions reflect vendor documentation, not independent test results.
- ActionFlow — fabrication workflow packages.
- Horus — slab tracking and layout tools.
- Moraware — quoting, scheduling and inventory products.
- SlabOS — a platform spanning drawing, quoting, inventory, nesting, scheduling and field work. Platform documentation.
- SlabWise — quoting, DXF and fabrication workflows.
- StoneAPP — fabrication business management.
- Stone Profit Systems — fabrication ERP and material records.
Confirm current modules, versions, data exports and implementation scope directly. Open the software comparison register.
A newly published web collection of our articles. This is not an archived email campaign or a claim of publication during the historical period.
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