Cabinet Installation Software for Finish-Trade Contractors

Cabinet jobs go sideways between the drawing and the room: boxes ordered off a plan that didn't match the as-built opening, installs scheduled before delivery, and a design nobody actually signed off on.

Scaftra runs each cabinet room as a sequence: design locked, field measure approved, order placed against the measure, delivery checked in, install closed out, so the crew never stands in an empty room and the shop never cuts to a stale number.

The problem

A cabinet install is a custom-fabrication trade: you can't install off a drawing. Someone has to walk the finished-framed room with a tape, capture the real dimensions, and only then can the shop cut material to fit. When that sequence isn't enforced, an order goes out before the field measure, or an install is scheduled before the boxes are delivered: the cost shows up as scrapped material, a crew standing idle, or a punch list the homeowner won't sign.

Why it matters

Every step in the cabinet sequence is a physical gate on the next. Order before measure and you scrap material against a number that didn't match the opening. Install before delivery and you've paid a crew to stand in an empty room. Skip the design sign-off and you're fabricating against a choice the homeowner never approved, the single most common source of cabinet rework and dispute.

Common mistakes

The recommended workflow

1. Lock the design

   Get every required cabinet selection: door style, finish, hardware, layout, approved before anything goes to the shop. An unmade selection is a stop, not a warning.
2. Field measure the room

   Walk the finished-framed room and capture the as-built dimensions. The measure, not the drawing, is what the shop cuts against.
3. Order against the measure

   Place the cabinet order only after the field measure is approved, so material is fabricated to the real opening.
4. Check in the delivery

   Inspect the delivery on site: all boxes accounted for, hardware present, no packaging damage, before the crew is scheduled.
5. Install and close out the room

   Install, walk the punch, and close the room. Roll each room's state up so the whole job's progress is visible at a glance.

How Scaftra solves this

Scaftra models the cabinet trade as a per-room sequence and enforces the gates. Each room carries its own install phase, and a cabinet field measure that reaches Approved advances the room to Measured. The design surface freezes approved selections so field and install trust an authoritative spec, and every cabinet record is tied to a specific room, there's no way to record a step that physically couldn't have happened yet.

• Per-room install sequence
  Each room runs measure, order, deliver, and install independently.
• Package and box management
  Track cabinet boxes and hardware as a delivery checked in against the order.
• Multi-room QA
  Walk and close each room's punch separately; roll status up to the job.

Key features

• Per-room cabinet workflow: Field measure, order, delivery, and install tracked per room, so a multi-room job shows exactly which room is blocked and why.
• Field-measure gate: An approved cabinet field measure advances the room to Measured; orders are placed against the measured opening, not the drawing.
• Delivery check-in: Record the cabinet delivery: boxes accounted for, hardware present, no damage, before the install crew is scheduled.
• Design sign-off that gates fabrication: Required selections block the room until the homeowner approves, so nothing goes to the shop on an undecided spec.
• Design carried to the field: Approved finishes, model numbers, and spec sheets travel from the design surface to the jobsite so nobody re-types them.

Benefits

• Less scrapped material, boxes are cut against the real opening, not the plan.
• Fewer idle-crew trips, installs are scheduled only after delivery is confirmed.
• Fewer disputes, the homeowner approved the design before it was built, on the record.
• Real progress visibility, every room's state rolls up so you know where the job actually stands.

Who this is for

• 1–3 installer shops.Owner-operators running a handful of kitchens at a time who need the sequence enforced without a back office.
• 4–10 crew shops.Growing cabinet contractors juggling multiple jobs and rooms where per-room state is the difference between a clean week and a chaotic one.
• 11+ crew operations.Multi-crew shops running production volume that need measure-order-deliver-install visibility across many rooms and projects at once.

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