Quotes from take-offs, stock you can trust, and an office that keeps up with the shop
Dream Engineering & Fabrication runs its workshop on Pulse Metal Fabrication: take-off import, branded quotes, off-cut inventory, purchase orders and a two-way Xero link, with a Task Tango operations officer handling the office work. The same combination is available to any workshop.
Popular with workshops
Pulse Metal FabricationExcel take-off to branded quote, materials board, purchase orders and Xero.Operations support officerQuoting, purchasing, supplier chasing, invoicing and job admin from our office.Bookkeeping in XeroBills, reconciliations and per-job profit and loss.Read the Dream case studyA 338-item steel catalogue and per-job P&L in Xero.Where a workshop loses money
Quotes take days
Take-off spreadsheets re-keyed into quotes, with pricing from memory and no record of what was assumed.
Steel bought twice
Off-cuts tracked on paper or not at all, so material is bought fresh when an off-cut would have done.
Job cost known too late
Purchasing, hours and invoices in three places, so the profit on a job appears months after it ships.
The work we take off your hands
- Quoting from take-offsImport the take-off, apply your rates and margins, send a branded quote.
- Purchasing and supplier follow-upPurchase orders raised from the materials board, deliveries chased and receipted.
- Job administrationJob cards, schedules, delivery notes and customer updates.
- Invoicing and XeroProgress and final invoices, bills matched, per-job profit and loss.
- Inventory housekeepingStock counts, off-cut register and reorder points kept current.
Systems we work in
Pulse Metal Fabrication is the system; we also work in your existing accounting and CAD exports.
Software as well as people
Pulse, our own platform, is available on its own or with your Task Tango team.
Pulse Metal FabricationTake-offs, quotes, materials, purchase orders, suppliers and Xero in one system.Pulse TimesheetsHours against jobs from the shop floor, for real job costing.Software, people, or both
Run Pulse yourself, add an operations officer on set days, or hand over the whole office.
How we start working together
- 1
A 15-minute demo
Bring a real take-off. We turn it into a quote in Pulse while you watch.
- 2
Your catalogue and rates
Steel sections, consumables, labour rates and margins loaded.
- 3
Instance live
Your own cloud instance, branded, with Xero connected.
- 4
Operations officer (optional)
A trained person takes on quoting, purchasing and admin from our office.
- 5
Job costing
Hours, materials and invoices meet in one place; profit per job in Xero.
Why workshops choose Task Tango
ISO 27001:2022 certified
Client data handled under a certified information security management system. See the certificate.
Office-based team
Everyone works from our office, supervised and trained, never from home, with attendance proof in Pulse.
Checked before delivery
A second person reviews the work before it reaches you or your clients.
Real-time visibility
See every task, owner and turnaround in Pulse, and message your team directly.
Dream Engineering & Fabrication
Excel take-off to branded quote, a 338-item steel catalogue with off-cuts, purchase orders and a two-way Xero link, plus a dedicated operations support officer.
Read the case study
What was built, how the workshop uses it every day, and the numbers.
Case studyExcel take-off imported, branded quote sent
338-item steel catalogue with off-cuts tracked
Purchase orders and a two-way Xero link
A dedicated operations support officer
Before you delegate
Anything else? Ask on your consultation call or email admin@tasktango.co.
Does Pulse replace our accounting software?
No. It connects to Xero two ways: quotes and invoices flow out, bills and payments flow back, and each job has its own profit and loss.
Can it read our take-offs?
Yes, from Excel exports of common take-off and CAD tools. The demo uses one of yours.
Where is it hosted?
On your own cloud instance in Australia or the UK under our ISO 27001:2022 controls.
What does the operations officer actually do?
Quoting, purchasing, supplier follow-up, job admin, invoicing and bookkeeping, from our office in your systems. The shop floor stays yours.
Bring a take-off to a 15-minute demo
We will turn it into a quote in Pulse while you watch, and show you the materials board behind it.