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Finito for workshops

Know what an order really cost.

Joinery, furniture making, metalwork, screen printing: in a workshop the margin is in the hours. Finito tracks how much time went into every order, from sawing to fitting, and gets your team's hours ready for payroll.

30 days free, no meeting or credit card needed. Then from €8 per user per month.

  • Made in Belgium
  • Data in the EU
  • Every change stays visible
  • Cancel any month

Costing by gut feeling

In the quote you allowed 30 hours for that fitted cupboard. After fitting it you feel it took more, but how much more? One craftsman worked on it for two days, another pitched in between two other orders, and fitting took longer because the wall wasn't straight.

Without time tracking in the workshop, costing stays a gut feeling. With Finito everyone starts the timer on the order they're working on, and afterwards you see in black and white what it cost. That's gold for your next quote.

Workshop and fitting, one schedule

Orders as projects

Every order is a project with an hours budget, e.g. 36:00 worked of 50:00, so 72%. You see along the way whether the quote holds.

Tasks per step

Add preparation, making, finishing and fitting as tasks under the order. Whoever taps the timer picks the right task.

Drag and drop

The schedule shows who works on which order and when, by day, week or month. If a delivery moves, drag the tasks to another day or another employee.

Leave and public holidays

Leave and public holidays show up in the schedule. You see in advance that you're one person short in Easter week.

A week in a workshop of eight

A made-up example: a joinery with a workshop and two fitting crews.

Monday

In the workshop two joiners start on the Declercq family kitchen project. A fitting crew heads out to a job and starts the timer on the phone.

Wednesday

A joiner falls ill. The schedule shows which tasks need rescheduling, and the owner drags them to a colleague.

Thursday

A fitting runs until 18:45. That day differs from the fixed schedule and goes to the owner for review.

Friday

The kitchen order is at 41:00 of a 50:00 budget, with half a day of fitting to go. It holds, just.

Fixed hours, part-timers and overtime

A workshop usually runs on a fixed schedule. In Finito you set that per employee, along with full-time or part-time, contract hours and a daily and weekly limit. If someone moves from 4/5 to full-time, the new arrangement gets a start date and past months stay correct.

When people work longer, the owner reviews that day: overtime, flexitime, additional hours or no overtime. Overtime is tracked to the minute under Belgian rules, and time off in lieu comes off the balance automatically. Your social secretariat calculates overtime pay and premiums. More on overtime and flexitime.

What changes in 2027?

The federal government wants every employer to record working time from 1 January 2027. Under the preliminary draft there's a transition period until the end of March 2027. No method is mandatory: an app is enough if the system is objective, reliable and accessible. The final text isn't settled yet. Ask your social secretariat what it means for your workshop.

All about time registration 2027

What your workshop gets

  • Hours per order and per step
  • Workshop and fitting schedule in one place
  • Fixed schedule per employee, with start date
  • Overtime review, time off in lieu and leave
  • Payroll export as a zip for your social secretariat
  • Leavers: archived, never deleted

Price

Team costs €8 per user per month, with planning and project hours, overtime, payroll export, time off in lieu and leave, and the log. Pro costs €11 and adds invoicing follow-up: see per client and project what's left to invoice. Excl. VAT, minimum 2 users, cancel any month. See the pricing.

Frequently asked questions

Do my workshop staff need a computer?

No. The timer works on phone and computer. A phone is enough.

Can I cost each order afterwards?

Yes. Every order is a project with an hours budget. You see hours worked against the budget, and you can export everything.

What if someone enters their hours wrong?

On the day itself the employee fixes it. After that the owner can. The original stays visible in the log.

Do public holidays appear in the schedule automatically?

Leave and public holidays show in the schedule, so you can plan around them in advance.

Your next quote, based on real hours

Try Finito free for 30 days with a few current orders. No meeting, no credit card.

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