Shop software for plating and anodizing job shops.
Amp-Hour prints the traveler, logs the run, keeps tank chemistry in spec and issues the cert of compliance when the job ships. Quoting, scheduling, invoicing and the wastewater log are in the same system.
No card needed. The trial opens on a sample shop so you can see travelers and tank sheets right away.
Built around the job.
For job shops doing anodize, zinc, nickel, chromate, passivation, e-coat or powder on customer-owned parts, from a few people to about eighty, including shops that answer to Nadcap, AS9100 or a wastewater permit.
1The traveler is the record.
Each finish carries its routing: tank, time, temperature, current density. Receiving a job copies it, prints the traveler with a barcode per operation, and the floor scans to start, log the run and complete. Anything outside the window is recorded as a deviation.
2Tank chemistry with the arithmetic done.
Enter the titration; Amp-Hour compares it to your limits and computes the addition from tank volume, issued from inventory when you post it. Brightener is replenished from amp-hours. Every parameter has a control chart.
3Certs, shipping and invoicing in one step.
Ship Jobs prints the packing slip and carton labels, issues the certificate of compliance with thickness readings and gauge calibration, and raises the invoice. QC cannot sign off a step that needs readings until they are entered. Customers download their certs and invoices from a portal.
Everything else a shop runs on is in the same system. Each item below opens a page that says what the screen does and what a person does on it.
Getting started
Sample shop, starter kit and the checklist for the first real job.
Jobs, travelers and routings
Routings with tank and window per step; receiving prints the traveler.
Schedule, capacity and the shop floor
The board, load by work center, and scanning to start and complete.
Tank chemistry
Titrations, computed additions, amp-hour replenishment, control charts.
Quality
Rejects, NCRs and CAPAs, lab tests, training records, controlled documents.
Certs, shipping and packaging
Packing slips, carton labels, the cert of compliance and the invoice.
Customers, parts, quotes and pricing
Customer records, parts with their process and price, quotes that become jobs.
Outside processing
A step done by a vendor: the PO, the vendor slip and the count back in.
Maintenance
Work orders, the PM schedule, downtime and gauge calibration.
Environmental compliance
Wastewater log against permit limits, hazardous waste, permits, SDS.
Inventory and purchasing
Chemicals and supplies at cost, reorder report, POs, bills and A/P.
Invoicing, receivables, ledger and time
Invoices, receipts, aging, a general ledger, the time clock and reports.
Precious metals
Daily prices, the surcharge on each invoice, metal reconciliation.
Customer portal
Customers see their jobs, certs and invoices and can request a quote.
Team, notifications, messages and security
Roles, staff logins, notifications, messaging between staff, 2FA.
Pricing
Per shop per month, in US dollars. Every plan has every module, unlimited jobs and customers, and the customer portal. Cancel from Settings > Billing at any time.
| Plan | Per month | Staff logins | Support |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $149 | 5 | Email, reply within one business day |
| ProfessionalTrial plan | $349 | 25 | Email and phone, same business day |
| Business | $699 | Unlimited | Same business day, plus onboarding and import help |
The 14-day trial runs the Professional plan; a promotion code from a flyer or an email lengthens it, entered on the sign-up form or later under Settings > Billing. A staff login is a person who signs in; customer-portal users are free, and the shop-floor terminal and time clock run under one login.
Annual billing, purchase orders or running it on your own server: support@amphour.io.
Support
Email support@amphour.io. The people who write the software answer it. Demos are 30 minutes over a screen share, on your own parts and processes.
Switching from another system? Settings > Data imports customers, parts, vendors, inventory, processes and tanks from CSV, and we help with the rest during onboarding.