Clicarity Aluminium Glass
🪟 Industry · Aluminium & Glass Fabrication

When a unit does not fit, was it the measurement or the fabrication?

Which measurement version each unit was made from. Where glass is actually breaking. How many deliveries reached a site that was not ready.

One fabricator rejected twenty-four units in a quarter. Every one had been made from a measurement nobody could identify afterwards.
One fabricator traced twenty-eight remakes in a quarter. Fourteen came from a measurement that changed somewhere between the tape and the cutting list.
Aluminium and glass fabricators — order and installation visibility live
As featured in PrintWeek India, April 2026 ↗

Three fabricators. Each one measured carefully and never recorded which measurement was used.

01 The measurement that was taken once

Windows and facades are made to site measurements. Take them once, before the civil work settles, and every unit is wrong by the same few millimetres.

Remeasurement happens. Which measurement a unit was made from is rarely recorded, so when units do not fit nobody knows whether it was the measurement or the fabrication.

Units rejected at site, one quarter
Made from old measurement24 units
Fabrication error10 units
Civil deviation13 units
Damage in transit5 units

Every unit carries the measurement version it was made from, with the date and the person who took it.

24 units → 5rejected on measurement
Show me howFifteen minutes. We look at one unit.
02 Glass that broke, somewhere

Glass breaks. In cutting, in tempering, in handling, in transit, at site. Each break is a full pane and a lead time to replace.

It is recorded as breakage. Where it happened almost never is, so the same handling point keeps breaking glass year after year.

Breakage by point, one quarter
Cutting and processing1.1%
In store1.3%
In transit2.4%
At site handling4.1%

Counts are taken at each handover, so breakage has a location and a person rather than only a percentage.

4.1% → 1.6%breakage at site
Show me howFifteen minutes. We split it out.
03 The site that was not ready, again

Fabricated units reach site. The opening is not ready, the scaffolding is gone, or another trade is still working there.

The lorry waits or the units are stacked in a corner where they are far more likely to be damaged than in your own store.

Deliveries that could not be installed
Opening not ready17 deliveries
Access or scaffolding8 deliveries
Other trade in progress6 deliveries

Site readiness is a confirmed stage before despatch can be scheduled.

31 wasted trips → 9per quarter
Show me howFifteen minutes. We add the site stage.

Fabrication is precise. Everything around it is where the units are lost.

Every order. Every frame. Every installation tracked.

This is how a print job moves through your business. Clicarity gives you live visibility at every phase — and flags delays before they become client calls.

01
Order & Design
4 stages
Order Confirmed
Customer order confirmed — opening sizes, system type, glass spec, delivery date.
✓ Clicarity: Job ID created, measurements logged, fabrication initiated
Shop Drawing
Fabrication drawing prepared per opening measurements.
⚠ ⚠ Common delay: site measurement errors found at drawing stage — re-survey required
Material Planning
Aluminium sections, glass, hardware, and sealants planned per drawing.
Material Procurement
Sections, glass, and accessories procured or pulled from stock.
⚠ ⚠ Common delay: glass size not in stock — fabrication held waiting for glass
02
Fabrication
4 stages
Aluminium Cutting
Sections cut to required lengths on saw per cutting list.
✓ Clicarity: Cutting list completion logged — fabrication assembly can begin
Machining / Routing
Sections machined for drainage, hardware fixing, and interlocking.
Frame Assembly
Sections assembled into frames — corners, mullions, transoms fixed.
✓ Clicarity: Frame count vs order quantity tracked — shortfall visible live
Quality Check
Frames checked for squareness, dimensions, and finish before coating.
⚠ ⚠ Common delay: defective frames discovered at installation — costly site rework
03
Surface Treatment
3 stages
Powder Coating / Anodising
Frames sent to powder coating or anodising vendor.
⚠ ⚠ Common delay: vendor queue — frames return late, site schedule impacted
Return & Inspection
Frames inspected on return for finish quality and colour consistency.
✓ Clicarity: Vendor TAT tracked — data to hold them accountable
Glass Cutting & Processing
Glass cut, toughened, or processed to required sizes.
⚠ ⚠ Common delay: glass breakage or size error — replacement adds days
04
Glazing & Dispatch
3 stages
Glazing
Glass fitted into frames with gaskets and sealant.
✓ Clicarity: Glazed unit count confirmed against order before dispatch
Hardware Fitting
Handles, hinges, locks, and accessories fitted and tested.
Dispatch to Site
Order dispatched — frames, glass, and accessories together.
✓ Clicarity: Dispatch confirmed — site installation team notified automatically
05
Installation
2 stages
Installation
Frames and glass installed at site by installation team.
✓ Clicarity: Installation progress tracked per opening or floor
Snagging & Handover
All snags cleared, client signs off. Job closed.
✓ Clicarity: Full project history from order to installation preserved
""Powder coating was our blackhole — frames went in and came back whenever they came back. We had no idea. Three sites were delayed because frames were sitting at the coater. Now the coater updates their status and I see it live.""
DI
Director
Aluminium & Glass Fabrication Company — Mumbai
As featured in PrintWeek India, April 2026 — Vol 18, Issue 12 ↗ Also in Print Bulletin, May 2026 — Pages 20–21 ↗

What improves in aluminium and glass businesses using Clicarity

↓ 50%
Installation delays from fabrication holdups
↓ 65%
Powder coating vendor follow-up
↑ 40%
On-time installation rate
5 days
To go live — full setup included

Questions from aluminium glass businesses

How does Clicarity work for a printing business specifically?
Clicarity is configured around your specific print workflow — pre-press, printing, finishing, dispatch — in your terminology. Every job gets a unique ID and moves through your defined stages. You see live status, timestamps, and alerts when a job sits too long at every stage. The Clicarity team builds everything for you. You go live in 5 days.
Does it work for both offset and digital printing?
Yes. Clicarity works for any print process — offset, digital, wide format, screen printing, or a combination. The stages are configured around your actual workflow. If offset jobs go through plate making and digital jobs skip that stage, both can be tracked correctly under the same system.
Can it track material wastage at each stage?
Yes — with the Multi Licence. At every stage, your team logs quantity in and quantity out. Clicarity calculates the loss automatically. You see wastage by stage, by job, live — not at month-end when nothing can be done about it.
Will my press operators actually use it?
Yes. The update screen has two fields — Job ID and status. Under a minute. No training needed. GP Offset's entire team was using it from day one, including floor workers who had never used a software system before.

See every order. Every site. Before the delay reaches the client.

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