Job data cleanup should make active work understandable to the people who will use the new system.
Data Cleanup Before Importing Cabinet JobsJob data cleanup should make active work understandable to the people who will use the new system. Focus on identity, status, scope, ownership, and remaining commitments. A technically valid import can still contain stale jobs or misleading completion states.
A hypothetical old spreadsheet marks a job complete because fabrication ended, while installation remains open. Map that state deliberately rather than importing it as fully closed. Otherwise the new system starts by hiding real obligations.
Ask production and the office to review the same imported jobs. Resolve differences before treating the new list as authoritative.
Bring one representative cabinet job to a Millbase demonstration. Follow the project and its recorded costs, inspect the inventory workflow, and review live floor activity. Ask the person who will use each screen to perform the task and check the resulting record.
Ask the Millbase AI agent a question grounded in your workspace records. For example: “For this project, compare estimated and actual labour and show the workers and workstations behind the total.” You can select a project or worker, ask follow-up questions, and request supported reports and CSV exports.
Check the result against the same project records and try a follow-up question. Confirm any required integration, import, export, or specialist planning workflow during the demonstration rather than inferring it from the software category.
For the broader workflow and decisions behind this guide, read Warehouse Management Software for Cabinet Shops: A Practical Buying Guide.
No. Flag uncertainty and assign a reviewer. A visible unresolved field is safer than an invented definitive value.
Depending on reporting needs, they may remain in a reference archive. Preserve access and the relationship to active work where necessary.
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