Plan the build.
Plan the business.
Plan the cash.
Plan a business from the ground up, or improve one that is already running. Estimate the facility or the project, plan the people, materials and steps it takes to run, and see what it does to your cash, month by month. Samana puts the build, the operation and the money in one plan: what you need, when you need it, what it costs, and what each change does to the whole.
One plan, from the build to the bottom line.
Start where you need to. Samana connects the details of your work with the costs, the resources and the cash behind it.
The whole business, on one page.
Every job, process and business unit, brought together in one clear picture of your finances. Flow turns the plan into cash flow by month: what comes in, what goes out, when you will need the most cash, and what remains. Each business unit on its own, or all of them together.
See the cash before you need it.
Flow connects the plan to the money behind it. When costs, schedules or the job change, you see the cash move and when. Material and labor are split on every line, and every dollar carries a cost code that goes straight to the books.
- Cash flow by month, and the most cash you will need
- Every revision and how far it moved the money
- Material and labor kept apart on every line
- Business units on their own, or added up
- The owner's view: margins, profit, and who has access
A clear plan for every process.
From the first step to the finished product, Lean puts the process, the people, the materials and the production targets on one plan: every step in order, who does it, what it uses and the rate it should hit. Most shops run the floor on spreadsheets, a whiteboard and somebody's memory; with Lean, when the floor falls behind, you see it the same day, not at the end of the month.
Each step is scheduled around the one before it and the people free to do it. Samana flags the day two steps want the same person, before it slows you down.
Know what each step uses and when to order it. Buy for what the plan needs: no rush freight, no shelf of parts nobody needed.
Issued plans and every revision are kept exactly as sent, so everyone works from the right one, not a half-finished edit.
Plan the work.
Lay out each step and the people it takes, and build the schedule around your finish date. Lean puts the steps on the calendar Monday to Friday, keeps them inside the window, and when one step moves, everything after it moves too.
- Drag a start and the steps after it follow
- People each day, with the busiest day and who is double-booked
- Go puts a step on the crew's list; Verify closes it once it is checked
Track actual performance.
Set a target rate for each step, in units an hour or pieces a person-hour, and log what the floor really did. Samana draws the actual under the plan, green at or above, red below. Hours by week sit against the limit, so overtime shows up before it is paid.
- Rates in the step's own units
- Actuals against plan, as soon as days are logged
- Hours by week with the line you set
Agriculture, too.
The same planning runs a growing season. Field prep, planting, harvest and drying are steps like any other. Lean hands them to the crew's phones in Farmmetric, the farm crew's free app, and the crew checks them off in the field.
About Farmmetric
Design it. Cost it. Plan the build.
From a renovation or fit-out to a new production facility, Samana connects the design to the materials, labor, schedule and cost behind it. Put in the sizes the way you measure them and Samana draws it to scale and builds the takeoff: every piece with material, labor and time. Change the design and the price changes with it, from the first sketch to a priced, scheduled start. Recorded on the sample job every account starts with.
Draw it to scale
Rooms, walls and equipment from your own measurements. Each level on its own tab, priced by division the way you hire: framing, electrical, plumbing, HVAC.
The drawing set, then 3D
Turn the trades on and off on the full-screen plan, pin a note where the work is, then watch the same plan stand up in 3D.
See it in 3D
The same plan in 3D: finished, to show the customer, or as framing for the crew.
Know what it costs
Material, labor and time by trade and cost code. One click turns the takeoff into a proposal in your name, with options, a payment schedule and terms.
- DrawnRooms, walls, equipment, to scale
- CountedEvery piece, hour and price in the takeoff
- CodedMaterial and labor, by division and cost code
- In FlowDeposits in, materials and labor out, by month
Understand every change.
Publish a revision and it is kept exactly as sent, costs frozen. Revise the design and Samana compares the new cost with the last one, division by division, up or down, and Flow moves the cash to match. The crew opens the issued revision, not your half-finished edits.
- Rev A, B, C, with what changed and what it cost
- Every rev carried into Flow
- Step-by-step work orders with check-offs from the field
See what you have. Plan what you need. Decide better.
Your people, time, materials and money decide what the business can do. Samana puts them in one place, so you plan the work, put the resources on it, track what actually happens, and plan next year from your own numbers instead of a guess.
See your resources
Who is available, where their time goes, what is in stock and how the cash looks, across every job, process and business unit.
Plan your resources
Put each person on the step that fits them, line up the partners and trades around them, and order what the plan uses before you run short.
Track your resources
Actual hours, rates, materials and costs, logged against the plan as the work gets done.
Learn from every year.
Compare what you planned with what happened. This year's real numbers become next year's budget and plan, and every year gets tighter than the one before.
- PlanThe budget and the steps for the year
- TrackThe actuals, as the work is done
- ComparePlanned against real, last year against this
- AdjustNext year's budget, from your own numbers
Everything: plans, prices, the profit view, who has access.
Builds and edits plans, publishes revisions, sends quotes.
Their own portal on the phone: the Takeoff portal on a build, the Lean portal on the floor (coming), Farmmetric on a farm. Steps, check-offs, notes, Got it on every change.
Their own steps and the finished product they are building toward. Never your prices.
What each step uses, added up into an order list with when to buy it.
The helper built in. Tell it what changed, or hand it photos, and it works out where that goes.
Built around real work. Always evolving.
Samana grew out of real building, agriculture and production work, and every part of it came from a real job. Have a question, an idea, or a problem you want to solve? Tell us what you are trying to do. Good ideas go into the next version, for everyone.
Or email support@samana.tech.
Two plans. One connected platform.
Samana opens to new companies soon. Tell us through Contact us and we will let you know the day it opens. Start with the tools you need and build from there. Every plan comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee and a sample job already set up, so you can see how Samana works before you put in your own. No limit on jobs.
Takeoff
or $550 a year, 12 months for the price of 11
Design, estimate and see the money behind your projects.
- Drawn and priced quotes from your own measurements
- Drawing set, 3D, the customer packet, the materials list and the work order
- Flow: every job's money, month by month
- Sai, the helper inside the app
- 2 people included, $25 a month each extra
Lean
or $1,100 a year, 12 months for the price of 11
Plan the work, coordinate the resources and track production, with Takeoff and Flow.
- Lean: one schedule for every step, person and material
- Takeoff and Flow included
- The Team portal for subs, and Farmmetric for farm crews; people on the portals never count
- Sai, the helper inside the app
- 2 people included, $25 a month each extra
Several teams, sites or business units, or help rolling Samana out with training? Contact us.
Every plan is charged on the day you start. Cancel within 30 days and you get a full refund, monthly or yearly; to pay for a year, contact us. Only people who sign in to Samana count toward a plan; crews, subs and partners on the portals never do. Farmmetric stays free for farm crews. You pay by card through Stripe. Nothing is deleted when a plan ends.
Bring your plan together.
From the first estimate to the day-to-day operation, see how the work, the costs, the resources and the cash fit together. Opening soon: tell us and we will let you know the day it opens. Every plan comes with the sample job and a 30-day money-back guarantee. Questions: support@samana.tech.