Maker's Yield & Cost
Atelier CAD/CAM & Studio Operating System
Features

Everything your workroom needs. Nothing it doesn't.

10 product modules. 16 production reports. Reports grounded in your studio data. Built from the floor up for leather goods, footwear, and cut-and-sew.

10
Core Modules
16
Production Reports
91.4%
Target Yield
Local-First
Architecture

Maker's Yield & Cost is not a generic project management tool with a fashion skin. Every feature was built for the specific workflow of a leather goods, footwear, or cut-and-sew studio — from the irregular yield of a leather hide to the multi-tier pricing of a DTC brand running wholesale alongside direct sales.

Each product carries 10 structured modules. The reporting layer ships with 16 production reports across four domains. Reports are grounded in your studio's own product history, BOM records, and yield data. Butler, our AI assistant, is in the beta on supported iPhone and Android phones. It runs on the phone, not in the web app. Below is the full system — not a marketing summary.

Mobile-First Capture

Your phone is the production terminal

Scan barcodes, log yield, and launch new products from the workbench — all without a computer. The Maker's Yield & Cost mobile app supports 10 barcode formats including Code128, EAN-13, UPC-A, QR, and DataMatrix. It runs completely offline and syncs to the web the moment you're back on Wi-Fi.

10 barcode formats — Code128, Code39, EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A, UPC-E, ITF, QR, DataMatrix, and PDF417
Bluetooth external scanner mode — hands-free batch capture directly from the workbench
Link mode — scan a barcode and instantly map it to an existing material or product
Mobile product wizard — handbag and footwear branching paths, built for floor-level creation
Offline-first engine — full functionality without Wi-Fi, automatic sync when reconnected
Mobile barcode scanner in Maker's Yield & Cost
Product Documentation

10 modules per product. From sketch to factory file.

Every product in Maker's Yield & Cost has ten structured modules — specs with sketch views and colorways, construction details, bill of materials, trimmings, costs, FOB build-up, pricing strategy, yield workspace, review-threaded attachments, and a full change timeline. One record, all the way to production.

Sketch views, colorways, and construction details — all in the structured spec module
Bill of materials linked to the live materials registry — every component traced and costed
Review threads on attachments — comment directly on reference images and factory documents
Full version history and activity timeline — every edit logged with user, timestamp, and context
Export-ready PDF tech pack — manufacturer-standard format generated from your live product data
Illustrator artwork intake — upload .ai, .pdf, or .png artboards and classify them as technical views, construction details, or pattern references against the product record
Illustrator plugin — free for beta testers under the beta license. Invite-only and coming soon, not for sale. Push artboards straight from Illustrator into the product record without exporting by hand
Footwear and handbag spec templates — each family captures the fields that family actually needs
Maker's Yield & Cost tech pack on the web
Precision Costing

Landed cost down to the last duty line

The FOB build-up engine covers over 20 input fields — materials, trimmings, labor, tooling, packaging, duty rates, freight, and agent fees. Every number traces back to your actual yield data. No spreadsheet guesswork. No rounding that buries the margin error.

FOB build-up with 20+ fields — materials, labor, tooling, duties, freight, agent, and packaging
Yield-adjusted BOM — real consumption math per material, not estimated percentages
Full landed cost calculator — FOB to CIF to DDP with duty and freight in one view
Per-SKU floor price and margin target — know your break-even before you commit to a run
Multi-tier pricing strategy — DTC, wholesale, and custom channel margins on every product
Costs screen for the Hamptons Weekender Tote showing material cost, labor, overhead, profit, and wholesale and retail prices
Materials & Inventory

Track yield down to the square foot

Leather yields differently every time. Maker's Yield & Cost tracks actual consumption per material, per product, with irregular-hide square footage math built in. Organize inventory by folder, run bulk imports, set reorder alerts, and print DYMO labels — all from one system.

Leather yield workspace — irregular hide footage tracked per batch, not estimated
Material analytics — usage, waste, and cost exposure across your full catalog
Folder organization — group inventory by collection, season, or production run
Bulk import, custom fields, transactions, and picklist support — for serious inventory operations
DYMO label printing — generate barcode and QR labels for any material or product directly from the app
Supplier registry — keep supplier records, link them to materials and products, and track spend and price drift across your line
Consumables tracked separately from materials — thread, glue, hardware, and packaging on their own ledger
Stock alerts — set thresholds and hear about it before you run out mid-run
Yield screen for the Hamptons Weekender Tote showing 75% utilization, total area, estimated waste, and a breakdown by material group
Reports

16 reports. One AI that knows your studio.

Maker's Yield & Cost ships with 16 production reports across four domains: Inventory Operations, Product Intelligence, Product Engineering, and Strategic Simulation. Butler, our AI assistant, is in the beta on supported iPhone and Android phones. It runs on the phone. It is not in the web app.

16 reports across 4 domains — inventory ops, product intelligence, engineering, and strategic simulation
On-device AI — Butler runs on your phone after a one-time model download (about 1.9 GB, Wi-Fi recommended). Then chat and photo scan work offline
Cross-product analyzer — compare margins, costs, and yield across your full catalog at once
Full activity timeline — every product change logged with user identity, timestamp, and detail
Maker's Yield & Cost dashboard with margin, yield and cost figures, recently updated products, and Butler insights
Team & Workspace

Three roles. Every team covered.

Maker's Yield & Cost is multi-workspace and multi-user from day one. Director, Admin, and Member roles give every team member exactly the access they need — nothing more, applied in the database rather than only in the interface. Sync logs and admin tools keep the data clean across every session and every surface.

Three workspace roles — Director, Admin, and Member, with permission boundaries applied in the database, not just the interface
Multi-workspace — manage separate brands or production lines from a single account
Admin tools — invite members, manage access levels, and review full sync logs from the web
Full audit trail — every action logged with user identity, timestamp, and change detail
Web, iOS, and Android — every team member on every surface, with the same live data
English and Spanish throughout — every screen, wizard, report, and tech pack field, not just the marketing pages
Global release pipeline — French, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, and additional vocational locales actively staged in Weblate.
Production events — log what actually happened on a run, with notifications when a stage changes
Team and permissions management in Maker's Yield & Cost
Smart IP Shield™ · Free under the beta license

A fingerprint for your Tech Pack

Smart IP Shield is free under the beta license for every beta tester, on mobile and web. When you export a Tech Pack, it computes a SHA-256 fingerprint of selected product data and prints a seal with that fingerprint on the Tech Pack. Patent Pending — not a granted patent.

Computes a SHA-256 fingerprint of selected product data, such as measurements and materials
Prints a Smart IP Shield seal with that fingerprint on the exported Tech Pack
Shows a Sealed Time recorded by the device, not an independent timestamp
Does not stop copying or give legal protection
Maker's Yield & Cost Smart IP Shield™ seal
Open beta · Students, alumni and faculty with a school or university email · Complimentary, no contracts

Stop guessing. Start pricing with confidence.

Maker's Yield & Cost is in open beta for students, alumni and faculty with an active school or university email. Complimentary during the beta, no contracts.