From bending schedule to site. One system.
aheadSuite covers the full process - ERP, MES, planning, logistics, and overall control — built for precast and rebar operations. Modular, scalable, and web-based - for seamless plant integration.
45%
Time savings
30%
Higher productivity
100%
Transparency
Built for rebar and precast concrete.
One platform for the whole order: quotation, bending schedule, work preparation, graphical planning, machine control, quality checks, stock and delivery. Start with the part you need.
For rebar shops
Manage reinforcement workflows, machine integration, and inventory with precision. Boost efficiency and traceability.
For precast plants
Optimize production, planning, and quality for precast concrete manufacturing. Streamline every stage from scheduling to automation.
How an order runs through aheadSuite
Five steps in your daily operations
Bending list
From the drawingsheet to the digital bending list
3D and 2D import
PXML, IFC, IFC4 Precast, BVBS, ABS
Graphical planning
Machine loads, welding stations, beds or pallets on one graphical board
Machine control
aheadSuite connects to every type of machine
From order to invoicing
Offer estimation, delivery planning, dispatch and invoicing
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One platform. Your pace.
Every module solves a job on its own. Together they form one continuous chain from order to site. You decide where to start, and you can add the next feature whenever the timing suits. And because it's modular, the system you buy this year is the system you extend in three years, not the one you replace.
Connecting every step of your process
Why customers choose aheadSuite
Web-based and modular
Browser access everywhere, at the desk, on the shop-floor terminal, on a phone at the loading bay.
Open interfaces
PXML, IFC, IFC4 Precast, BVBS, ABS. Connected to every type of machine and supplier.
Proven expertise in projects worldwide
400 software installations worldwide in cut and bend shops and precast concrete plants.
Professional service all over the world
With various service locations we support our customers before, during and after the implementation project.
End-to-end solution
aheadSuite offers the whole process flow from quotation to delivery and invoicing - but you choose what you need.
"If a change is needed, the employee can step in immediately and make adjustments on short notice. This makes production more flexible and easier to manage, and enables bottlenecks to be identified and resolved in a timely manner."
“The software has allowed us to connect our entire production process—not only the Progress machines but also the equipment that was already in our plant. We can see in real time what each machine is producing, and we can track the progress of the project’s production.”
"The collaboration with Progress Group during and after the implementation has been highly beneficial. Progress's consultants provided valuable insights, helping UBAB find optimal solutions even when it required rethinking initial approaches."
Trusted by rebar shops and precast plants worldwide
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Technical Support & FAQ
Find quick answers to our most common questions.
Yes — aheadSuite covers the complete rebar process, from quotation and the import of bending schedules through bar list optimisation, machine allocation, production feedback, bundling and labelling, to stock, loading and site delivery.
Bending schedules arrive in BVBS, ABS or straight out of the 3D model, so nothing is retyped. Positions are distributed across bending, cutting and mesh machines according to geometry, diameter and quantity, and every bar stays traceable from cut to handover. Accounting, HR and payroll sit outside the scope by design and connect through interfaces.
aheadSuite is licensed per named user, not per workstation. A licence follows the person, so the same account works at the desk, on the shop-floor terminal and on a mobile device without paying twice for the same employee.
PXML, IFC, IFC4 Precast, BVBS, ABS — all guaranteed, all open standards. If you work with a format that isn't on that list, tell us and we'll say honestly whether we can handle it.
Yes — aheadSuite covers the full precast production process, from quotation and model import through work preparation, bed and pallet planning, production control, machine data, quality documentation, stock and dispatch to delivery on site.
What it deliberately doesn't include is financial accounting, HR and payroll. Those systems already exist in your company, they work, and aheadSuite connects to them instead of replacing them. Everything between the enquiry and the signature on the delivery note is covered in one system — and because the suite is modular, you can also run just the part you need today.
aheadSuite connects to every machine type from every supplier, whether you run brand-new equipment or machines that have been in operation for decades. It doesn't matter which manufacturer built them or which controller or interface they use: we integrate your entire machine park into one system. That gives you a complete, real-time view of your production without being tied to a single vendor or needing separate solutions for different machines.
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