The ERP Built for Sign Shops.
Not Adapted for Them.
Upload a shop drawing. Get a complete quote — BOM, labor, and sell price — in seconds. From the first estimate to the final invoice, every job, under control. No spreadsheets. No sticky notes. No gut guessing.
Product Tour
See Centaur ERP in Action
Two walkthroughs of the platform — from estimating a single sign to analyzing a 100-page bid package in seconds.
Platform Walkthrough
Upload a drawing → complete quote in seconds
Bid Estimating Engine
100-page bid packages analyzed in under a minute
Most sign shops run on spreadsheets and sticky notes
If your estimator is out sick, your shop is blind.
One person knows every formula, every supplier price, every labor rate. That's not a system — that's a liability. Centaur ERP replaces the patchwork of Excel, text messages, and gut instinct with a single intelligent platform that manages your entire business from first quote to final invoice.
Core Modules
Every Tool Your Shop Needs. In One Place.
Six purpose-built modules that replace the patchwork of software, spreadsheets, and paper your shop runs on today.
Estimating Engine
Upload a shop drawing or photo. The system identifies the sign type, extracts dimensions, generates a complete BOM with quantities and supplier tags, builds a labor plan by department, and calculates sell price — in seconds.
- 18 sign types auto-detected
- Chain-of-thought reasoning (verifiable)
- One-click line item overrides
- Built-in advisory chatbot on every estimate
Project Pipeline & Sales Orders
Every approved estimate flows into a 7-step visual pipeline. See every active job, its stage, and what's blocking it — at a glance, without asking anyone.
- Estimate → Deposit → Drawing → Permit → Production → Install → Invoice
- Color-coded status badges
- Filter by stage
- One-click to full job detail
Work Orders & Shop Floor
When a job hits production, a Work Order is released with checklists, full BOM, labor tracking by department, and live variance analysis — estimated vs actual, in real time.
- 7-stage production checklist
- Employee & supervisor quantity logging
- Per-department labor tracking
- Live variance: labor $, material $, color-coded
Shop Floor PWA
A mobile web app at shop.centaurerp.ai. Employees clock into jobs, track hours by production stage, and capture GPS at install — no app store download, no login headache.
- Works on any phone or tablet
- Persistent clock-in (survives screen timeout)
- GPS capture at install
- Hours sync instantly to desktop WO
Installation Module
Track the field installation phase with a 4-step checklist, GPS coordinates, distance from shop, and photo documentation — all flowing directly into the pipeline and invoice.
- Install → Photos → City Inspection → Final Invoice
- GPS at clock-in and clock-out
- Lead + 2nd installer tracked
- Links to pipeline automatically
Customer CRM
A standalone CRM tracking your sales pipeline from new lead to won job. Kanban board, table view, KPI dashboard, and rep leaderboard — at crm.centaurerp.ai.
- New → Contacted → Quoted → Negotiating → Won/Lost
- Activity feed across all leads
- Conversion rate & pipeline value KPIs
- 12 lead sources tracked
18 Sign Types Built In
It Doesn't Just Do Math. It Understands Sign Construction.
Centaur knows that a monument sign uses 4" STD steel pipe buried 4 feet underground — not the HR steel tubes a pylon needs. Every sign type has its own material rules, labor departments, and construction logic.
ROI Calculator
Calculate Your Shop Floor Savings
Adjust the sliders to see how Centaur ERP impacts your bottom line based on real platform benchmarks.
Estimating Throughput
Production Leaks
Projected Monthly Recoupments
After Production Tier license ($699/mo)
Plans
Three Tiers, One Goal: A Shop That Runs Itself
Every tier includes onboarding and training. Transparent per-seat pricing — reach out and we'll put together a quote that fits your shop.
Starter
Estimating + CRM only
- Smart estimating engine
- 18 sign types
- 427-item master BOM
- EST-format proposals
- Customer CRM
- Email support
Production
+ Shop Floor + Work Orders
- Everything in Starter
- Shop Floor PWA
- Work Orders with checklists
- Labor & material variance
- Installation module
- Hours report (CSV export)
Intelligence
+ ML Engine + Analytics
- Everything in Production
- ML learning engine
- Pricing intelligence
- Material waste learning
- Advanced analytics dashboard
- Priority support (4hr SLA)
See It in Action
Watch a Live Demo. No Slides. No Script.
We'll walk through a real estimate from your shop — upload one of your drawings and watch the engine build the BOM, labor plan, and sell price in real time. See the pipeline, the shop floor PWA, and the variance dashboard the way your team would use them.
“Centaur ERP cut our estimating bottleneck by 85% and completely eliminated missing foundation steel and concrete lines on our complex pylon bids.”
Schedule Your Demo
Pick a time that works for you — instant confirmation, no back-and-forth.
Book a Demo on Cal.comFree 30-minute walkthrough • No commitment
Stop Running Your Shop on Spreadsheets
Quote smarter. Build faster. Know your numbers — before the job ships. Join the sign shops that have already made the switch.
Setup in minutes • Transparent pricing • No credit card required