How it works for labs and central fabs
A production line you scale by adding printers, not technicians. For labs, central fabs and clinic groups producing orthotics for other practices.
The order lifecycle, end to end
- Clinics submit the scan and the full prescription themselves, from any capture method.
- Every order arrives as a watertight, print-ready file. No repair, no cleanup, no remodelling.
- The queue assigns jobs to whichever unit is free, across one floor or across sites.
- Unattended production up to 72 hours. 5 pairs per unit per 24 hours. No post-processing.
- Shipping estimation, tracking and delivery confirmation recorded against the order.
- Your rates apply automatically per account, with invoicing and order history in one ledger.
What changes
- Adding a shift means adding a machine, not recruiting for it.
- No variation between technicians: every orthotic is digitally defined and machine-produced.
- You set your own base price, per-unit rates, materials and shipping zones.
- Production-ready team inside a week, with 3 days of onboarding.
You already fabricate by hand or with CNC. Add a printed line beside what you run today, accept digital scans from the clinics that want to work that way, and sell faster turnaround as its own service tier.
You produce for clinics that do not manufacture at all. Your ceiling is output per technician and consistency across operators. Both are what this changes.
You already print for your own locations and outside clinics are asking. One platform runs internal production and external accounts, with separate pricing for each.
Building a custom orthotics operation from nothing. Software, printers, training and support are the stack. You bring the commercial relationships.
Your clinics submit the scan and the full prescription themselves, from any capture method: iPhone, iPad, Structure Sensor, traditional scanners, digitized foam boxes. No attachments to chase, no order form to decipher, no call to clarify what they meant.
Every order lands as a watertight, print-ready file generated by the configurator. No repair, no cleanup, no remodelling. Your technicians open the queue and produce.
Jobs are assigned to whichever unit is free, across one floor or across sites. Nobody walks the room to find open capacity, and nothing sits waiting while a machine idles.
Up to 72 hours of continuous operation per cycle. Parts come off the belt finished, ready for top cover. No milling, no grinding, no dust extraction, no post-processing station to staff.
Shipping estimation, tracking and delivery confirmation are recorded against the order. Your clinics watch status themselves instead of phoning to ask.
Your rates apply automatically, per account. Invoices, order history and payout records sit in one ledger with the production data they came from.
Set your base price, per-unit rates, material options and shipping zones. Different terms for different clients. Your economics stay yours to define.
Every unit's state in one view, with print anomalies caught in real time. No discovering a failed batch six hours later.
Prioritize, reorder and reassign jobs. Capacity is shared across locations, so a quiet site absorbs a busy one.
Intake staff, technicians, and management each see only what their job needs. Adding a shift does not mean handing out full access.
Every order carries its own thread. A clinic asks about a correction, your technician answers, and the decision stays attached to the device that shipped.
Any configuration you have produced before can be reproduced identically in seconds, months later, by whoever is on shift.
Volume, turnaround, completed orders and revenue by account. The numbers you need to price and plan, not a dashboard for its own sake.
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Contact Dr. Antonin Berube at antonin@podform3d.com.