Everyone starts somewhere. Some stone fabricators began their fabrication business out of their garage or their truck. Others may have started their business with a manual bridge saw. Over the years, there has been a great transformation in stone fabrication and many shops have evolved into a fully digital fabrication shop. There are steps that need to happen along the path to digital fabrication, and these steps are less daunting than one may think. It is a journey that leads a fabricator from completing every project by hand to operating a high-production shop with more automation and with less employees than seemingly possible.

What does “going digital” mean? It is alleviating labor shortage pains, increasing efficiency and embracing technology. Fabricators that change their fabrication process from manual to digital will work smarter, not harder.