From Block to Polished Slab, Every Step Tracked
Know-Now is the factory operating system for stone processors — block procurement, gang saw planning, stage-wise production tracking, yield analysis, and lot-level slab inventory in one platform.
Connect your yard, gang saws, polishing lines, and sales team with real-time data on every block and lot.
Factory Overview
What Slows Stone Processors Down
These are the problems stone processors tell us about before they move to Know-Now.
Blocks tracked in registers
Purchase details, grading notes, and supplier payments sit across notebooks and spreadsheets that never reconcile.
No real yield number
You know what you bought and what you sold, but not how much usable stone each block actually produced.
Cutting planned on a whiteboard
Machine assignment depends on whoever is on the shop floor that morning, not on order priority.
Capital stuck in the yard
Slow-moving lots sit for months because nobody sees ageing stock until stocktaking season.
Costing arrives after the sale
Cost per square foot is assembled at month end, long after the price you quoted was already committed.
Rework never makes the record
Re-polishing, patching, and second passes happen constantly but are logged nowhere, so the real cost of a lot stays hidden.
Run Your Factory with Complete Visibility
From the moment a block enters your yard to the final polished slab — Know-Now gives stone processors end-to-end control over procurement, production, and inventory.
Block Procurement & Grading
Track every block from quarry source, grade quality on arrival, and link payments to suppliers — all in one place.
Gang Saw & Cutting Planning
Schedule cutting sequences, assign blocks to machines, and plan production based on sales orders and priorities.
Resin, Polishing & Stage Tracking
Monitor each slab through resin filling, polishing, and quality checks with real-time lot-level visibility.
Yield & Wastage Analysis
Know exactly how much usable stone comes from each block. Identify yield losses and improve profitability.
Slab Inventory by Lot
Track every slab individually — size, finish, location, and status — across your entire yard.
Dead Stock & Aging Alerts
Get automatic alerts on slow-moving inventory so you can act before it ties up your capital.
Know-Now in Your Day-to-Day
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Block arrives and is graded
Record quarry, supplier, dimensions, and grade at the gate. The block gets an identity it keeps for life.
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Cutting is planned against demand
Assign blocks to gang saws based on confirmed orders and thickness requirements, not guesswork.
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Slabs move through stages
Resin, polishing, and inspection are logged per lot, so you always know what is where on the floor.
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Finished lots enter inventory
Every slab lands in the yard with size, finish, location, and status — searchable in seconds.
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Yield and cost close the loop
Compare output against block input to see true recovery, wastage, and cost per square foot.
Built Around Stone Processor Operations
The parts of the platform that carry the day-to-day work of this business.
Block Procurement & Grading
Quarry source, supplier, dimensions, and grade captured at the gate, with payments linked to each purchase.
Gang Saw & Cutting Plans
Assign blocks to machines by order thickness and priority, so the week's output is stock you can already sell.
Stage-Wise Production
Cutting, resin, polishing, and inspection logged per lot with timestamps and operator records at each step.
Yield & Cost Analytics
Recovery, wastage, and true cost per square foot for every block — compared across quarries and suppliers.
Lot-Level Slab Inventory
Every slab held with size, finish, thickness, and yard location, so stock is found by search instead of by walking the stack.
Ageing & Dead Stock Alerts
Slow-moving lots surface automatically, early enough to discount or place deliberately while the material still has value.
Stone Processor FAQs
Yes. Each block carries its identity from the yard gate through cutting and polishing, so Know-Now can compare the input volume against the finished slab area to give you recovery, wastage, and cost per square foot for that specific block.
Not a Stone Processor?
Know-Now adapts to every kind of stone business.
Run Your Stone Business with Data and AI
Join stone businesses already using Know-Now to manage procurement, production, inventory, and sales — all in one platform.
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