How Truss Manufacturers Can Stay in Control During the Holiday Rush

The holiday season brings a unique kind of pressure for truss manufacturers. While many industries slow down, truss plants often experience the exact opposite. Customers push to get quotes finalized before year-end, contractors try to lock in pricing, and everyone wants their projects scheduled before January. Inside the plant, teams are juggling PTO, shorter weeks, and shifting availability. It’s the perfect environment for things to fall behind if your workflows aren’t organized and visible.

Cadynce helps manufacturers bring structure to this season so the rush feels manageable instead of overwhelming.

Keeping Workflows Organized When Schedules Shift

During the holidays, people are constantly in and out—sales, designers, admin, production. With traditional spreadsheets or email-driven tracking, this creates communication gaps and stalled work.

Cadynce solves this by giving the entire team a single, real-time view of every job: what’s open, where it sits in the workflow, what needs attention, and who is responsible for moving it forward. Even with half the team out, the work stays clear and accessible to everyone who’s on the clock.

Maintaining Clear Responsibilities Through Every Handoff

One of the biggest challenges during the holiday rush is simply keeping track of who’s doing what. When multiple teams are involved, handoffs can become unclear, especially when people are out or working reduced hours.

Cadynce removes ambiguity by assigning responsibility at each step of the workflow, making expectations explicit and ensuring jobs don’t stall because someone assumed another person was handling it.
The result is a smoother, more predictable workflow—exactly what manufacturers need during their busiest weeks.

Preventing Bid Backlogs During the Year-End Push

December always brings a surge of last-minute bids and pricing requests as customers try to lock things in before the new year. In spreadsheet-heavy processes, these bids can quickly get buried or overlooked.

Cadynce keeps every bid organized in one place, making it easy to see what’s aging, what’s high priority, and what still needs input from design or sales. Instead of scrambling to catch up, teams can work proactively and keep the pipeline moving even during holiday crunch time.

Keeping Production Moving Despite Reduced Staffing

Holiday PTO and shorter workweeks can slow production—but Cadynce helps keep jobs flowing by providing clear visibility into what’s ready to build and what’s still waiting on information. Production teams can quickly see the status of each job without needing to track down designers or dig through emails. This reduces downtime, eliminates bottlenecks, and helps maintain throughput even with fewer people available.

Starting the New Year Ahead Instead of Behind

Many truss plants spend the first part of January untangling everything that slipped through the cracks in December. But with Cadynce keeping workflows organized during the holidays, plants enter the new year with clarity rather than chaos. Jobs are tracked, responsibilities are clear, and teams aren’t left guessing where everything stands.
This creates a smoother transition into Q1 and sets the tone for a more controlled and consistent year.

Final Thoughts

The holiday season will always be a busy one for truss manufacturers—but it doesn’t have to be chaotic.

Cadynce gives teams the visibility, structure, and accountability they need to stay in control, no matter how hectic schedules become. When workflows stay organized, your plant can continue moving work forward, keep customers confident, and start the new year without the usual backlog.

If you’d like help preparing for the holiday rush or want a walkthrough of how other truss plants use Cadynce to manage their processes, we’d be happy to show you. Book a demo today!