Hardware project management + document control

Keep every hardware deliverable in one place.

HardwareHub Workbench keeps files, CAD revisions, documents, timelines, owners, vendor contacts, quotes, and handoffs connected around the physical product.

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HardwareHub Workbench Files and Docs view showing project files, document types, status, versions, and review controls
Production Workbench — project files and general documents in one reviewable library.
Built around the deliverableCAD revisionsGeneral documentsTimeline + ownersVendors + handoffsVendor contacts

Project management for physical work

Tasks are only part of a hardware project.

The real work lives in CAD, drawings, documents, supplier quotes, approvals, and the handoffs between people. When those deliverables sit in separate tools, the project plan loses the product.

Workbench keeps the plan and the project record together—so you can see what is current, who owns the next action, and what a vendor needs.

One working record

The work, the owner, and the handoff stay connected.

Workbench is structured around the things a physical-product project has to produce, review, and pass forward.

01

Deliverables

Keep CAD, drawings, general documents, quotes, and other project files in one visible library.

Files · Documents · Versions

02

Ownership

Put timing, responsibility, and review status next to the work instead of rebuilding the plan in email.

Timeline · Owners · Reviews

03

Vendor handoffs

Connect each supplier to the contacts, agreements, quotes, files, and next steps needed to move work forward.

Vendors · NDAs · Handoffs

Files + documents

The current file should be obvious.

Keep design files, drawings, quote documents, notes, and other deliverables in the same project library. See what each file is, what it supports, and whether it is ready for review or still needed.

  • CAD and design files
  • General project documents
  • Visible status and version context
  • Review controls close to the file
Production Files and Docs view in HardwareHub Workbench with CAD, drawings, quote notes, version labels, and review status
Production Workbench — file type, project link, status, and version remain visible in the file library.
HardwareHub Workbench current-version panel showing an enclosure assembly CAD file, version number, and status
Production Workbench — the current CAD version and file status attached to the project.

CAD revision history, without the jargon

Know which version to use.

Workbench keeps version information with the CAD file. People reviewing, quoting, or building from it can identify the current version and see the context that belongs with it.

Less time asking “is this the latest file?”

More confidence before a file leaves the project.

Timeline + ownership

Make responsibility visible.

Put dates and owners around the work that actually moves the product: file reviews, quote follow-ups, supplier decisions, document updates, and handoffs.

What

A clear deliverable

Who

One visible owner

When

A current timeline

Vendors + handoffs

Manage the vendor relationship—not just the vendor name.

Find vendor choices in Workbench or add your own. Compare capabilities and context, choose whom to engage, and keep contacts, agreements, quotes, files, open items, and next steps attached to a relationship you control.

Explore vendor handoffs
Production Vendors and handoff partners view in HardwareHub Workbench showing vendor name, contact, capability, and selection status
Production Workbench — vendor capability, handoff contact, selection status, and next-step context together.

Continuity from vendor to vendor

A handoff should carry more than an attachment.

When work moves between suppliers, the receiving vendor needs the right file, the current decision, the right contact, and a clear next action.

01

Compare vendor choices

Browse vendors in Workbench or add a supplier you already know. You decide who moves forward.

02

Collect the working record

Keep the contact, NDA, quote, files, open items, and agreed next step together.

03

Pass the work forward

Carry the right context as work moves from one vendor or specialist to the next.

Vendor outreach

Keep the contact and handoff with the project.

Keep the vendor contact, quote record, file, open question, and next step with the project. When you contact a vendor, Workbench opens your email; it does not send, read, or sync that email.

Vendor contactQuote follow-upHandoff ownershipOutstanding items

Your vendor relationships

Compare partners. Keep the relationship yours.

Workbench helps you find, compare, and coordinate independent vendors without assigning one to you. You choose whom to outsource to and control the scope, relationship, and decision. HardwareHub Consulting is one optional vendor among the choices you may consider.

HardwareHub owns and operates Workbench, and HardwareHub Consulting may appear as one optional owner-operated vendor. A listing, order, or score is not an independent endorsement, certification, or guarantee of capability, quality, price, lead time, compliance, or fit. You remain responsible for due diligence and vendor agreements.

As of September 1, 2026, HardwareHub does not receive compensation from vendors presented in Workbench, except that it may receive compensation from Slingshot in some circumstances. You still choose, vet, contract with, and pay each vendor separately; a listing is not an endorsement or guarantee.

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Your project record

Your product information stays yours.

HardwareHub does not claim ownership of your ideas, project files, product plans, supplier information, or project context. Service providers identified in the Privacy Policy help operate the service without receiving ownership of that information.

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Frequently asked questions

The project record, made practical.

What is HardwareHub Workbench?+

Workbench is project-management and document-control software for physical-product work. It gives project deliverables, files, timing, ownership, vendors, updates, and handoffs one connected home.

Can Workbench organize both CAD and general documents?+

Yes. Workbench is designed to keep design files alongside general project documents, drawings, quotes, and other deliverables, so the working record is not split across unrelated folders and tools.

Does Workbench keep file revisions?+

Workbench keeps version information with project files, including CAD, so the current file and its revision context are easier to identify before someone downloads, reviews, or hands it off.

Can I add my own vendors?+

Yes. Add vendors you already use, compare them with other choices in Workbench, and decide which relationship to pursue.

What can I keep with a vendor?+

Vendor records can keep practical handoff context together, including contacts, capabilities, NDA context, your recorded selection status, quotes, related files, open questions, and next steps.

How does vendor outreach work?+

Workbench keeps the vendor contact and handoff context with the project. When you contact a vendor, Workbench opens your email; it does not send, read, or sync that email.

Who chooses and controls the vendor relationship?+

You do. Workbench helps you find, compare, select, and coordinate vendors, but it does not assign one. HardwareHub Consulting is one optional vendor you may consider and is never included automatically with the software.

HardwareHub Workbench

Give every deliverable a clear home.

Bring the files, owners, vendors, and handoffs behind your physical product into one working project record.