Digital Resources

What Digital Resources does

Digital Resources, Inc. (DRI) is a privately held New York corporation founded on April 1, 1980, that develops and licenses manufacturing automation and information management software for enterprise-level custom manufacturers. The company originated in a precision sheet metal shop and built its Ordermation platform from the manufacturing floor upward, encoding complex interdependencies between parts, components, machines, and departments into a multi-dimensional configurator. The product surface spans G-code conversion, intelligent nesting and optimization, NC/CAM scripting, ERP/MRP integration, parametric design, and automated estimation, with a vertical package dedicated to hollow metal door and frame manufacturers. Case studies document step-change productivity gains for customers, including one large multinational conglomerate in electrical distribution that moved from 90 minutes per drawing to 90 CAD drawings, 90 NC punch/notch/marking programs, and 90 NC bending programs per engineer per day.

DRI's go-to-market is direct enterprise sales with a contact-based motion and a single headquarters in Brooklyn, NY. The revenue model is a combination of one-time software licenses (sold as complete, modular, or standalone solutions) and professional services revenue from consulting engagements covering system selection, planning, testing, training, and deployment. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. Target customers are custom manufacturers with complex, highly variable workflows, including sheet metal fabricators, hollow metal door manufacturers, and electrical distribution component producers. The company markets primarily through its website and case studies, with no disclosed digital marketing infrastructure, partnerships, or third-party integrations beyond AutoCAD.

The company is small, owner-controlled, and privately held with no public ownership, no disclosed funding, no headcount disclosure, and no management team enumerated in the source data. Distribution is concentrated in the United States with no global footprint claims. The 44-year operating history and continued website presence indicate ongoing operations, but the absence of hiring signals, modern marketing channels, or recent press makes the current scale and trajectory difficult to determine from the available evidence.

Name

Digital Resources

Legal name

Digital Resources, Inc.

Website

https://drifab.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Digital Resources, Inc. is a privately held Brooklyn-based software firm, founded 1980, that sells Ordermation, a multi-dimensional manufacturing automation configurator, along with consulting services to enterprise custom manufacturers across sheet metal, hollow metal, and electrical distribution verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Manufacturing Automation Software

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Automation Software (SCADA, HMI, MES, Historian) (IMAHAHAJ)

Keywords

• Manufacturing automation software
• Custom manufacturing software
• CAD CAM software
• NC machine automation
• ERP MRP software

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses and Solutions: DRI sells complete solutions, modular solutions, and standalone technologies including automatic modeling, drawing, document preparation, numerical control program preparation, nesting, CNC/DNC enhancements, and estimating. The company provides configured software tested to run customer products their way when first installed.
2. Consulting Services: Provides knowledgeable consulting to guide customers through entire process from system selection, planning, testing, training, and deployment. Personnel know what is required to avoid pitfalls typical to such projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Digital Resources, Inc. (DRI) develops and sells enterprise-level automation software for custom manufacturing companies. Its flagship product, Ordermation, is a multi-dimensional configuration platform that automates the entire business cycle from estimation and ordering through manufacturing and shipping. The company also sells standalone and modular technologies for G-code conversion, nesting/optimization, parametric design, NC/CAM programming, estimation, and ERP/MRP, along with consulting services.

Product overview

Digital Resources offers Ordermation as its core flagship product — a comprehensive, modular manufacturing automation platform. The system is built around a multi-dimensional configurator that manages complex relationships throughout the manufacturing lifecycle. Key modules include G-code Conversion Software, Nesting and Optimization Module, NC/CAM Software, ERP/MRP Module, Parametric Design, and Estimation Module. The company also provides a specialized Hollow Metal Automation Package as a vertical solution. All modules can work independently as standalone technologies or be integrated together into a complete enterprise-level automation system. DRI's approach starts from manufacturing floor operations and extends up through all product expertise-driven processes in a company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ordermation: The most comprehensive software package for automating custom manufacturing offered by Digital Resources, Inc. Ordermation is a detail-oriented, multi-dimensional configurator that can be adopted to almost any form of mass customized manufacturing. It can manage and automate entire businesses from estimation and ordering to manufacturing and shipping.

Products and services

• Ordermation Comprehensive, detail-oriented multi-dimensional configurator that manages complex relationships between parts, components, machines, and departments for custom manufacturing automation. Automates the entire business cycle from estimation and ordering through manufacturing and shipping.
• G-code Conversion Software Converts existing G-code into clean geometry that can be exported to any CAD program or NC machine automatically, enabling companies to modernize legacy code libraries without losing investments.
• Nesting and Optimization Module Automatically nests multiple parts into single blanks with the highest mathematical efficiency, eliminating the need for multiple blank sizes, manual shearing, and manual blank adjustments.
• NC/CAM Software CAM system that from a single elevation generates the necessary scripts to run any number of NC machines, automatically orchestrating machine selection, punch/contour decisions, and timing.
• ERP/MRP Module Resource planning module integrated with Ordermation that produces detailed multi-level bills of materials and routing for each order, and interacts with planning software to enter orders in manageable form.
• Parametric Design Parametric automation system that identifies consistent relationships within families of parts, handling interdependencies in dimensions, materials, and quantities to enable automated design and manufacturing.
• Estimation Module Automated estimation system using multi-dimensional configuration software to provide precise, configurable estimation based on concrete data, generating explicit deviation reports explaining differences between estimated and actual costs.
• Hollow Metal Automation Package Complete automation software package for hollow metal door and frame manufacturers, handling order entry, estimation, submittal drawings, parametric design, NC programs, nesting, shop releases, shipping, and MRP integration.
• Consulting Services Professional consulting for system selection, planning, testing, training, and deployment of automation and information management systems, leveraging 30+ years of computerized automation experience.

Quantifiable outcome

• 90 fully detailed CAD drawings per engineer per day (vs 90 minutes per drawing previously)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature8 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Infor: Infor delivers industry-specific ERP and manufacturing software suites that overlap with DRI's ERP/MRP and shop automation capabilities, particularly in industrial and fabrication verticals.
• Epicor Software: Epicor is a large incumbent ERP provider with deep manufacturing vertical coverage, including custom and configure-to-order scenarios. It competes with DRI's ERP/MRP module but as part of a much broader portfolio rather than a custom-manufacturing specialist.
• Dassault Systèmes: Dassault's SOLIDWORKS and DELMIA platforms provide CAD, CAM, and manufacturing process automation that overlap with DRI's NC programming and configuration capabilities, but at a much larger enterprise scale.
• Autodesk: Autodesk's Fusion 360, Inventor, and AutoCAD platforms overlap with DRI's CAD/CAM and AutoCAD integration capabilities, serving many of the same custom manufacturers as part of a much wider product portfolio.
• PTC: PTC's Creo CAD/CAM and ThingWorx platforms address the same NC programming and manufacturing automation needs DRI serves, but as a much larger, broader PLM/CAD incumbent.

Direct peers

• Tacton: Tacton is a CPQ/product configuration vendor focused on complex, customizable industrial products — directly comparable to DRI's Ordermation configurator for automating sales-to-manufacturing workflows in custom manufacturing.
• Configit: Configit provides product configuration and CPQ software for complex manufactured products, closely mirroring the multi-dimensional configuration and bill-of-materials capabilities at the heart of Ordermation.
• Global Shop Solutions: Global Shop Solutions offers ERP for custom and make-to-order manufacturers, covering estimating, scheduling, and shop floor control — overlapping directly with Ordermation's ERP/MRP and estimation modules.
• E2 Shop System (by Exact): E2 Shop System is a shop management and ERP platform purpose-built for job shops and custom manufacturers — directly comparable to DRI's shop-floor automation and ERP/MRP modules.
• JobBOSS by Exact: JobBOSS is shop management software for small to mid-size custom manufacturers, providing estimating, scheduling, and job tracking — a direct comparable for DRI's workflow automation suite for custom shops.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/digital-resources-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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