Communities

Join the Stone Industry Process Mastermind Group

Welcome to Whale’s community for countertop fabricators professionals! Whether you’re an operations manager or a business owner, our community is designed to help you streamline your processes, improve your documentation, and grow your business.

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Helping 100s of countertop fabricators document and scale

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Logo of Weaver Stone Company featuring a stylized "W" design and the company name in blue within a rectangular border.
FloFORM's logo with the tagline "Countertops for Life" in blue script and bold fonts on a black background highlights their expertise as leading countertop fabricators.
Logo of IMG Incorporated featuring the company name in stylized blue text with a classical column capital design below, catering to countertop fabricators.
Colonial Marble & Granite logo featuring a stylized column illustration next to the word 'Colonial' in blue text, highlighting their expertise as countertop fabricators.
Logo for Midwest Marble + Granite featuring a blue stylized mountain design above the company name on a black background, highlighting their expertise as premier countertop fabricators.

Elevate your countertop business with better
training, onboarding & SOPs

Fabricator Process Templates

Access a variety of industry-specific templates created by experts. These professionally designed templates can help you standardize your fabrication processes while tapping into the community’s shared knowledge and experience. Plus, you can provide feedback, ask questions, and even help shape future templates through interactive discussions. The best part? These templates are easy to embed and use in your documentation system!

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Live Sessions

Join our monthly live Zoom sessions with fabricator experts and Whale! Discover new Whale features that can boost your operations, check out the latest templates for the countertop fabricator industry, and get all your questions answered in real time.

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Online Community

Join the conversation with other countertop pros and stay in the loop! Share tips, swap advice, and catch all the latest updates and announcements from Whale. Need help? The community and the Whale team are here to support you anytime!

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About the Community leader

Jon Kaplan is a corporate consultant, a business owner, entrepreneur and a family man. He provides C-Level operational and financial assistance to various businesses countertop fabricators across the US.
Kaplan Consulting developed an operating model for countertop fabricators which utilizes fundamental tools and processes to help organizations simplify, clarify, and achieve their vision.

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Jon Kaplan

President Kaplan Consulting

Never stare at a blank page again -
Start from a template

🧤 Safe Slab Handling

This template outlines what precautions employees and customers should take to ensure their safety when viewing and moving slabs.

🔒 Lockout/Tagout Training Guide

A complete training guide to teach employee’s how to lockout and tagout

📏Template - Field Measure

This standard operating procedure (SOP) is to be followed by field measure technicians in order to achieve accurate and consistent results

Join the process mastermind community today!

Ready to elevate your fabricator business with the support of the Whale community? Join us today and start transforming your operations!