Quoting and Estimating
AI reads the request and the drawing, finds the jobs you've run that look like it, and drafts the quote. Your estimator checks it, adjusts it and sends it.
Where it goes wrong
The hard part of a quote isn't the math. It's catching everything that changes the price, and whatever your estimator misses comes out of your margin.
Sample drawing
The big hole has to be within half a thousandth of an inch. That takes more machine time, and it's one small line on a busy drawing.
You sold this part last year for $14.00 each, and it cost you $15.80 to make.
It has to go out to be anodized, and note 2 is the only place that says so.
Your last quote for it used what aluminum cost in the spring, and you pay more for it now.
How AI handles it
It does the reading, the digging and the math. Your estimator still checks every quote and decides the price before it goes out.
The material, the size, every hole and every note, in whatever layout each customer sends.
Then it adds up what each of those jobs really cost you to make.
It drafts every price from that cost plus your usual margin, and your estimator checks it before it goes out.
Case study
[Shop name], [what they make], [city and state]
[Number][What it measures]
[Number][What it measures]
“[What the owner said about it, in their own words]”
[Name], [title], [shop name]
Questions
No. We build on the system you already have. AI reads your past jobs from it, and your team keeps quoting where they always have.
See AI for Your ERPYes. If your drawings or customer files are under an NDA, we sign one before we see anything, and we only see what you choose to show us. For defense work, the AI can run on a computer in your building.
See Private AIThat's common. If your system logs the hours on each job, that's enough to start. If it doesn't, we start by tracking what each job really takes, and every quote after that is built on it.
See Job Costing
Who runs your project
I'm Christian Hostetler, the founder. I'll learn how your shop really works, build your system around it, and stay with you after it goes live.
in revenue I've driven across all the clients I've managed and consulted for over the last five years
We'll look at your current systems and show you what a custom system could look like for your business.
A shop or a plant that makes parts, products or equipment.
We'll look it over before we talk, so the call is about your shop.
You'll get a text with the link and a reminder before we talk.
Outside the US, start with your country code, like +44.
We'll go through your current systems and show you what a custom system could look like.
We build custom systems for manufacturers, so if you're not running a shop or a plant this wouldn't do much for you. If that changes, come back.