Job Costing
Being busy isn't the same as making money. AI compares what each job really cost with what you quoted, and shows you which parts to price differently next time.
Where it goes wrong
Most jobs lose money in a few small places at once. None of it shows up until the job has shipped, and by then nobody goes back to look.
Sample job
Job 4512, 200 of Part BSold for $4,000
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1 2 3 4The quote planned on 2 hours of setup, and it took 4. Those 2 extra hours cost $200.
Each part took 4.6 minutes on the mill instead of the 4 in the quote. Across 200 parts that's 2 more hours, or another $200.
Plating came back at $560 for the lot instead of the $380 in the quote, which added $180.
Twelve parts failed inspection and had to be made again, which cost another $180.
How AI handles it
AI does the comparing, and a person makes the changes. Your prices stay yours.
After each job ships, AI adds up the hours, material and outside work booked to it, and puts the total next to the quote.
AI looks for the same part running slow or over more than once, so you can tell a bad day from a quote that's off.
When a step keeps running long, AI offers the real time for the next quote on that part. One click puts it on, and you still set the price.
Case study
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Questions
No. We build on the system you already have. AI reads your quotes and the hours and bills booked to each job from it, and your team keeps working where they always have.
See AI for Your ERPAI can still check material and outside work against each quote while your team starts clocking hours to jobs. Once the hours come in, it checks those too.
Yes. 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.
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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.