Reuse what the company already knows
Library materials, parts, processes, and assemblies give new quotes a faster starting point.
Built for manufacturers who quote custom work
Still quoting custom work from spreadsheets, old jobs and memory?
Old prices get reused. Freight and subcontract costs get missed. Margin is checked too late, and different versions reach the customer and workshop. ManufactureQuote puts that work into one controlled quoting flow.
One controlled trail
ControlledEvery handoff keeps its commercial context.
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EstimateCosts checked02
ReviewMargin reviewed03
ProposalIssued04
AcceptedScope locked05
WorkshopControlled handoff06
ActualsLearn for next timeQuotedActualImprove the next estimate
The problem
Quoting breaks down in the gaps between memory, spreadsheets, and production.
The expensive mistakes usually happen after the quote looks finished: an old cost slips through, a line is missed, a margin check is skipped, or the workshop receives a version that no longer matches what the customer accepted.
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Old prices get reused because they are easiest to find.
ManufactureQuote gives estimators a current Library and previous work context without letting old sent evidence drift.
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Small costs get missed when every job starts from a blank sheet.
Materials, parts, labour, assemblies, freight, subcontract work, and one-off costs all live in the quote workflow.
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Margin becomes a guess until someone checks the spreadsheet again.
Cost, sell price, markup, margin, and readiness stay visible before the proposal leaves the building.
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Versions drift between the estimator, the customer, and production.
Issued proposals, accepted snapshots, job sheets, and actual-cost review stay connected to the authorised version.
Outcome-led workflow
From first estimate to job handoff without losing the commercial trail.
ManufactureQuote stays focused on quote-to-production handoff. It is not ERP, MRP, MES, inventory, purchasing, accounting, or scheduling software.
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Build or reuse the quote
Start from Library records, previous work, manual lines, or a reviewed spreadsheet.
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Keep margin visible
Finish materials, components, labour, assemblies, subcontract work, freight, and one-off costs.
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Issue the proposal
Download a customer-ready proposal PDF and send it through your normal email.
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Lock the accepted version
Record the customer decision against the exact issued proposal evidence.
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Hand off and learn
Release the accepted job sheet, then compare quoted and actual costs after the work is done.
Reusable Library
Reusable costing
Stop rebuilding every estimate from scratch.
Materials, parts, labor processes, assemblies, and previous work become a repeatable starting point. Estimators still decide what enters the quote, but they are not forced to type the same knowledge again.
Reusable materials, parts/components, processes/labor, and assemblies.Library records help quote repeat work while keeping customer proposal evidence separate.Quote-only rows remain possible when the job is genuinely one-off.
Margin control
See the cost and margin before the quote leaves the building.
ManufactureQuote keeps costing work visible inside the quote, not scattered across hidden spreadsheet tabs. The team can review commercial totals before issuing the proposal.
Line-level cost and sell values stay visible during estimating.Margin and total price are reviewed before issue.Customer-facing proposal output excludes internal cost, margin, markup, supplier references, and production notes.
Cost and margin context
Customer-safe proposal
Proposal issue
Turn the estimate into a professional proposal without rebuilding it again.
Use the practical delivery workflow: issue the proposal, download or print the customer-ready PDF, send it through your normal email, then record the customer's decision in ManufactureQuote.
Proposal issue freezes the version the customer receives.Download and print support normal manufacturer communication habits.Customer decision evidence is recorded against the issued proposal.
Version control
Know exactly what the customer received and what production is allowed to build.
Issued, changed-after-issue, accepted, and job states are part of one commercial trail.
Issued and accepted evidence
Production handoff
Production handoff
Stop rebuilding the job for the workshop.
Accepted work becomes a coherent job sheet and authorised production view. Variations can add approved change evidence without rewriting the original accepted baseline.
Workshop handoff is based on the accepted commercial evidence.Production notes and job context sit beside the authorised scope.Approved variations remain separate from the original accepted baseline.
Actual-cost learning
Find out where the estimate was wrong before you quote the next job.
Actual-cost review helps a manufacturer compare quoted and actual work after completion, so the next estimate starts from better knowledge.
Quoted values remain tied to the accepted evidence.Actual material, labour, subcontract, and freight differences can be reviewed.The comparison helps improve future rates, assumptions, and quoting habits.
Quoted vs actual review
Smart Import receipt
When a spreadsheet arrives
Got a BOM or takeoff file? Do not type it all again.
Smart Import is the supporting fast path for messy files. MQ detects columns, separates rows that are ready from rows that need review, shows the impact, and commits only after the estimator checks the result.
Upload, understand, resolve exceptions, preview, import, and receipt.Exact matches, likely matches, quote-only rows, and blocked rows stay visible.Draft quotes can import reviewed rows without silently changing issued or accepted work.
A controlled path
Keep the knowledge, the accepted work, and the lesson connected.
Simple controls replace the chain of copied spreadsheets and disconnected documents.
Release accepted work to production
The job sheet comes from the accepted quote evidence rather than a detached spreadsheet copy.
Learn from actual costs
Actual-cost review shows where the estimate differed from the work that was completed.
Trust and security
Commercial quoting data needs calm, controlled software.
ManufactureQuote uses product controls rather than unsupported promises or invented badges.
Company data separation
Application data is scoped by company so teams work inside their own quoting environment.
Private internal numbers
Customer proposals do not expose internal cost, margin, markup, supplier references, or production notes.
Accepted quote snapshots
Accepted quote details preserve the version the customer agreed to for job sheets and actual-cost review.
Secure hosted application
Users sign in to a hosted application with protected routes and server-side checks for sensitive workflows.
Commercial next step
Bring one of the quotes you currently build in a spreadsheet.
We will walk through how the same job can move from estimate to accepted work and workshop handoff.
Quote from the manufacturing knowledge your company already has.
Reuse known costs, protect margin, issue the right proposal, and hand accepted work to production.