Built for manufacturers who quote custom work

Quote custom manufacturing work without another fragile spreadsheet.

Build accurate estimates using your materials, processes, rates, and previous work. Keep margin visible, turn the quote into a professional proposal, and release accepted work to production without rebuilding everything again.

Product viewPopulated quote builder
ManufactureQuote quote builder screen with a populated manufacturing quote and margin summary
A manufacturing quote with reusable Library lines, customer context, commercial totals, and readiness checks in one workspace.

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.

1

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.

2

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.

3

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.

4

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.

01

Build or reuse the quote

Start from Library records, previous work, manual lines, or a reviewed spreadsheet.

02

Keep margin visible

Finish materials, components, labour, assemblies, subcontract work, freight, and one-off costs.

03

Issue the proposal

Download a customer-ready proposal PDF and send it through your normal email.

04

Lock the accepted version

Record the customer decision against the exact issued proposal evidence.

05

Hand off and learn

Release the accepted job sheet, then compare quoted and actual costs after the work is done.

Product viewReusable Library
ManufactureQuote Library screen with materials, parts, processes, and assemblies

Reusable costing

Stop rebuilding every estimate from scratch.

Materials, parts, labour 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/labour, 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.
Product viewCost and margin context
ManufactureQuote quote screen showing live costing and margin context
Proposal proofCustomer proposal
ManufactureQuote customer proposal screen showing customer-safe pricing and scope
Customer proposal screens show scope and price while internal costs, margins, supplier details, and production notes stay out of the public view.

Proposal issue

Turn the estimate into a professional proposal without rebuilding it again.

V1 supports the practical manual 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 MQ.

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.

Product viewIssued proposal state
ManufactureQuote issued proposal state
Product viewAccepted locked quote
ManufactureQuote accepted locked quote state
Product viewProduction handoff
ManufactureQuote production handoff screen

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.
Product viewQuoted vs actual review
ManufactureQuote actual-cost review screen
Product viewSmart Import receipt
ManufactureQuote Smart Import receipt screen with import status and row counts

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.

Product views

A few screens from the quoting workflow.

These views show the Library, production handoff, and actual-cost review surfaces used inside ManufactureQuote.

ManufactureQuote Library screen with reusable manufacturing records

Reuse what the company already knows

Library materials, parts, processes, and assemblies give new quotes a faster starting point.

ManufactureQuote production handoff screen

Release accepted work to production

The job sheet comes from the accepted quote evidence rather than a detached spreadsheet copy.

ManufactureQuote actual-cost review screen

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

Walk through your quoting workflow before you commit.

V1 onboarding works best with a short review of your quoting, proposal, Library, and import setup.

Quote from the manufacturing knowledge your company already has.

Reuse known costs, protect margin, issue the right proposal, and hand accepted work to production.