Reuse what the company already knows
Library materials, parts, processes, and assemblies give new quotes a faster starting point.
Features
Features that keep quoting work connected from estimate to production.
ManufactureQuote focuses on the controls manufacturers need before work reaches the shop floor: reusable costing, margin review, proposal evidence, job sheets, and actual-cost learning.
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Real shop problems
The features exist to stop quoting friction from turning into production mistakes.
A manufacturer needs to know what is costed, what is assumed, what the customer saw, and what production is allowed to build.
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.
Workflow
One estimating path, five clear stages.
01
Build the quote
Use Library items, previous work, manual lines, or reviewed imports.
02
Review margin
Keep cost, sell, markup, and readiness visible.
03
Issue proposal
Download and send the customer-facing PDF through normal email.
04
Record decision
Lock the accepted commercial evidence when the customer says yes.
05
Produce and learn
Use job sheets and actual-cost review to improve the next quote.
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.
Start from known costs instead of a blank sheet.
Use your own materials, parts/components, processes/labour, assemblies, and previous work as controlled quoting inputs.
Reuse
- Reusable materials and parts
- Processes and labour rates
- Assemblies with child-level costing
- Previous work context
Finish the commercial check before the proposal leaves.
Keep line items, quantities, rates, markup, totals, margin, and readiness visible while the quote is still editable.
Margin
- Line-item costing
- Quantities and units
- Markup and totals
- Margin and readiness review
Issue customer-ready proposals without exposing internal numbers.
Internal costing remains private while the customer sees scope, quantities, terms, and price.
Proposal
- Customer-safe proposal PDF
- Internal cost hidden
- Manual delivery through normal email
- Customer decision recorded in MQ
Release accepted work to production with the quote evidence intact.
Accepted quotes drive the job sheet and actual-cost review. Approved variations sit beside the accepted baseline rather than overwriting it.
Handoff
- Accepted quote evidence
- Job sheet handoff
- Controlled variations
- Quoted vs actual review
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Proposal and production evidence
Customer-facing output and internal production evidence stay separated.
Estimators review cost and margin internally. Customers receive only the scope, terms, and price they need. Production receives the accepted job sheet, not a live draft.
Smart Import
Use spreadsheet imports when they reduce typing, not as the whole product story.
Smart Import is the reviewed fast path for messy quote files. It detects columns, shows exceptions, previews impact, and commits into an editable draft quote or selected Library destination.
Upload, understand, resolve, preview, import, and receipt.High-confidence rows can move quickly while ambiguous rows stay reviewable.Issued and accepted quotes cannot be silently changed by imports.
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See the workflow with your quoting process.
A demo is useful if you want to test how your estimating, proposals, accepted work, and actual-cost review would fit.
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