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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Build the quote
Use Library items, previous work, manual lines, or reviewed imports.
Review margin
Keep cost, sell, markup, and readiness visible.
Issue proposal
Download and send the customer-facing PDF through normal email.
Record decision
Lock the accepted commercial evidence when the customer says yes.
Produce and learn
Use job sheets and actual-cost review to improve the next quote.
Reuse known manufacturing costs without copying old spreadsheets.
ManufactureQuote gives estimators controlled starting points while keeping each quote independent.
Problem: every estimate starts from scattered files and memory.
- Control: reusable materials, parts, processes, and assemblies
- Control: previous work remains useful reference
- Outcome: less retyping and fewer missed costs
Complete the commercial check before the proposal leaves.
Cost, sell, markup, totals, and margin stay visible while the quote can still be corrected.
Problem: margin is discovered after the quote has already gone out.
- Control: line-by-line costing and quantities
- Control: margin and readiness review
- Outcome: fewer underquoted jobs
Issue a customer-ready proposal and preserve exactly what was sent.
Internal costing remains private while the customer sees the agreed scope, quantities, terms, and price.
Problem: the customer and estimator can end up looking at different versions.
- Control: customer-safe proposal PDF
- Control: issued proposal evidence
- Outcome: one defensible commercial version
Release accepted work with the commercial trail intact.
Accepted work drives the production handoff and later actual-cost review without rewriting the original agreement.
Problem: production has to reinterpret the quote before work can begin.
- Control: accepted evidence and approved variations
- Control: production handoff from authorised scope
- Outcome: clearer work instructions and better future quotes
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.
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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