by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
You sent the quote. The customer said yes. Now you wait — for the PO, for the first article approval, for the net-30 clock to start. Meanwhile, material is on order, machine time is blocked, and payroll is due. The gap between “we won the job” and...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every RFQ that lands in your inbox carries a signal. Most shops treat quoting as a reactive task — calculate cost, add markup, send price. But the real leverage lives in the pattern across hundreds of quotes: which materials consistently win at what margin, where...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Most digital manufacturing shops don’t have a capacity problem. They have a visibility problem.You know roughly how many machines you own. You know roughly how many hours your team works. But when a customer asks, “Can you ship 500 parts by Friday?”...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every digital manufacturing shop has at least one estimator who just knows things. They know which aluminum alloy machines cleanly without built-up edge. They know the exact infill percentage that balances strength and print time for a specific FDM material. They know...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Quote revisions are a fact of life in digital manufacturing. A customer changes a material, adds a finishing requirement, or adjusts quantities after you’ve already sent a quote. Without a structured process, these changes create confusion, version-control...
