by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every RFQ that lands in your inbox carries signal — not just about the part in front of you, but about your market, your processes, and your pricing blind spots. Most digital manufacturers log the outcome (won, lost, no response) and move on. The shops that scale...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Most digital manufacturers know the problem: a new RFQ lands in the inbox, and the clock starts ticking. By the time the estimator gathers material costs, calculates machine time, factors in post-processing, and gets approval, the customer has already moved on....
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Heat treatment is one of those line items that quietly erodes margin. A shop quotes the machining or printing cleanly, then realizes the hardening, annealing, or stress relief step wasn’t priced right — or worse, wasn’t quoted at all. For digital...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
You nailed the primary machining quote. Material, tooling, cycle time — all dialed in. Then the customer asks: “Does that include deburring and the first-article inspection?” You add a quick line item, maybe 15% on top, and hope it covers it. Three weeks...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Most shops can quote a single part in their sleep. A CNC bracket, a sheet metal enclosure, a 3D printed fixture — feed the geometry, pick the material, apply the process logic, and the number falls out. But the moment a customer sends an assembly with sub-assemblies,...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every shop knows the sinking feeling: a new RFQ lands, the geometry looks straightforward, but you have zero history on this exact part. Guess the cycle time wrong and you either lose the job or lose money running it. For digital manufacturers running CNC mills,...
