by Chris Anjel | Sep 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
You nailed the machine time. The material cost is locked in. The geometry checks out. Then the job ships and you realize the margin evaporated in bead blasting, thread tapping, CMM inspection, and the two hours your tech spent assembling hardware the customer forgot...
by Chris Anjel | Sep 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
Custom manufacturing rarely moves in a straight line from RFQ to purchase order. Customers change quantities, swap materials, request design tweaks, or adjust tolerances — sometimes all within the same conversation. Each revision cycle burns estimator time, delays the...
by Chris Anjel | Sep 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every shop gets them: RFQs with a STEP file but no material callout, a 2D drawing missing tolerances, or a quantity field left blank. Incomplete RFQs are the norm, not the exception. The shops that win the work aren’t the ones waiting for perfect data —...
by Chris Anjel | Sep 4, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every shop produces scrap. The difference between shops that protect their margins and shops that watch them erode is whether they treat scrap as a cost of doing business or as a feedback loop for better quoting.If you’re quoting off ideal cycle times and...
by Chris Anjel | Sep 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every shop knows the feeling: an RFQ lands in your inbox with a STEP file, a quantity, and not much else. No material spec. No tolerance callout. No surface finish requirement. No heat treatment note. Just “please quote.”In digital manufacturing — whether...
