by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Most shops don’t lose money on cycle time. They lose it on everything that happens before the spindle starts or the print head moves. Workholding, tool loading, program verification, first-article inspection — these steps eat hours but rarely show up as line...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Surface roughness requirements are one of the most common sources of quoting errors in CNC and hybrid shops. A drawing calls out Ra 0.8 on a critical face, and the estimator either misses it entirely or prices it as a standard finish — only to discover later that the...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Most shops have a solid handle on machine time. They know how long a CNC cycle takes, or how many hours a powder-bed fusion build needs. Where quotes go sideways is everything that happens after the part leaves the machine. Why Post-Processing Gets Underestimated...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
When a shop nests parts efficiently, material yield improves and machine hours drop. But if the quote doesn’t reflect those savings — or the extra engineering time nesting requires — you either lose margin or price yourself out of the job. Most quoting workflows treat...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Most shops treat recurring orders the same way they treat new RFQs: open the file, check the material, verify the process, calculate the time, build the quote, send it, wait for approval. Do that twelve times a year for the same customer and you’ve burned a day...
