by Chris Anjel | Jul 13, 2026 | Materials & Pricing, Quoting & Estimating
Most shops know the feeling: you send a competitive price, then watch the job go to someone else. Often it’s not the number that lost it — it’s what was missing around the number. A quote that only shows price and lead time forces the buyer to compare on...
by Chris Anjel | Jul 13, 2026 | Materials & Pricing, Quoting & Estimating
Every shop owner knows the moment: material costs climb, labor gets tighter, and the margins that used to feel comfortable start to shrink. You need to raise prices. The question is how to do it without watching your best customers walk to a competitor.The...
by Chris Anjel | Jul 13, 2026 | Quoting & Estimating
You sent the quote. The customer said they’d review it. Days pass — no reply. Do you email again? Call? Wait longer? Most estimators and shop owners wrestle with this daily. Follow up too soon and you look desperate. Wait too long and the job goes elsewhere.The data...
by Chris Anjel | Jul 13, 2026 | Materials & Pricing, Quoting & Estimating
You open an RFQ, spend 45 minutes analyzing wall thicknesses, draft angles, and tolerances, then send a quote — only to hear nothing back. Or worse, the buyer asks why there is a $150 “engineering review” line item they never expected. Why the Conversation...
by Chris Anjel | Jul 13, 2026 | Materials & Pricing, Quoting & Estimating
Injection molding shops know the drill: a new RFQ lands, and the quoting process splits into two tracks. One estimator tackles the mold tooling — cavities, steel selection, surface finish, expected life. Another calculates the piece-part price — cycle time, material...
