by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Engineering change orders (ECOs) are a fact of life in digital manufacturing. A customer revises a critical dimension, swaps a material, or adds a feature after you’ve already quoted, scheduled, or even started production. The request lands in your inbox with an...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Customer-supplied material (CSM) jobs show up in almost every digital manufacturing shop. A client sends their own bar stock, plate, filament, or powder and asks you to machine or print the parts. The request sounds simple — no material cost for you — but the quoting...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Material costs shift weekly — sometimes daily. Aluminum, titanium, Inconel, and engineering-grade polymers all move on global supply signals that have nothing to do with your shop floor. Yet most digital manufacturers still quote from a spreadsheet updated last...
by Chris Anjel | Jul 13, 2026 | Materials & Pricing, Quoting & Estimating
Every shop has sent a quote with the wrong material, a missed secondary operation, or a setup time that doesn’t match reality. Those errors cost money — sometimes the job, sometimes the margin, sometimes both.For digital manufacturers running high-mix,...
