by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Tooling costs — fixtures, jigs, custom workholding, and specialized cutting tools — are a frequent source of quoting friction. Charge the full tooling cost upfront on a small prototype order and you risk losing the job. Spread it too thin across a large production run...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Most shops know how to price machine time and material. Far fewer have a repeatable way to quote inspection — especially First Article Inspection (FAI) — so it often ends up as a flat fee, a guess, or a line item buried in overhead. The result: you either lose money...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Most quoting workflows are built around one-off RFQs: a customer sends a drawing, you estimate time and material, add margin, and send a price. Recurring batch orders — where the same part ships weekly, monthly, or quarterly — break that model. If you quote every...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every digital manufacturer knows the feeling: you send a quote, win the job, and halfway through production realize you’re losing money. Or you quote conservatively, never hear back, and watch capacity sit idle. Both scenarios drain profitability, yet most shops...
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...
