by Chris Anjel | Sep 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every shop has a routing template. Most of them are wrong.Not wrong in a way that crashes the ERP. Wrong in the way that quietly bleeds margin: setup times that don’t match reality, missing operations nobody remembers to add, handoffs between departments that...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Most shops can quote a CNC part or a 3D print with confidence. Material, machine time, even post-processing — those variables are visible. Assembly labor is different. It hides in bench work, fastener counts, alignment steps, and the “it only takes a...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Most shops can quote a simple CNC part or a straightforward 3D print in their sleep. But the moment a job needs turning, then milling, then heat treatment, then coating — or a hybrid build that splits between additive and subtractive — the quote turns into a...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Most shops can quote a single process in their sleep. CNC milling? You know your machine hour rate, tooling, and setup time. Laser cutting? Nesting yield and pierce time are second nature. But the jobs that actually grow revenue — the ones that keep machines running...
