by Chris Anjel | Jul 13, 2026 | Capacity & Growth, Quoting & Estimating
You just closed a week where the RFQ queue never seemed to empty. Estimators worked late, spreadsheets multiplied, and the inbox kept pinging. Now the dust is settling. Most shops exhale and move on. The smart ones pause and ask: what did that chaos just tell us about...
by Chris Anjel | Jul 13, 2026 | Materials & Pricing, Quoting & Estimating
Most shop owners start out quoting every job themselves. It makes sense early on: you know the machines, the materials, and the margins better than anyone. But as volume grows, that habit becomes a bottleneck. You end up quoting at 9 p.m., rushing through RFQs between...
