by Chris Anjel | Sep 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every digital manufacturer starts tracking work in progress with a spreadsheet. It’s flexible, familiar, and free. But as job volume grows and lead times shrink, that spreadsheet becomes a liability — not a tool. The problem isn’t the spreadsheet itself....
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every shop has jobs it should not take. Parts outside your process capabilities, quantities below minimum order value, materials you do not stock, or lead times you cannot meet. The problem is not recognizing these mismatches — it is the time your estimators spend...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
You sent the quote. The customer said yes. Now you wait — for the PO, for the first article approval, for the net-30 clock to start. Meanwhile, material is on order, machine time is blocked, and payroll is due. The gap between “we won the job” and...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Ask any shop owner where their biggest headaches come from, and you’ll hear the same story: the quote says one thing, the work order says another, and the floor does something completely different. By the time the part ships, nobody’s quite sure what the...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Most shops treat recurring orders the same way they treat new RFQs: open the file, check the material, verify the process, calculate the time, build the quote, send it, wait for approval. Do that twelve times a year for the same customer and you’ve burned a day...
