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From RFQ to shipped order, with your drawings and know-how protected

Makers of parts and products: job shops, fabricators, plants. 26 use cases for this industry, 8 more that also apply.

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Where to start

Three to start with

High value for the effort. The risk tier is on each one.

Reorder points & safety stock

Reorder points set from real demand and lead times, reviewed monthly.

  1. Analyse history
  2. Recommend & optimise
Low riskValue highGuide

Custom quote intake (specs & drawings)

Quote requests from the web form, email or a drawing read into one spec (diameter, pitch, thickness, material, length, ends); anything missing is asked for before it reaches the estimator.

  1. Intake & extract
  2. Validate
  3. Follow up
Medium riskValue highGuide

RFQ response

Customer RFQs read, matched to past jobs and prices, and a quote drafted for review.

  1. Intake & extract
  2. Consolidate
  3. Draft
Medium riskValue highTemplate
Use cases

Use cases for Manufacturing, by department

Purchasing & suppliers 2

Supplier quote comparison

Quotes from several suppliers read and compared like for like, with a recommendation.

  1. Intake & extract
  2. Consolidate
  3. Recommend & optimise
Low riskValue mediumGuide

Steel price & surcharge watch

Mill and service-centre prices watched; quotes and price lists flagged when steel moves enough to need a surcharge.

  1. Monitor & alert
  2. Analyse history
Low riskValue mediumGuide

Sales 7

RFQ response

Customer RFQs read, matched to past jobs and prices, and a quote drafted for review.

  1. Intake & extract
  2. Consolidate
  3. Draft
Medium riskValue highTemplate

Lead-time quotes

Realistic delivery dates quoted from current load and material availability.

  1. Consolidate
  2. Recommend & optimise
  3. Draft
Low riskValue mediumTemplate

PO acknowledgement

Customer purchase orders checked against the quote (price, quantity, date) and acknowledged.

  1. Intake & extract
  2. Validate
  3. Draft
Low riskValue mediumTemplate

Order entry from email & PDF

Orders that arrive as emails, PDFs or photos keyed into the system, with anything unclear queried.

  1. Intake & extract
  2. Validate
  3. Execute
Medium riskValue highGuide

Custom quote intake (specs & drawings)

Quote requests from the web form, email or a drawing read into one spec (diameter, pitch, thickness, material, length, ends); anything missing is asked for before it reaches the estimator.

  1. Intake & extract
  2. Validate
  3. Follow up
Medium riskValue highGuide

Quote pricing from current steel costs

A price built from today's steel and wear-option costs, shop hours and freight, drafted for the estimator to approve, with the margin shown.

  1. Consolidate
  2. Recommend & optimise
  3. Draft
Medium riskValue highGuide

Wear-part reorder reminders

Customers whose parts wear out on a cycle reminded before the season or the next rebuild, with last order's spec ready to re-quote.

  1. Analyse history
  2. Follow up
Medium riskValue mediumGuide

Customer service 5

“Where is my order?”

Order and delivery status answered from the order and carrier systems, on email or chat.

  1. Answer
  2. Converse
Medium riskValue mediumGuide

Returns & RMAs

Return requests checked against the policy and warranty, approved or routed, and the RMA issued.

  1. Intake & extract
  2. Validate
  3. Route
  4. Execute
Medium riskValue mediumGuide

Warranty claims

Warranty claims checked against serial, dates and terms; approved, rejected with reason, or routed.

  1. Intake & extract
  2. Validate
  3. Route
Low riskValue mediumGuide

Repair intake & estimate (rebuild or replace)

Photos and measurements of a worn part turned into a repair job: rebuild (e.g. reflight) or replace, an estimate and a ship-in date, with the customer kept informed.

  1. Intake & extract
  2. Consolidate
  3. Draft
  4. Follow up
Medium riskValue highGuide

Which product for my application?

Customers' questions answered from your catalog and past jobs: which flighting, material and wear option for grain, concrete, ethanol or food plants, with a person for anything new.

  1. Answer
  2. Converse
Medium riskValue mediumGuide

Operations 7

Maintenance work orders

Breakdown and maintenance requests turned into work orders, prioritised and assigned by skill.

  1. Intake & extract
  2. Route
  3. Follow up
Medium riskValue mediumTemplate

Downtime & defect analysis

Downtime and defect records analysed for patterns and likely causes across lines and shifts.

  1. Consolidate
  2. Analyse history
Medium riskValue highTemplate

Production schedule suggestions

A schedule proposed from orders, capacity and materials, with the trade-offs shown.

  1. Consolidate
  2. Recommend & optimise
Medium riskValue mediumGuide

SOP & work-instruction answers

Staff ask how to do a task and get the answer from your SOPs and manuals, with the page cited.

  1. Answer
Medium riskValue mediumGuide

Shift handover notes

What happened on the shift pulled from logs and messages into a handover the next shift reads.

  1. Consolidate
  2. Draft
Low riskValue mediumGuide

Safety incident reports

Incidents and near-misses recorded completely and on time; the OSHA log kept up.

  1. Intake & extract
  2. Validate
  3. Draft
Medium riskValue mediumGuide

Shop work order from the order

Each accepted order turned into a shop work order: cut list, material, operations and due date, checked against the quote.

  1. Intake & extract
  2. Draft
  3. Execute
Medium riskValue highGuide

Inventory & logistics 2

Reorder points & safety stock

Reorder points set from real demand and lead times, reviewed monthly.

  1. Analyse history
  2. Recommend & optimise
Low riskValue highGuide

Freight quotes & shipping

Freight quotes for long or heavy items gathered from carriers, the best option picked, pickup booked, and the customer sent tracking.

  1. Consolidate
  2. Recommend & optimise
  3. Follow up
Medium riskValue mediumGuide

Quality 3

Supplier certificate validation

Certificates of conformance and PPAP documents checked against the part spec before goods are released.

  1. Intake & extract
  2. Validate
Medium riskValue highTemplate

Quality deviation report (8D)

8D reports drafted from the deviation, the data and the team's findings.

  1. Consolidate
  2. Analyse history
  3. Draft
Medium riskValue mediumTemplate

Audit-readiness evidence

Evidence for ISO or customer audits gathered and checked against the standard; gaps chased.

  1. Consolidate
  2. Validate
  3. Follow up
Medium riskValue mediumGuide

Also applies

Use cases from other industries that fit this one too.

Finance & accounting 2

Sales-tax filing prep

Taxable sales by jurisdiction pulled together and checked before filing.

  1. Consolidate
  2. Validate
Low riskValue mediumGuide

Freight invoice audit

Carrier invoices checked against rates, accessorials and the shipment; overcharges disputed.

  1. Intake & extract
  2. Validate
  3. Consolidate
Low riskValue highGuide

Purchasing & suppliers 1

Supplier risk monitoring

Critical suppliers watched continuously for financial, cyber and news risk; alerts with evidence.

  1. Monitor & alert
  2. Research
Medium riskValue mediumGuide

Sales 1

Tender & RFP responses

Requirements in a tender extracted into a compliance matrix and answered from product sheets and past bids, in Spanish or English.

  1. Intake & extract
  2. Consolidate
  3. Draft
Medium riskValue highGuide

Marketing 1

Product descriptions & listings

Product listings written and translated from supplier data sheets, in your house style.

  1. Intake & extract
  2. Draft
  3. Translate
Low riskValue mediumGuide

Inventory & logistics 2

Shipment exceptions

Late, damaged or stuck shipments spotted early; customers and carriers contacted.

  1. Monitor & alert
  2. Follow up
Medium riskValue mediumGuide

Shipping & customs documents

Commercial invoices, packing lists and certificates checked before the shipment leaves.

  1. Intake & extract
  2. Validate
Low riskValue mediumGuide

HR & payroll 1

Training & certification tracking

Required training and licences tracked per person; reminders before they lapse.

  1. Monitor & alert
  2. Follow up
Medium riskValue mediumGuide