Very interesting. The big followup question is to ask is: Currently shops spend X% of their time creating quotes and talking to incoming customers, and (100-X)% time actually doing the work. What is X% for a typical shop and how much are you hoping to reduce it to?

Based on industry data and first-hand experience, most small to mid-sized fabrication shops spend 25–40% of their total time on quoting-related activities: reviewing customer drawings, clarifying requirements, preparing cost breakdowns, and going back and forth over email or phone. In some job shops with limited staff, quoting can even eat up half a workweek for the owner or lead estimator.

Our goal is to bring that number down to under 5% by automating geometry analysis, material costing, and lead-time estimation. Essentially turning what used to take days (or weeks) into an instant, self-service process for customers. That frees up the shop to spend the remaining 95%+ of their time doing what actually makes money: fabricating parts.

For reference: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskEngineers/comments/n1yryi/mfg_qu...