AI-Assisted Quote Workflow

The challenge

Manufacturing teams lose time turning customer drawings into quotes. The work spans document review, routing decisions, shop-rate assumptions, and a final approval before anything can be sent.

• A customer drawing starts a chain of manual work: identify material and features, interpret the finish, and translate the print into manufacturing operations.
• The quote depends on shop-specific inputs. Machine rates, material rates, routing time, setup, overhead, and margin need to stay visible and adjustable by the team that owns the outcome.
• The final handoff is commercial, not just technical. The operator needs a clear quote workspace where the request can be reviewed, approved, and sent.

The solution

• AI-assisted extraction turns the drawing into structured material, dimension, feature, and finish details with the source drawing kept in view.
• A manufacturing plan lays out operations, machines, and cycle times, then feeds a quote built from the shop's own rate structure.
• The operator stays in control: changing a machine or rate updates the quote before the response is approved and sent.

Technology stack

• Drawing extraction pipeline
• Manufacturing routing and quote engine
• Reviewable quote workspace

Measurable results

• More customer requests can move through the same quote workspace without adding another disconnected tool.
• The sales conversation starts from a reviewable, shop-specific quote instead of a black-box number.
• AI-assisted products can help manufacturing teams drive more sales while keeping commercial judgment with the team.