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Job shops and make-to-order plants

// For specialty manufacturers

AI for manufacturing companies, tested at the order desk first.

For owner-led and family-owned specialty manufacturers, job shops and make-to-order plants. The first job is customer POs entered as orders, with revision, price and requested date checked the way your desk checks them. A free AI proof of concept tests it on copies of POs you already entered, and your ERP stays untouched.

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Manufacturing proof of conceptCommercial work only
First job
Customer POs into orders
You send
20 to 30 past POs and their quotes, after an NDA
We touch
No ERP, inbox or supplier portal
Reviewer
Picked by the owner up front
Left out
Defense and aerospace work
Price
A range before it starts

// Jobs on the desk

Desk jobs in a make-to-order plant

2 open now
3 for later, one at a time
JOB.01 · START HERE

Customer POs into your ERP

Emailed, PDF and spreadsheet POs drafted as orders, with the part, revision, price and requested date checked against the quote.

Read the order desk page
JOB.02 · ALSO OPEN

RFQs into draft quotes

Repeat and catalog parts priced from your own quote history. New parts go to your estimator as a one-page summary, not a guess.

Read the quoting page
JOB.03

Order status replies

Answers to "where is my order" emails drafted from order and job status, for your desk to review before sending.

See the order status page
JOB.04

Supplier invoices

Invoices from material and outside-process vendors matched to your POs and receipts before anyone pays them.

See the supplier invoice page
JOB.05

Month-end numbers

Shipments, backlog and open orders pulled from ERP exports into the owner's monthly pack, for the controller to review.

See the month-end page

// Why the order desk first

Order entry is mostly checking

Every manufacturer that sells to other companies gets customer POs, and someone on your desk has already entered each one. Those orders are the answer key. Your reviewer, whoever on your staff knows order entry best, can hold every AI draft up against the order actually entered, field by field.

In a make-to-order plant, typing the order is the easy part. The work is the checking: is this the revision we quoted, the price on the quote or the blanket, a date the shop can make? If you are ISO 9001 registered, that check already has a name. Clause 8.2.3, review of requirements, says differences between the order and the quote get resolved before you commit to supply. The proof of concept tests whether AI can run that check the way your desk does.

It is also where mistakes get expensive. A PO entered at the wrong revision gets built to the wrong drawing. A missed certificate of conformance can get a shipment turned away at the customer's receiving dock. A blanket release booked as a new order throws off what the shop thinks it owes that customer. Each is concrete enough for a reviewer to judge.

Quotes come second. An RFQ for a new part needs an estimator to build a routing, judge setup and run time and price outside processing, which is hard to test fairly. So the RFQ test covers repeat and catalog parts only.

Every manufacturing page carries the same limit: defense, aerospace and ITAR-controlled work stays out of the test. If your shop does both, we start on the commercial side.

// By trade

The same test, written for your trade

Its own documents
Its own first jobs
TRADE PAGE

Metal fabricators

First jobsMill test reports · Estimating · Change order requests · Material buys
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Injection molders

First jobsResin pass-through · Quoting · PPAP submissions · Mold modification quotes
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Machine shops

First jobsQuoting · Outside processing
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Packaging manufacturers

First jobsEstimating · Artwork approval · Blanket order releases · Compliance statements
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Electronics manufacturers

First jobsBOM quoting · Engineering change orders · Compliance declarations · Last-time-buy notices
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Machine builders

First jobsSpare parts quotes · Quotes from customer specs · Recommended spare parts lists · Turnover documents
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Ready mix concrete producers

First jobsDelivery ticket billing · Mix design submittals
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Commercial printers

First jobsPrint estimates · Job ticket preflight
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Pump and valve manufacturers

First jobsData sheet quotes · Test and material documents
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Control panel builders

First jobsPanel quotes · BOM substitutions
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Wire harness manufacturers

First jobsHarness quotes · Drawing revision checks
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Metal casting foundries

First jobsCasting quotes · Casting certifications
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Metal stamping companies

First jobsStamping quotes · Customer release schedules
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Metal finishing job shops

First jobsCustomer POs into travelers · Process certifications
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Rubber and gasket manufacturers

First jobsCustom part quotes · Material callout checks
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Paint and coatings manufacturers

First jobsSafety data sheet revisions · Customer specification checks
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Plastics extruders

First jobsCustom profile quotes · Resin substitution requests
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Precast concrete manufacturers

First jobsStructure schedule quotes · Plant quality record packages
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Truck body upfitters

First jobsFleet spec quotes · Final-stage certification records
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Commercial sign companies

First jobsSign permit packages · Rollout site surveys
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Rebar fabricators

First jobsBar list quantity quotes · Placing drawing checks
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TRADE PAGE

Tank and pressure vessel fabricators

First jobsRFQ specification sheets · Data report packages
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Architectural millwork manufacturers

First jobsCasework schedule quotes · Quality program files
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TRADE PAGE

Pallet and crate manufacturers

First jobsPallet spec quotes · ISPM 15 treatment records
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Electric motor repair shops

First jobsRepair-or-replace quotes · Rewind test report packages
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Tool and die shops

First jobsDie build quotes · Engineering change quotes
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Aluminum extruders

First jobsProfile quote requests · Alloy and origin certificate files
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

HVAC equipment manufacturers

First jobsEquipment schedule quote requests · Warranty claim files
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Gear manufacturers

First jobsGear print quote requests · Gear inspection report files
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Spring manufacturers

First jobsSpring print quote requests · Load test certificate packages
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TRADE PAGE

Custom thermoformers

First jobsPart and tooling quotes · Resin compliance letters
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Industrial filter manufacturers

First jobsSpec sheet match quotes · Filter test report packages
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Commercial heat treaters

First jobsHeat treat certificate packages · Purchase order requirement reviews
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Label converters

First jobsLabel spec quote requests · Artwork copy proof checks
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TRADE PAGE

Pipe spool fabricators

First jobsIsometric spool quotes · Weld map turnover packages
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TRADE PAGE

Railcar repair shops

First jobsRepair approval requests · Tank car qualification files
Read the trade page
TRADE PAGE

Foam fabricators

First jobsFoam part quote requests · Flammability test report files
Read the trade page

// Across industries

Jobs compared with other industries

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Compared forManufacturing · Machine shops · Injection molders · Metal fabricators · Distributors · Plumbing distributors · Facility services · Equipment dealers
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// The order of things

Test, decide, then run it live

  1. Step 01

    One job, on past POs

    Once the NDA is signed, pick 20 to 30 customer POs your desk has already entered and send copies, with the quotes behind them. Your ERP stays untouched. If the POs have to stay on site, we make look-alikes together.

  2. Step 02

    Your reviewer makes the call

    Before anything starts, the owner chooses your reviewer, and together we write down the success criteria and a price range for the live job. Your reviewer then scores every draft against what your desk actually did.

  3. Step 03

    Live for about 30 days

    After a yes, live POs go through the same checks for about 30 days, and a person on your desk approves each order before your ERP sees it.

Each job has its own price: a range on the first call, a fixed price once the proof of concept is done and before you sign.

The range depends on how many customer POs come in a month and how many are releases against blankets, so we ask both on the call.

// Questions

Questions manufacturers ask

We're a job shop and most of our work is one-off. Does this still apply?
The order desk job applies to any shop that receives customer POs, one-off or repeat. For one-off work quoting matters more, and there the proof of concept prices only parts you have quoted before.
We do some defense work. Can we still take part?
Yes, on the commercial side only. Defense, aerospace and ITAR-controlled POs, drawings and specs stay out. Your reviewer picks commercial documents, or we build look-alikes with you.
Does it matter whether we run Epicor, JobBOSS², Global Shop or something homegrown?
Not for the proof of concept. It never touches your ERP, and its drafts come back in a spreadsheet for your reviewer. Your ERP comes into it only after a yes, for the live month.
Can it read a PO that says "per drawing" or points to a spec sheet?
It reads the drawing number and revision the PO calls out and checks them against what you quoted. It does not interpret the drawing itself, and a mismatch puts the draft on hold.
Will this schedule our shop floor?
No. It flags requested dates that fall inside the lead times you give us. Promising a date stays with your planner or customer service lead, the same as today.
Rob Eason

Rob Eason, founder

// Book a proof of concept call

Start with the POs already in your inbox.

Thirty minutes with Rob. To book, you tell us your company and role, which job you would test first, and about how many customer POs or RFQs land each month. Hold every document back until the NDA is signed.

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