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Metal Fabrication & Job Shops

Quoting from memory is costing you margin.

Metal fabricators and job shops live on quotes. But when quoting is tribal knowledge and lead times are guesses, you leave money on the table every day. The shops that make money are the ones who quote on data and schedule for visibility.

62%Of job shops report quoting as their #1 operational bottleneck (FMA research).
The Challenges
62%
of job shops cite quoting as their #1 operational bottleneck

Quoting is a guessing game

Every estimator quotes differently based on experience and memory. Lead times are tribal knowledge. Material costs are locked from last month. When a quote goes sideways, nobody knows why — and customers see inconsistency.

30–40%
of shop time lost to rework and expediting

Shop floor has no visibility

Work orders live on whiteboards and in someone's head. Material allocation is guesswork. You don't know if a job is on time until the customer calls complaining it's late. Expediting happens constantly because nobody planned ahead.

8–12%
of material cost lost to waste and poor utilization

Material utilization is written off, not optimized

Remnant inventory is scrap rather than stock. You don't know what material you actually have. Quoting doesn't account for what's on hand. Procurement buys what they think you need, not what you actually run.

What Changes

Quoting becomes consistent and defensible

When quoting is built on real data — actual run times, current material costs, known lead times — every quote is accurate. Customers see consistency. Margins stop getting squeezed by bad estimates.

Shop floor visibility kills expediting

When every work order is tracked in real time, you see bottlenecks before they become crises. Material is allocated automatically. Scheduling is data-driven, not reactive. Your team builds product instead of fixing surprises.

Leftover material becomes inventory

When you know what you have and can plan around it, remnants become stock. Utilization improves automatically. Procurement buys what you actually run. Material cost as a percentage of revenue drops measurably.

You price jobs to make money, not to win them

Accurate quoting means you stop leaving money on the table. You say no to jobs that won't make margin. Your revenue per employee goes up even if your headcount stays flat.

Built For
  • Metal fabrication and job shops, $10M–$75M revenue
  • Custom fabricators, contract manufacturers with 20–150 employees
  • Companies running job costing manually or in a legacy system
  • Shops where quoting is based on memory and leads to margin surprises
How We Engage
01

Assess your quoting, scheduling, and material practices

We observe how you quote today — where the data comes from, what time estimates you use, how you manage material. We quantify the cost of guesswork and inconsistency.

Quoting process analysisShop floor throughput studyMaterial utilization audit
02

Design the job shop operating model

We map how Odoo will handle quoting (with historical data), shop scheduling (with real-time visibility), and material allocation (with automatic stock management). Everything is built from how you actually work.

Job costing structure designScheduling workflow mappingMaterial planning model
03

Implement and train your team

We configure the system, load your historical data and material specs, and train your team to quote, schedule, and track work inside Odoo. The system goes live when your team is ready.

System configurationHistorical data migrationTeam training and support
Launchpad Assessment Areas

Quoting Accuracy and Consistency Analysis

Compares actual job costs to estimated costs across your last 50 jobs. Identifies where estimates miss and why — material, labor, overhead, or machine time. Shows the cost of estimation error.

Shop Floor Throughput and Capacity Assessment

Measures actual lead time from order receipt to completion. Identifies bottlenecks and constraint machines. Quantifies the impact of rework and expediting on capacity.

Material Utilization and Scrap Analysis

Tracks material purchased vs. material consumed vs. material scrapped. Identifies waste opportunities and revenue recovery potential through remnant inventory management.

Every engagement starts with an assessment.

Before we recommend anything, we quantify the cost of your current state. The assessment tells you what the problem is worth — and whether solving it makes sense.

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