Price the sheets, the cutting, the bends and the finishing from your own rates, then track the job through the shop. You check the numbers instead of carrying them.
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| Line | Type | Qty | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 304 stainless, 16 ga | Material | 6 sheets | $1,140.00 |
| Laser cutting | Outside | 1 lot | $420.00 |
| Brake forming, 38 bends | Labour | 3.5 h | $297.50 |
| TIG welding, corners | Labour | 4.0 h | $360.00 |
| #4 grain finish | Labour | 2.0 h | $130.00 |
| Passivation | Outside | 1 lot | $180.00 |
Count sheets and bends on a notepad.
Sheets, bends and hours on one quote, from your own rates.
Laser and finishing prices get lost in email.
Outside work sits on the quote with its own markup, and on a purchase order with an expected date.
Brake and weld hours are a guess.
Hours come from what your last similar job really took.
Add the model to a quote and Quotara lists every part with its size, counts the repeats, and weighs them from your material. Surface area is there too, for finishing.
Sample part, real measurements
Price by the sheet, the kg or the lb from your own library. Stainless, aluminium and mild steel, each at your price.
Estimates corrected by the hours your crew really clocked on similar jobs.
Laser, waterjet, passivation and powder coat as outside lines with their own markup. Quinn warns you when a quote has outside work but no delivery date.
Upload the PDF or a photo. Quinn reads dimensions, gauge, material callouts and finish notes across several sheets.
Size, weight and surface area from the customer’s model, with every part of an assembly listed and counted.
Estimated against actual, line by line, as the job runs through the shop.
Forward the RFQ. Quinn reads the drawings, prices the forming from your past jobs, adds the outside work and lists the questions to ask before you send.
The free rate calculator works out your real hourly rate from your equipment, labour and overhead, and shows what you leave on the table today.
Price material in the unit you buy and sell it in: kg, lb, sheet, square foot, linear foot, board foot or each. It is your library, so the unit is whatever you type.
No. Quotara quotes the job and tracks it through the shop. Keep your CAD and nesting software for flat patterns and nests. Quinn estimates from the drawing, the model and your own past jobs, and you check every line.
Yes. Any line can be outside work with its own markup, and it goes on a purchase order with the supplier and an expected date. Quinn warns you when a quote has outside work but no delivery date, so you allow for the vendor’s lead time.
Drop in the spreadsheet or price list you quote from today and Quinn fills in your rates, showing where each number came from. Or send your files and Andrew, Quotara’s founder, sets up your shop for you, usually within one business day.
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