AI agents for manufacturing shops that want their quote out first
AI agents capture every RFQ and route the specs to the right estimator within minutes, follow up on every quote you send, and answer order status calls from live ERP data, so the shop that replies first is yours. Built around the ERP and inbox you already run.
Where orders quietly go to competitors
RFQs aging in a shared inbox, afternoons lost to order status calls, and supplier follow ups that slip. All three are automatable without touching the shop floor.
RFQs sit while competitors quote
The request lands in sales@ at 7 am, gets opened after lunch, and reaches an estimator tomorrow. The buyer sent the same drawing to four shops, and the first serious reply usually frames the deal.
Afternoons lost to where is my order
Customers call because they cannot see what your ERP already knows. The front office looks up the same job status, relays it, and hangs up in time for the next identical call.
Supplier follow ups slip and stall production
A purchase order goes out and nobody confirms it. Two weeks later the material has not shipped, the production schedule slides, and your customer hears about it after the promise date.
Speed to quote becomes your standing advantage
One connected system that captures RFQs, follows up on quotes, answers status questions from live data, and chases suppliers before dates slip.
RFQ intake routed in minutes
Every RFQ from email or your website gets acknowledged instantly, parsed for specs, quantities, and due dates, and routed to the right estimator within minutes. Nothing ages in a shared inbox waiting for someone to check it.
Quote follow up that never forgets
Every quote you send gets a polite follow up sequence: confirmation it arrived, a check in before the validity date, a nudge when it goes quiet. Buyers respond to whoever stays present, and now that is you without anyone tracking it.
An order status agent on phone and email
Customers ask where their order is and get an accurate answer from live ERP data, on the phone or by email, at any hour. The front office keeps the calls that need a human and loses the ones a lookup could answer.
Supplier chase workflows
Purchase orders get confirmation requests automatically, delivery dates get verified before they matter, and anything unconfirmed escalates to your buyer with the full thread attached. Production stops finding out late.
What the system delivers after go live
Live in your shop in two to four weeks
Free quote flow audit
We map how RFQs, order questions, and supplier confirmations actually move through your shop and where they stall. You keep the written roadmap whether you hire us or not.
Fixed price blueprint
One number for the exact system: which inboxes and systems connect, how routing works, what the agent says on the phone. No hourly billing.
Build and test on real RFQs
We build inside accounts you own and test against live RFQs, status calls, and purchase orders until handoffs feel natural to your front office.
Handover and support
Documentation for every workflow plus 30 days of support. Your shop owns the system outright.
Your ERP, your accounts, your system
We build around the ERP, inbox, and spreadsheets you already run, at a fixed price, with zero vendor lock in.
No ERP replacement
The agents read from the system you already run, through its API or its exports. Order status answers come from your live data, and your planners keep working exactly where they work now.
Works without an ERP too
Plenty of strong shops run on spreadsheets and email. RFQ intake, quote follow up, and supplier chasing work from those today, and the system grows with you if an ERP comes later.
You own everything
Every workflow runs in accounts registered to your company. Leave us tomorrow and the system keeps quoting, answering, and chasing.
Proof before final payment
You watch real RFQs get acknowledged, parsed, and routed before you settle the invoice.
First to quote wins, the same way first to reply wins the listing
A 12 agent brokerage came to us losing deals to whoever answered enquiries first, with replies taking hours and follow up dying after one attempt. We automated the first response and the persistence. Swap listings for RFQs and it is the same race your estimators run every morning.
Built on the tools your shop already runs
Your ERP on the data side, whichever one you run; n8n, Make, or Zapier moving the data; Twilio on the phones; Google Workspace and Slack around your front office. Your stack decides the tools, not the other way around.
Manufacturing automation, answered directly
What are AI agents for manufacturing?
Software assistants that handle the front office work around your shop: capturing RFQs and routing specs to the right estimator within minutes, following up on quotes you sent, answering order status calls and emails from live ERP data, and chasing suppliers for confirmations and delivery dates. Your estimators and schedulers keep the decisions; the agents do the relaying and the reminding.
Can it connect to our ERP?
If your ERP has an API or can produce exports, yes. We read order status, delivery dates, and production stages from the system you already run and never ask you to replace it. Plenty of shops we talk to run part of the operation on spreadsheets, and we work from those too.
How fast can RFQ response get?
The buyer gets an acknowledgment in under 60 seconds, any hour, confirming what you received and what happens next. The parsed specs land with the right estimator within minutes instead of sitting in a shared inbox until someone checks it. How fast the full quote goes out still depends on your estimating, but the race no longer starts hours late.
What does manufacturing automation cost?
A complete system typically lands between $1,000 and $5,000 to build plus $50 to $300 in monthly platform fees. One order that would have gone to the faster quote usually covers it. You get a fixed quote after a free audit of your RFQ and order flow, and there is no hourly billing.
Will it work for a small shop without an ERP?
Yes. If your orders live in spreadsheets, QuickBooks, or a whiteboard photo someone emails around, we start there. RFQ intake, quote follow up, and supplier chasing need a reliable inbox and a place to record status, not a six figure ERP. Many shops use the automation build as the nudge to tidy that up.
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Related reading
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Workflow automation
RFQ intake, routing, and supplier chase workflows that run end to end on their own.
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Quote follow up sequences that stay present until the buyer decides, then stop.
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