Quotations take three days
The enquiry sits in an inbox, someone reads the drawing, someone else checks rates, and the buyer has already been quoted by two others.
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AI automation for manufacturers and engineering units
From the RFQ that lands at 11pm to the payment that clears six weeks later, a manufacturing business runs on handovers. We automate the handovers and connect the systems on either side of them.
What this usually costs you today
Four things we hear in almost every first conversation in this sector.
Sales cannot see production
A customer asks where his order is and the salesperson walks to the shop floor to find out.
Shortages found late
The material is discovered missing on the day it is needed, not the week before.
Dispatch updates by phone
Someone calls each customer, or nobody does and the customer calls you.
The flow we automate
Each step is a handover today. Each one is a place where something gets dropped.
- RFQEmail, WhatsApp, portal
- AI extractionSpecs, quantities, drawings read
- QuotationPriced draft, your approval
- OrderConfirmed and released
- ProductionStatus visible to sales
- InventoryShortages flagged early
- DispatchCustomer told automatically
- InvoiceReminders run on their own
What we build for manufacturing
Most clients start with one of these and add the next once it is earning its keep.
RFQ and drawing intake
Incoming enquiries are read wherever they arrive. Line items, grades, quantities, tolerances and delivery dates are extracted and put in front of your estimator as a checked draft.
- Handles PDF, image and WhatsApp RFQs
- Flags unclear specifications instead of guessing
- Logs every enquiry against the customer
Quotation preparation
Requirements are matched against your rate structure, margins and terms, and a quotation draft is prepared in your format for approval.
- Your rates, your margins, your terms
- Revision history kept
- Nothing priced goes out without a human
Order to production handover
An approved order releases automatically into production with the job card, quantities and promised date, so nothing is re-keyed.
- No duplicate entry between sales and works
- Promised dates visible to everyone
- Changes propagate rather than being announced
Inventory and purchase alerts
Stock levels are watched against consumption and open orders, and reorder alerts go out while there is still time to act.
- Reorder level alerts by WhatsApp or email
- Shortages flagged against specific orders
- Purchase follow-ups chased automatically
Dispatch and customer updates
Customers are told when their order ships, with the docket number, without anyone making a call.
- Automatic dispatch notification
- Documents attached where relevant
- Delivery confirmation logged
Collections and MIS
Payment reminders run on schedule and the owner gets the day's picture without asking for it.
- Ageing on demand
- Polite, consistent chasing
- Daily and monthly MIS prepared automatically
Questions from this sector
We make custom parts, not standard products. Does this still work?
Yes, and it matters more. Custom work means every enquiry needs reading and interpreting, which is exactly the task that eats estimator time. The agent prepares the draft; your estimator keeps the judgement.
Our drawings are PDFs and photos from WhatsApp.
That is the normal case. Text is extracted directly from digital PDFs, and scanned or photographed drawings are read with OCR. Anything the system cannot read confidently is flagged rather than guessed.
Will this work with our existing ERP?
Usually. We connect to Tally, Busy, Zoho, SAP Business One and Excel-based systems. Where there is no API we work through scheduled exports.
Let us map your version of this
No two businesses in this sector run the same way. Tell us how yours works and we will show you which part is worth automating first.