In the world of contract manufacturing, quoting is everything. It’s how you win business, plan production, and grow margins. Yet despite its importance, quoting remains one of the most inefficient, error-prone, and overlooked processes on the shop floor.
If you're still juggling spreadsheets, PDFs, and generic emails, you're not alone — and you're leaving money on the table.
Here’s the typical quoting workflow we see:
A customer emails a blueprint.
Someone opens it, downloads it, and manually enters part details into a spreadsheet or ERP.
Engineering gets involved for manufacturability.
Purchasing checks material prices manually.
Sales responds with a quote days later… sometimes too late.
This process is slow, inconsistent, and reactive. It doesn't scale. It’s also hard to track, audit, or optimize.
And when shops use blanket marketing emails to drum up business during slow weeks, they often get flooded with RFQs for work centers that are already overbooked.
The result? Long lead times. Missed opportunities. Unused capacity. Frustrated customers.
That’s where Parts Portal comes in.
Parts Portal is an online quote portal that integrates directly with your ERP system (starting with Fulcrum) to streamline quoting and drive smarter sales.
Here’s what you get:
✅ A digital quote portal for your customers – No more back-and-forth emails. Customers upload drawings, input quantities, and get accurate quotes — fast.
✅ Instant reorder pricing – For repeat parts, pricing is pre-set and auto-calculated.
✅ Targeted promotions – When machines go idle, you can send automated emails to specific customers with capacity-matching part discounts — no more flooding your inbox with unqualified RFQs.
✅ Live sync with ERP – Pull customers, parts, materials, and machine data in real time (available with Fulcrum to start).
Our early adopters are job shops doing $3M+ in revenue who value technology and revenue growth, and are tired of flying blind. They're using Parts Portal to:
Cut quoting turnaround time
Fill idle capacity with the right kind of work
Win more business without adding more admin headcount
We’re currently onboarding pilot customers, gathering data, and fine-tuning integrations. If you’re a job shop and looking to modernize your sales process, we want to hear from you.
Want to see it in action?
👉 Book a Demo
👉 Join our Pilot Program