The Power of a Quick Quote Turnaround: 9-Hour Average, 24-Hour Guarantee

A quote is often a customer’s first impression of a metal manufacturer. 

There’s a lot a procurement team can learn from that first quote: It’s fair to say a fast, organized first quote indicates a detail-oriented manufacturer that knows how to produce your part efficiently. 

At ReNEW Manufacturing Solutions, our quotes demonstrate the “3 C’s” to our customers: competency, capability, and capacity. 

This commitment drove us to revolutionize our quoting process over the past several years. By embracing digital tools and new processes to overhaul the quoting process in our shops, we’ve reduced our average quote turnaround time to 9 hours.

Rethinking Our Approach to Quoting

Manufacturing has evolved significantly in recent decades, but the quoting process in many shops has remained stagnant. 

Many shops feature precision CNC machining on their shop floors, embracing automation and cobots in metal manufacturing. Yet their front office still employs pen and paper or manual Excel calculations in their quoting processes. 

When we bring a shop into our network, we overhaul its quoting process. The first step is a mindset shift: modern analytics have shown us how we can deliver quotes more quickly by assessing urgency and complexity.

For instance, some shops have always chased down exact material pricing before providing quotes. Instead, we now know that this approach is unnecessary. Our data shows that for materials with stable pricing histories, simply basing quotes on standardized pricing adjusted for market conditions delivers accurate results without causing delays.

This strategic prioritization is the core of our approach. Small projects receive expedited quotes because we understand holding up a customer's entire procurement process for a straightforward part is unfair to them.

Embracing Digital Solutions for a Quick Quote Turnaround

Speed is critical in procurement. 

A buyer’s life often revolves around speed, juggling multiple projects and countless RFQs at once. By returning a fast quote, we help to streamline your planning and demonstrate our respect for your process.

To improve speed, our quoting process now includes software solutions such as Paperless Parts, Toolpath, and CloudNC that combine to enable:

• Rapid quote generation
• Simpler customer collaboration
• Automated Design for Manufacturing (DFM) feedback
• Clear documentation and organization

Customers regularly express surprise at our quick quote turnaround and appreciate the organized presentation. Perhaps most importantly, our rapid DFM feedback gives customers more time to consider design optimization without endangering deadlines.

Try Our Fast Quoting Process

Customers can request a quote from ReNEW Manufacturing Solutions with our simple, secure online portal. 

An estimator or engineer will contact you within 24 hours guaranteed with a detailed quote and any relevant design feedback. While our average quote time is 9 hours, note that complex PDFs or assemblies with large BOMs can require additional time.

By combining our deep industry expertise with digital tools and analytics, we’ve created a quoting process that better services our customers’ needs. Whether you need sheet metal fabrication, CNC machining or support for high mix low volume manufacturing, we’re ready to provide a fast, accurate quote for your next project.

Request a quote today and discover the ease of our quick quote turnaround!