Pre-production

AI for Engineering

Turn RFQs and engineering drawings into structured cost estimates and quotation drafts for engineering review.

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The Challenge

5-10 days
Average time to manually process a drawing into a quote
Industry average
15-30%
Engineering capacity consumed by repetitive drawing review and data entry
Manufacturing benchmark
3-5%
Revenue lost to inaccurate cost estimation in manual quoting
Typical margin leak

What It Does

For quotation engineers and estimating teams reviewing manufacturing RFQs.

RFQ & Requirement Review

Extract material specifications, quantities and critical requirements from RFQs and customer documents to prepare the quotation review.

Drawing Review & DFM Analysis

Review drawing features, tolerances and surface finishes to identify manufacturing requirements and risks that affect the estimate.

BOM Preparation

Structure part and material information into a bill of materials for manufacturing cost estimation and engineer review.

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Manufacturing Cost Estimation & Quoting

Use BOM, process steps, material prices and historical benchmarks to prepare a structured cost breakdown and quotation draft for engineer review.

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Process Flow Design

Prepare proposed manufacturing routes with operation sequences and estimated cycle times for engineers to review alongside the cost estimate.

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Product Matching & Reuse

Compare new requirements with existing designs to identify reusable parts and assess the scope of modifications before quoting.

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How It Creates Value

Revenue Enablement

Respond to more RFQs with the same team. Every RFQ you could not process before is now a potential win.

2-3x more RFQs processed
Margin Protection

AI-generated BOMs and process plans reduce quote-to-actual cost variance, preventing margin erosion from manual estimation errors.

30-45% reduction in quote variance
Time to Market

Faster from customer requirement to production-ready process plan. Product matching skips entire development cycles when existing solutions fit.

3-6 weeks faster to production

How It Works

1
Upload
Provide the RFQ, engineering drawings and customer requirements.
2
Understand
Extract material specifications, tolerances and manufacturing requirements.
3
Estimate
Prepare a BOM, proposed process route and cost breakdown using available cost data.
4
Review
Engineers check requirements, process assumptions, cost inputs and pricing before approval.
5
Deliver
Use the reviewed estimate to finalize the customer quotation and proposed process plan.

See It in Action

Automotive

Processing 12,000+ drawings per year, reducing quote turnaround from 10 days to under 1 day for a Tier 1 supplier.

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Electrical Equipment

Matching new transformer specs against 3,000+ existing designs to maximize component reuse and reduce engineering cost.

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