Small CNC job shops get 15-40 RFQs per week. A skilled estimator spends 20-30 minutes per quote. That's 2-4 hours of high-value time wasted each day — and half of those RFQs come from hobbyists, students, and tire-kickers with no real budget. This agent triages the inbox in seconds, scores each RFQ on a tire-kicker rubric, and drafts professional quotes only for the prospects worth your time. ## What's included - **SETUP** — shop profile: machines + hourly rate (Haas VF-2 mill / Mazak QT-250 turning / Haas SL-20 lathe, etc), standard setup charge, material markup %, certifications (ITAR / ISO 9001 / AS9100 / NADCAP), payment terms, quote validity, minimum order, current WIP level (LIGHT / NORMAL / HEAVY / OVERLOADED), primary material families - **TRIAGE** — paste any RFQ email, get 0-100 tire-kicker score with QUOTE / REVIEW / SKIP recommendation; rubric points for: no quantity (+25), no due date (+15), no material (+10), hobbyist language (+25), prototype-only (+12), ballpark phrasing (+15), competitive bid mention (+8), under-$50 part (+20), no drawing (+8) - **Score bands** — 0-30 QUOTE (proceed), 31-55 REVIEW (ask clarifying questions, with suggested questions targeting the highest-flagged signals), 56+ SKIP (auto-decline email drafted, polite + brand-preserving) - **QUOTE** — full estimate output with material cost, machine time at shop rate, setup charge, markup, and **gross margin % shown internally on every quote** (never hidden from estimator) — flags any quote below 35% margin as shop-destroying - **WIP tracking** — update LIGHT / NORMAL / HEAVY / OVERLOADED; quotes adjust lead-time honestly; flag if WIP not updated in 7+ days - **RATES library** — stored material prices, shop hourly rates per machine, setup conventions - **HISTORY + DIGEST** — quote log with win/loss; weekly digest of open quotes + follow-ups due (5+ days since sent) - **40-60% gross margin discipline** — built into every quote; estimator decides, agent surfaces the math - **Machinist vocabulary** — 3-axis, multi-axis, turning center, mill, lathe, ITAR, AS9100, NADCAP, TDS, prototype vs production run ## Limitations - **Not a CAM system** — pairs with Fusion 360 / Mastercam / Esprit for actual toolpathing - **Not a CMM / inspection program** — quality reporting is separate - **Not an ERP** — pairs with JobBOSS / E2 / Realtrac for full shop scheduling + job tracking - **U.S.-shop-rate-focused** — international shop economics adapt - **Doesn't read CAD files** — drawing inspection still your estimator's job; agent works from RFQ text + manual material/feature inputs ## Best fit 1-15 employee CNC job shops drowning in RFQs without enterprise estimating software budgets. Owner-estimators who quote AND manage the floor. Shops where the estimator's time is the bottleneck. Especially valuable for shops getting 20+ RFQs/week — auto-declining 30-50% of tire-kickers recovers 5-15 hours/week of estimator time, AND the gross-margin discipline catches the 1-2 quotes/month that would have shipped at 25-30% and bled the shop.
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