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Machine & job shops

See which jobs make money before you quote the next one.

True cost per job, not a guess.

For small shops where the whiteboard is the schedule and the owner is the cost system. We draw the shop on what you already write down.

Where the week goes

  • Nobody marks which quotes were won or lost.
  • The bottleneck machine is booked from a photo of a whiteboard.
  • Hours never get tied back to jobs, so true cost is a guess.

Twelve-person machine shop

Your Frame Quoting Quotes out The floor Jobs on machines Shipping Jobs due this week Office & cost Material on order Quotingspreadsheet 14 Job travelers 6 Job tracker 8 PO log 3 POs5 days old Not recordedanywhere True cost per job

Sample — illustrative mock-up

Twelve-person machine shop

Sample — illustrative mock-up Jobs on machines
today a full floor · 7 Mon – Wed True cost per job: nobody records it, so no forecast
Above, jobs on the floor reaches a full floor between Monday and Wednesday.

Twelve-person machine shop

Your Frame Jobs on machines the forecast reaches a full floor Warn the customers next inline → Email drafts, for approval on it reaches a full floor within 2days Tell the owner → Text message off no update to jobs on the floor in 3days Ask for a recount → Message to whoever keeps it on

Sample — illustrative mock-up

Solid: on today's number. Dashed: on the forecast. Each one is a switch.

Also drawn for this industry

  • Twelve-person sign shop run from one workbook watches Vinyl and board on hand · Draft the purchase order
  • Eleven-person custom cabinet shop, kitchens and finish carpentry watches Installs due this week · Book the second install crew
  • Eighteen-person CNC machine shop, prototype to mid-volume watches Jobs due this week · Warn the customers next in line
  • Hundred-person wooden boat builder, builds, repairs and storage watches Finished winterizations and repairs not invoiced · Send the invoices
  • Forty-person screw machine shop, committed delivery dates watches Orders due to ship this week · Call the customers with open quotes
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Start with a $400 consultation: a generous half day.

We walk the floor with the owner. In person when we can. You leave with a Frame sketch on one page and a lot of good questions; within a week, a written proposal with deliverables and a price.

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