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Quoting & Sales

Operate more efficiently and grow revenue by improving and automating your quoting workflow.

50%

Less time spent searching

Reduce wasted time searching by keeping all your documents and their progress in one organized place.

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Faster estimates and quotes

Streamline the quoting process to increase win rates and quote quickly and accurately.

3x

Increased profitability

Gather insights on how you performed and use them to increase your profitability.
REIMAGINE HOW YOU SELL

A Seamless Quote-to-Order Workflow

Boost sales and efficiency with our seamless quote-to-order workflow, simplifying processes for faster transactions and satisfied customers.

Visual Cost Breakdowns

Enhanced Cost Visibility and Production Tracking

For assembly or component manufacturing, enabling comparison between estimated and actual costs, and tracking of production progress and potential parts utilization.

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  • Gain visibility into the total cost broken down by run time, setup time, and material cost for any volume of assembly or component.
  • Utilize cost breakdowns before and after the manufacturing process, allowing you to compare estimated costs to actual costs.
  • Track production time and progress, showing the potential parts that can be used for fulfilling the order.
Quote Management

Seamless Transition From Quote To Order

Enhance your sales process with features that make moving from quotes to orders a breeze.

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  • Provide both quick and detailed quotes for single-level and multi-level assemblies.
  • Share and track quotes with customers via our secure digital quote portal.
  • Track your win rate and share details with sales to understand which quotes convert to sales.
Order Processing

Flexible and Efficient Order Management

Handle a variety of order types with ease, from quick-run parts to complex assemblies.

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  • Make changes to any order, including quantities and due dates—even when it's already in process.
  • Print order confirmations and create jobs straight from the order.
  • View how you did on a particular order to learn if you were over or under the expected labor hours or materials.
Quote Generation

Produce Accurate Quotes Efficiently

Streamline your quoting process with tools that allow for quick and accurate quote creation.

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  • Easily pull from part history and copy quotes into new orders for repeat business.
  • Check inventory, part, and material purchase history during the quoting process.
  • Forecast profit margins by considering all aspects of part cost, including routings, labor, materials, and quantity breaks.

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Outside Processing

Empowers your company to solve outside processing efficiently. This integrated approach ensures that outside processing is not only manageable but also scalable and profitable for growing businesses.

Quality Management

Unleash the full potential of quality management within your shop processes using first article tracking, NCR control, and enforced inspection steps at every step of production. Elevate your quality standards and empower excellence.

Routing & BOM

Create highly robust routing and BOMs in just a few clicks. Provide your operators with everything they need to succeed.

Shipping & Receiving

Drive your shipping and receiving departments with up-to-date information from across the shop floor. Always know the status of every part and eliminate surprises.

Shop Floor Communication

A thoughtful and integrated approach to manufacturing execution, ensuring that every aspect of the shop floor from knowing what job to work on next to providing real-time insights into work-in-progress and documentation collection for jobs.

Jobs & Scheduling

Scheduling and prioritizing jobs has never been easier. Assign operations to specific machines and personnel to manage your shop from anywhere, and use dashboards to ensure jobs are completed on time.

Purchase Planning

Streamline your procurement process through realtime suggestions based on your current inventory levels and needs. Discover cost-effective procurement suggestions and insight to boost efficiency and savings.

Inventory Management

Unlike any manufacturing software in the industry, StartProto gives you the ultimate ability to see where a workpiece is in real time. Now you will never guess again.

Quoting & Sales

Operate more efficiently and grow revenue by improving and streamlining your quoting workflow.

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Customer Stories

A Proven Track Record

See the success our customers have had using StartProto’s Manufacturing Cloud to transform their businesses.

Located in Cartersville, Georgia, CAMaster specializes in producing high-quality CNC routers for various industries, including custom cabinetry, automotive customization, plastics, and more. CAMaster relied on separate systems and spreadsheets for purchasing, inventory management, and production tracking, leading to inefficiencies and errors.
Eric
Production Manager
Phenx Products, an aerospace and defense manufacturer, transitioned from manual tracking systems to StartProto’s all-in-one platform to streamline operations, improve AS9100 compliance, and enhance profitability. StartProto enabled them to efficiently manage quoting, production, and documentation, resulting in significant time savings and increased operational efficiency.
Kenny Williams
CEO
GTI Fabrication transformed its operations with StartProto, gaining streamlined workflows, precise tracking, and scalable support for future growth.
Warren Wadman
Loper Machine, an aerospace job shop, started in 2017 as a part-time venture and has since grown into a successful business. Transitioning from basic tools like Google and spreadsheets to a more advanced and organized system with StartProto has significantly streamlined their operations.
Alex Loper
Owner and CEO
Ram Precision, a tool manufacturer, digitized its operations with StartProto software, enhancing cost estimates, automating tasks, and optimizing workflow. This resulted in improved efficiency, increased customer satisfaction, stronger client relationships, and raised their annual order capacity by over $250,000, reinforcing their industry competitiveness.
Cayle Hamman
Production Manager
Jaco Machine beat the challenge of finding a management system that could support their early operations and scale with their growth.
Jody Powell
Owner
New Generation Machining was limited to manual paper-based processes by JobBoss2 to run their operations. This not only slowed down the front office processing time, but also left big gaps in the knowledge that was transferred to the shop floor.
Tyler Hendricks
Owner & Estimator
Nick bought KTE and found its manual workflow outdated. He implemented StartProto, a manufacturing cloud system, automating tasks and improving workflow. This enhanced efficiency, increased job capacity, and grew the business, transforming KTE into a thriving, profitable machine shop.
Nick Salters
Owner
Werner Machine improved their one-off part manufacturing process by using StartProto, a software centralizing documentation and communication. The software significantly enhanced accessibility to past job data, reduced setup time, and increased efficiency, making it a game-changer for their business operations.
Rob Escoe
Estimator & Operations Manager
Facing growth-related challenges, 3D Machine employed StartProto's workflow management system. This enabled improved visibility into operations, replacing old methods with efficient platforms. Consequently, efficiency, productivity, and customer satisfaction increased, allowing the company to manage more jobs and maintain quality service.
Sam Roberts
Owner
AM North, a 3D printing company, achieved significant operational improvements by implementing StartProto, a user-friendly manufacturing software, streamlining production and enhancing efficiency under the leadership of CEO Jan-Inge.
Jan-Inge Kongsbak
CEO
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