Done-for-you quote follow-up
For CNC and Metal Fabrication Shops.
Open quotes shouldn’t depend on free time on the floor.
We organize them by stage and run the chase — so CNC and Metal Fabrication Shop owners stay on the machines and more booked work comes from quotes already sent.
Your second shift doesn’t go home at five.
Built in 2–3 weeks We run it 60-day guarantee
Quote sent
Timed chase
Reply
Owner handoff
We’re building with a small set of CNC and Metal Fabrication Shops — no fake case-study wall.
Why quotes go quiet
This isn’t a discipline problem.
Money gets made on the floor. It sits on the table when quotes go quiet.
Owners didn’t open a shop to become salesmen. They want to stay on the floor — and the follow-up still has to happen.
Nobody sets out to ignore a quote. Here’s what actually happens.
A quote goes out Tuesday. Wednesday a machine goes down. Thursday a customer pulls a delivery in two weeks. Friday you’re on the floor covering for somebody. By the time things settle, that quote is eleven days old and four quotes down the stack — and following up now feels like it needs an explanation.
So it sits. And the customer, who was never a no, just busy, goes with whoever got back to them.
This isn’t a discipline problem. It’s capacity. The gap is consolidate the pile and chase what’s open — without adding a job to the owner’s day.
Side by side
Inbox chaos vs. a second shift.
Same quotes. Different system after they leave.
How it runs today
- Open quotes buried in email, texts, and Excel
- Owner chases when the floor finally quiets down
- No clear stage on what’s still open
- Reply lands somewhere; you find it two days later
With 2nd Shift Systems
- Every open quote organized by stage in one place
- We chase what stays open — in the shop’s voice
- Stages make open quotes visible; you keep relationships and pricing
- Reply stops the sequence; you get the ping
What we build
Three things. That’s the whole product.
Consolidate every RFQ. Stages make open quotes visible. We chase what’s open. More already-quoted work gets booked, without changing your day.
See every RFQ
Every request shows up clear and organized by stage — not buried in email and texts.
Stages that stay clear
Open quotes stay visible by stage. You keep relationships and pricing. We chase what’s open — without adding a job to your day.
We chase it
Follow-up runs on what you keep open, in the shop’s voice. Reply stops the sequence. You get the ping — day doesn’t change.
Off your plate
We operate it. You keep the shop.
Done-for-you means the chase runs without you admining another system. Pricing and relationships stay yours.
What we operate
- Consolidate open quotes by stage
- Keep stages clear on open quotes
- Run timed follow-up in your voice
- Stop on reply and ping you
What stays with the shop
- Pricing and estimating decisions
- Customer relationships
- Who you stay close to
- How you quote and run the floor
The sequence
What happens after a quote goes out.
On what you keep open, follow-up runs on a real clock. Stops when they reply. When they write back, a ping hits whoever answers — part, quote, their words — so you don’t find it two days later.
Quote logged and confirmed
The RFQ lands in one place with the part details attached. The customer gets a confirmation. You get a notification. Nothing is sitting in a shared inbox waiting to be noticed.
First touch
A short note in your voice, asking whether they got the numbers and whether anything needs adjusting. This one catches the quotes that landed in spam or got buried — which is more of them than you’d guess.
While they’re still comparing
Most buyers are still deciding at day seven. This touch puts your capabilities and lead time back in front of them at the moment the shortlist is getting made.
Last touch on this quote
One final, professional close-out. Plenty of jobs get awarded right here — not because the buyer changed their mind, but because you were the shop still in the conversation.
So we’re clear
Not another tool on your plate.
We don’t touch the top of your funnel. Everyone who enters this system already found you and already asked you to quote something. We work the back half — after the quote. We run it. You keep running the shop.
- Not AI quoting software
- Not another CRM for you to run
- Not ads or lead gen
Ready to get follow-up off the owner’s day?
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What it costs.
One public path: build the system, then we run the chase on work you already quoted.
then $499 / month to run it
Consolidate every open quote, keep stages clear, and we chase what’s open — written around how your shop actually quotes. Two to three weeks from kickoff. We run it. You keep running the shop.
- Consolidate open quotes by stage
- Stages that make open quotes visible
- We chase what’s open, in your voice
- Reply stops the sequence; you get the ping
- We run it — you keep running the shop
- Optional reply alerts to your phone
For reference: about what one recovered job pays for.
Start here
Let’s look at how your RFQs run today.
Tell us a little about the shop. After you submit, we’ll set up a short call — about a 15-minute teardown of how quotes run today — and walk whether a done-for-you chase fits.
Built by somebody who sold machinery and walked shop floors, not a marketing agency. No pitch deck. No proposal. If it isn’t a fit, we’ll say so.
Got it. We’ll reach out to set up a short call — usually within two business days.
Questions
Straight answers.
We already have JobBOSS / Paperless Parts / HubSpot.
Those tools don’t run done-for-you chase after the quote. We operate the follow-up on open quotes — clear stages and the sequence — so you aren’t admining another system to stay in touch.
Won’t this spam customers?
No. Cadence is owner-approved. Messages go out in the shop’s voice. A reply stops the sequence immediately.
Do you replace our estimator?
No. We work after the quote is out — visibility by stage, and chase on what’s open.
What happens after I click Set up a call?
You fill a short form. We reach out to schedule a short call and walk how quotes run today (about a 15-minute teardown). If it isn’t a fit, we say so.
What about ITAR or email access?
We’ll confirm access and compliance needs on the call — details TBD.