QuotedPartAnswers · Updated 2026-10-31
I’m the only one who can quote — how do I hand it off?
Price one of your own parts: Drop a STEP model or PDF drawing — about 90 seconds, no account.
Your part priced in about 90 seconds, no account.
Write the rate card, setup and markup rules, no-quote triggers, and approval thresholds, then train a second estimator on real RFQs with a review gate.
See how QuotedPart connects to your workflow with its API, MCP server, autonomous quoting and shop-specific learning.
The direct answer
Choose ten recent RFQs: have a trainee price five from documented rules, compare setup and outside-process assumptions, and review differences before allowing independent quotes.
Test the decision against the shop evidence in this example: Choose ten recent RFQs: have a trainee price five from documented rules, compare setup and outside-process assumptions, and review differences before allowing independent quotes.
Carry the measurable input from the worked case into the estimator's notes: Choose ten recent RFQs: have a trainee price five from documented rules, compare setup and outside-process assumptions, and review differences before allowing independent quotes.
Evidence from a shop floor
Use the example bracket as a shared exercise: the new estimator must explain 191 setup minutes, 13.5 cycle minutes, quantity breaks, and exclusions before sending. Review the first ten quotes and compare actual hours; reduce review only after the handoff is stable.
Keep the commercial decision tied to the evidence, including choose ten recent rfqs: have a trainee price five from documented rules, compare setup and outside-process assumptions, and review differences before allowing independent quotes.
The handoff is complete only when the owner can restate the route without losing choose ten recent rfqs: have a trainee price five from documented rules, compare setup and outside-process assumptions, and review differences before allowing independent quotes.
Build the quote route
Document intake, route selection, pricing inputs, review gates, send authority, and where drawings and supplier evidence are stored.
A useful review question is whether the current RFQ still matches this route: document intake, route selection, pricing inputs, review gates, send authority, and where drawings and supplier evidence are stored.
The next estimator should be able to challenge the assumption behind this route: document intake, route selection, pricing inputs, review gates, send authority, and where drawings and supplier evidence are stored.
Use the source notes to date the assumption and record why this route was selected: document intake, route selection, pricing inputs, review gates, send authority, and where drawings and supplier evidence are stored.
Release and learn
Delegation without an approval threshold simply moves the bottleneck; review high-risk work and exceptions explicitly.
If the buyer asks for a different outcome, explain the boundary in these terms: delegation without an approval threshold simply moves the bottleneck; review high-risk work and exceptions explicitly.
Before changing the total, verify whether the caveat applies: delegation without an approval threshold simply moves the bottleneck; review high-risk work and exceptions explicitly.
A customer-facing explanation should make the risk legible: delegation without an approval threshold simply moves the bottleneck; review high-risk work and exceptions explicitly.
Close the loop by noting the evidence that would make this estimate obsolete: delegation without an approval threshold simply moves the bottleneck; review high-risk work and exceptions explicitly.
Keep the commercial decision tied to the evidence, including choose ten recent rfqs: have a trainee price five from documented rules, compare setup and outside-process assumptions, and review differences before allowing independent quotes.
Price one of your own parts
Drop a PDF drawing or a STEP file. QuotedPart reads the print, measures the model and prices it in seconds, on default shop rates you can change.
Your STEP file or PDF drawingDrop a PDF drawing, a STEP file or both
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