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Should I re-quote a repeat order or hold the old price?
Price one of your own parts: Drop a STEP model or PDF drawing — about 90 seconds, no account.
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Re-quote when revision, material, outside work, quantity, capacity, or delivery changed; reuse paid setup and workholding only when the route remains valid.
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The direct answer
A repeat 50-piece order can reuse a proven program, but a 6061 supplier increase and a new anodizer lead require updated lines. Compare old and new assumptions side by side.
Test the decision against the shop evidence in this example: A repeat 50-piece order can reuse a proven program, but a 6061 supplier increase and a new anodizer lead require updated lines.
Carry the measurable input from the worked case into the estimator's notes: A repeat 50-piece order can reuse a proven program, but a 6061 supplier increase and a new anodizer lead require updated lines.
Evidence from a shop floor
If material rises $0.90 per part and a $120 finish is spread over ten, the direct increase is $21 each; with 30% markup the visible change is $27.30 each. Put the old and new scope side by side and explain every changed line rather than applying an automatic repeat discount.
Keep the commercial decision tied to the evidence, including a repeat 50-piece order can reuse a proven program, but a 6061 supplier increase and a new anodizer lead require updated lines.
The handoff is complete only when the owner can restate the route without losing a repeat 50-piece order can reuse a proven program, but a 6061 supplier increase and a new anodizer lead require updated lines.
Build the quote route
Check revision, actual cycle, setup reuse, supplier quotes, quantity break, capacity, inspection, and promised date.
A useful review question is whether the current RFQ still matches this route: check revision, actual cycle, setup reuse, supplier quotes, quantity break, capacity, inspection, and promised date.
The next estimator should be able to challenge the assumption behind this route: check revision, actual cycle, setup reuse, supplier quotes, quantity break, capacity, inspection, and promised date.
Use the source notes to date the assumption and record why this route was selected: check revision, actual cycle, setup reuse, supplier quotes, quantity break, capacity, inspection, and promised date.
Release and learn
Never carry an old price just because the part number is unchanged; document the unchanged evidence.
If the buyer asks for a different outcome, explain the boundary in these terms: never carry an old price just because the part number is unchanged; document the unchanged evidence.
Before changing the total, verify whether the caveat applies: never carry an old price just because the part number is unchanged; document the unchanged evidence.
A customer-facing explanation should make the risk legible: never carry an old price just because the part number is unchanged; document the unchanged evidence.
Close the loop by noting the evidence that would make this estimate obsolete: never carry an old price just because the part number is unchanged; document the unchanged evidence.
Keep the commercial decision tied to the evidence, including a repeat 50-piece order can reuse a proven program, but a 6061 supplier increase and a new anodizer lead require updated lines.
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.
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