Solutions · Print farms
Instant quoting for print farms
Dozens of near-identical machines, thin margins, and a queue that has to stay full. Quote in seconds and let the arithmetic be right at volume.
What is actually hard about this.
- 01
Your margin per part is small and your volume is large, so a pricing model that is 15 % wrong is not a rounding error - it is the business.
- 02
Most enquiries are for parts you could print today, but they arrive as e-mails and sit until someone opens them.
- 03
You have real data about what your machines do, and no way to put it into the quote.
How shops like yours set it up.
One configuration per machine class
A farm of one printer model prices consistently; a second class of machine gets its own rate and build volume rather than an average.
Calibration from your own job history
This is the setting that matters most at volume. Three real jobs, each with its true time or weight, and the travel and flow coefficients stop being defaults.
Aggressive quantity breaks
Batches are where a farm makes money, and the engine already models the set-up a batch shares.
Automatic checkout
A part that passes the DFM checks and fits a machine should become an order without touching anyone.
The short list.
- Travel factor and flow rate, calibrated
- Machine hourly rate per class
- Quantity break table
- Minimum order value
- Automatic order acceptance with review rules for the exceptions
Not quite you?
Service bureaus
Several processes, real lead times and buyers who compare you against three other quotes. Answer first, and answer with a breakdown.
Read moreJob shops
Quoting is the bottleneck and the estimator is one person. Automate the parts that are arithmetic and keep the judgement.
Read moreMakerspaces & universities
Members and departments rather than customers, cost codes rather than card payments, and a rate card somebody has to be able to justify.
Read moreInternal labs
A shop inside a company, charging other teams. The price has to be defensible internally, and the queue has to be visible.
Read moreBring a part you quoted by hand.
Price it on the free plan with your own machines and rates, and see where the engine agrees with you, and why it does not.
Free plan, no card. Paid plans by the month, cancel any time.