Enquiry to quotation

Turn drawings into costed quotes

BOLT reads RFQ drawings, balloons every characteristic, and prices the job against your own rates, processes and machines — so the quote you send is one you can reproduce and defend six months later.

RFQ-2419 · Bracket, Weld

Aluminium 6061-T6 · Qty 240

Quote ready

Balloon extraction

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Cost breakdown

Material£18.40
Cycle time£26.10
Setup£9.75
Outsource£4.20
Margin£13.10
AS9102 ready£58.45
AS9102-ready ballooning
Versioned rates & masters
Every quote reproducible
Full audit trail
Why BOLT

Estimating shouldn't depend on one spreadsheet

Most shops quote the way they always have — a folder of drawings, a spreadsheet of rates, and one estimator holding it all together. BOLT replaces the folder and the spreadsheet, not the estimator.

Rates live in someone's spreadsheet

Material, machine and labour rates live in one versioned master — change them once and every new quote picks it up.

A quote takes days to turn around

Drawings are ballooned and priced automatically, so an estimator reviews a quote instead of building one from scratch.

Nobody can explain last quarter's number

Every cost line traces back to the rule and revision that produced it — reopen any quote and it still adds up.

Sales, engineering and the shop float never line up

RFQ, drawing analysis, costing and approval sit in one record, so nothing is re-keyed between teams.

Features

One desk, every stage

RFQ intake

Customer, drawings and quantities in one record, with the revision that was actually quoted.

Document hub

Every drawing, spec and attachment grouped by part automatically, with a media centre for the rest.

AI drawing analysis

Characteristics lifted from the drawing and numbered, part-level, ready for an AS9102 first article.

Structure & BOM

Assemblies broken down into their parts and sub-assemblies, each one priced individually and rolled up.

Costing engine

Material, cycle time, setup, scrap and outsource — each line traceable to the rule that produced it.

Quotation & approval

Margin applied, routed to the right approver, and issued as a document you can reproduce.

Masters & rules

Rates, processes and machines in one place, versioned — so last quarter's quote still adds up.

Audit trail

Who changed what, when, and what it was before. Every read by support lands here too.

How it works

Five stages, one record

  1. 01

    RFQ intake

    Customer, drawings and quantities land in one record.

  2. 02

    AI analyse

    Characteristics lifted off the drawing, numbered for AS9102.

  3. 03

    Costing

    Material, cycle time, setup, scrap and outsource priced.

  4. 04

    Machining

    Routed to the right process and machine.

  5. 05

    Solution

    Margin applied, approved, delivered as a quote.

Contact

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