Moldmakers are facing the music of Industry 4.0, and—no surprise here—the conductor is the customer. Expectations for customer service are higher than ever and reshaping how businesses operate. It’s no longer enough to tighten up customer-facing roles and processes; every piece of the shop must be optimized to deliver. Quoting is no exception—it’s the overlooked [...]
An accurate quotation for a new injection mold design and build requires the following: […]
each one is an opportunity to make more money and grow the business. Certainly, nobody on the production floor has any issues with prospects and customers sending inquiries for projects. More work means more pay for more years. […]
in addition typical machining activities, the mold manufacturing process includes a large amount of effort for purchase and assembly of standard components such as mold base, ejector pin, and ejector plate. […]
many mold project engineers usually meet a problem like how to quickly provide an accurate mold quotation to our customer when they get a mold quotation inquiry, it is a big problem, because as the mold industry grows, it’s competition intensifies, accurate mold costing and quick response to a quotation inquiry become a critical step [...]
In all industries, there is a common practice. Before a mold order is placed, at least three quotation from different mold maker are on costumer’s desk. So your mold price must be competitive with that quoted by other mold makers.
I think it is not enough for providing a suitable mold quotation, but what is a suitable mold quotation? I want to say there are too many things which should be addressed before going into the mold quotation. Could you tell me what they are?
when you receive a part drawing, including it’s CAD model, it’s request for mold quotation from a customer, congratulation! You will have a chance to do a new project.