For specialty manufacturers · $15M, $150M

See what slow quoting cost your shop this year, in dollars.

A free calculator built from every manufacturing commission we've shipped. You enter 8 back-of-envelope numbers about your RFQ flow. You get back your annual revenue leak, ranked by recovery opportunity.

90 seconds. No pitch deck, no sales call required. Your inputs stay in your browser.

  • Revenue lost to slow quoting, the one number nobody measures but everyone feels
  • Estimator capacity recovery, what your senior estimator gets back each week
  • Win-rate upside at industry benchmark speed, 24-hour turnaround math
  • A 3-page PDF report, shareable with your partner or ops lead
6h → 11m
Quote turnaround · $34M metals shop
+22%
Win rate · speed alone
7 weeks
Build time · full handoff
$118K
Fixed fee · no hourly
What the calculator measures

Four inputs. One dollar figure.

I.

Revenue lost to slow quotes

Quotes that came in a day late, priced correctly, rejected because a competitor quoted in hours. This is the biggest leak in most shops.

II.

Estimator hours locked in admin

Senior estimator time on parsing, pricing lookups, and formatting, the 80% a system eats. Translated into your shop's loaded cost.

III.

Win-rate uplift at benchmark speed

Industry data: first-in quotes win ~40% more often at similar price. We model the upside of cutting turnaround to sub-24-hour.

IV.

Capacity unlocked for one-offs

Specialty work where your estimator's judgment matters most. Time currently eaten by repetitive work is margin left on the table.

V.

Pricing-rule risk

Institutional pricing knowledge that lives in one estimator's head. What that exposure costs if they leave or retire.

Output
One number.
Your shop's annual
quote-to-ship leak.
Who built this calculator

Brandon · Principal, ColabContent

Boston-based. 40+ commissions shipped. Five manufacturing builds including Forgehouse Manufacturing (custom metals, $34M revenue) where quote turnaround dropped from 6 hours to 11 minutes and win rate rose 22% on speed alone.

This calculator is the four questions we ask every shop owner before quoting a commission. We made it self-serve for owners who want the number before picking up the phone.

The house position
"If your estimator is already quoting in under 2 hours, stop reading, you've got this handled. If they're not, the calculator below will tell you what it's costing you."

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8 inputs · 90 seconds · Your number on screen · Free PDF report.

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