The task
A customer sends an RFQ pack: a drawing list, a specification sheet, quality requirements and commercial terms, across eight files. The estimator must check what the shop can make, what needs outsourcing such as plating or heat treatment, and what to ask the customer before quoting.
With Cowork
- The RFQ files go into one folder, alongside the shop’s capability list and past quotations for similar parts.
- Cowork extracts each part’s material, tolerances, finish and quantity into an Excel sheet.
- It flags requirements outside the capability list and items needing outside processes.
- It drafts a list of clarification questions and a quotation cover note from past wording.
Pricing and the decision to quote stay with the estimator. Cowork removes the hours of reading and retyping.

