Your estimator is buried in RFQs.
AI for Houston's machine shops, fabricators, inspection firms, and industrial suppliers — quotes drafted from drawings in minutes, certs tracked before the auditor asks.
Book a free 30-minute callWhere the hours go
RFQs pile up, quotes go out late
A takeoff from a 7-sheet drawing runs 2 to 3 hours by hand. The shop that quotes first usually wins the job — and your estimator can only move so fast.
Cert paperwork never sleeps
Welder quals, WPS and PQR packages, API and ASME requirements — tracked in binders and spreadsheets until an audit finds the gap for you.
The office runs on re-keying
POs, invoices, packing slips — typed in twice, filed three times. Call it $12–15 of labor per invoice, hundreds of times a month.
Automation that pays for itself
RFQ & quote automation
AI reads the drawings and spec sheets and drafts the quote; your estimator reviews and sends. Shops report per-quote time dropping from about 2.5 hours to 25 minutes — the same team handles nearly double the RFQ volume.
Compliance & cert tracking
An AI layer that reads qualification paperwork, cross-references the code requirements, and flags expirations and gaps before an auditor does — working with whatever tracking you already run.
AP & back-office automation
Invoices read, coded, and matched automatically — your people only touch exceptions. Firms report cost per invoice dropping from $12–15 to $2–4, with payback usually inside 9 months.
The honest picture
- Harris County has roughly 5,180 manufacturers — the 2nd-most of any US county — with 700+ machine shops in Houston alone. And fewer than 1 in 10 small firms use AI in production today, so the shops that move first set the pace.
- We lead with efficiency, not growth promises. Faster quotes and a cheaper back office hold up when energy capex tightens — this is built for the boom-bust cycle you already live in.
- We integrate with what you already run — your ERP, QuickBooks, CAD, even Paperless Parts — rather than selling you another platform to babysit.
Book a free 30-minute call.
Bring one workflow — RFQs are the usual suspect. We'll tell you what automating it takes and what it usually costs. If the math doesn't work for your shop, we'll tell you that too.