Why Quotation Tracking and Analyzing Software?
With today's economic climate, it's not good enough to simply produce and submit quotes and estimates. For most shops, once the quote is gone ... their only thoughts are if the job was won or lost. Our unigue KipwareTRK® software empowers users to take control of their quoting and estimating process ... not only to improve it, but to insure they are getting the work that both makes money and best fits their shop. KipwareTRK® is a unique software package that gives your shop a virtually unlimited ability to analyze, sort and track important aspects of your quoting and estimating process.
KipwareTRK® was designed from the shop floor up using real chip making experience. We know from our machine shop experience that it is imperative that shops take a deep look at their quoting and estimating results. In today's market, it is no longer enough to send out your quotes and wait for the results. You need to analyze your quoting and estimating process to see :
- What kind of parts do we quote most frequently? ... purchase machinery based on your real need.
- Which machines in our shop do we most frequently quote?
- What is the quantity most frequently quoted? ... quote more of the "big" jobs or "small" jobs based on your shop performance.
- What is the most commonly quoted material? ... Do you have a knack for machining a particular material?
- What is the percentage of SUBMITTED and NOT SUBMITTED quotes? ... Are you letting work slip away and why.
- What is the percentage of JOBS AWARDED vs. JOBS LOST? ... Quoting too high or too low.
- Why are we losing or winning work? ... Define and fix problems before they escalate.
KipwareTRK®'s Features
"KipwareTRK® is powerful tool that will have an immediate positive effect on your bottom line by easily illustrating the how's and why's of work WON or LOST using criteria such as :
- Customer Name
- Types of workpiece- the user can define up to 1,000 entries in this database area that can be used to describe the type of workpiece in detail from the simple such as "TURNING" to more detailed such as "TURNING on OKUMA #1" to anything the user desires.
- Quantities
- Material- the user can define up to 1,000 entries in this database area that define the type of material being used for the workpiece.
- Quoted Costs
- Quote Action-- Submitted or Not Submitted.
- Quote Result-- Job Awarded or Job Lost.
- Quote History- the user can store up to 1,000 entries that describe the part, process or any other feature unique to the particular job or shop criteria in general.
KipwareTRK®'s unique SORT feature is where the user can tie all the database entries together and put the power of KipwareTRK® to use. Using any of the various database files outlined above, the user can SORT their quotations per that database's criteria.