Manufacturing Quoting and Job Costing
Manufacturing quoting and BOM estimation helps your sales team stay consistent and work efficiently. Proven sales processes help you acquire visibility to key metrics such as won or lost business, sales personnel performance, order/item profitability, and more.
Cetec ERP Can Help You
Quote Quickly & Consistently
- Turn quotes around fast with built-in templates and ERP integration.
- Import BOMs or hundreds of line items directly from Excel for fast quoting.
- Collaborate across teams with shared quoting history and accountability.
Quote Quickly & Consistently
- Turn quotes around fast with built-in templates and ERP integration.
- Import BOMs or hundreds of line items directly from Excel for fast quoting.
- Collaborate across teams with shared quoting history and accountability.
Other Quoting Features Include
Customer Integration
Add customers to quotes with auto-populated info, or create new customers on the fly.
Part & BOM Integration
Add raw or finished parts with historical data; manage unlimited multi-level BOMs directly from a quote.
BOM Estimation & Job Costing
Estimate BOMs, job costs, and labor routing in one integrated quoting workflow.
Quantity & Price Breaks
Track pricing and cost breaks at BOM, labor, overhead, and resale levels.
Labor & Router Estimation
Define operations, work locations, outsource lead times, and schedule capacity from the quote.
Material & Tooling Links
Tie quoted material to required tools, minimums, and build requirements.
Additional Charges
Capture procurement, outsource, or miscellaneous charges in the estimate.
Excel Import
Import quote lines or full BOM requirements from Excel for faster quoting.
Quote-to-Order Conversion
Convert quotes to orders with one click, generating BOMs, work orders, routers, and purchasing needs.
Workflow Routing
Send quotes through defined workflows; notify engineering, purchasing, and sales automatically.
Sales Reporting
Review quoting activity by product, customer, or sales user; close out lost business with reason codes.
Quote Management Tools
Clone or copy quotes, quote lines, and BOM data; flexible data entry reduces redundant effort and speeds quoting.
Quote Output
Generate and export professional quote PDFs to ensure consistent communication with customers.
Document Attachments
Attach drawings and supporting files to quotes or BOMs; files carry forward into work orders on conversion.
Mobile Quoting
Allow outside reps to create quotes remotely or onsite with customers.
Support for Complex Order Processes
Handle any order type, including build for stock, drop ship, consignment, make-to-order, engineer-to-order, first article, blanket orders, phantom BOMs, forecast orders, and more.
Why It Matters
Job costing and quoting inside Cetec ERP provide manufacturers with a single process to estimate material, labor, and overhead directly from BOMs. Quotes can be created, revised, and converted into orders without re-entry, with all cost data flowing through to purchasing and production. This ensures consistency in how quotes are built, maintains visibility into margins and profitability, and gives both sales and operations a reliable foundation for decision-making.