Manufacturing / Metal fabrication & machining
Run the shop's front office end to end
Evos operators handle the desk work that surrounds every job — quoting, order entry, purchasing, scheduling, and quality docs — inside your existing ERP. They run on your JobBOSS, Epicor, or MIE Trak instance and are live in 24 hours.
- RFQ desk
- Order entry
- Purchasing
- Scheduling
- Quality docs
The reality
The machines are the easy part; the paperwork around every job is what eats the day.
An RFQ lands as a PDF and a print. Someone prices it by hand, keys the order into JobBOSS, chases the mill for 6061 with a cert, and slots the job on a schedule that breaks the moment a spindle goes down or material shows up two weeks late. When the customer revises the quantity mid-run, every one of those steps gets redone. And before the parts leave the dock, the quality team is still assembling the material test report and first-article package the purchase order demanded.
None of this is hard work. It is constant, and it is the same every time. So the shop hires another estimator, another buyer, another quality clerk — and the front office grows faster than the floor. The only lever anyone has ever had for more orders is more people pushing paper between them.
The operators on the desk.
- 01
01
Customer service & RFQ desk
Takes in the RFQ and print, reads quantity, material, and tolerances, prices the job off your costing logic, and sends the quote back — including the ones that land after the shift ends.
See the operator−65% of quote response time
- 02
02
Sales order management
Turns the accepted quote into a work order, acknowledges it to the customer, and pushes spec or quantity revisions through routing and pricing without re-keying the job.
See the operator−75% of order-entry touches by staff
- 03
03
Purchasing & supplier management
Watches bar stock and plate against reorder points, raises POs to the right mill or service center, and tracks them to delivery with the mill cert attached.
See the operator−60% of buyer time on routine PO work
- 04
04
Production planning & scheduling
Loads the work order against machine and labor capacity, catches the gap when a job slips or material lands late, reschedules around it, and confirms the new ship date back to sales.
See the operator−60% of scheduling admin off the team
- 05
05
Quality documentation & compliance
Compiles the cert package the PO calls for — material test reports, first-article reports, AS9102 or PPAP paperwork — so the job ships complete and audits pass clean.
See the operator−80% of cert-prep time per job
The after
The desk runs itself, and the people run the shop.
Quotes go out the same day, orders and revisions land in the ERP clean, material is on hand against reorder points, and the cert package is built by the time the job ships.
- Quote turnaround down 65%, including RFQs that arrive overnight
- Cert and first-article prep down 80% per job, audit-ready
- Three-quarters of order-entry touches off the team's plate
The operators in detail.
What each does, its purpose, and the performance you can expect. See the full catalogue.
5 / 5 operators
| № | Operator | Industry | Sub-industry | Description | Purpose | Exp. performance | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Production planning & scheduling | Manufacturing | Metal fabrication & machining | Owns the full production schedule and resolves capacity conflicts end to end. | Machines run on plan, no missed ship dates. | −60% of scheduling admin off the team | Detects capacity gap, reschedules jobs, confirms delivery dates with sales. |
| 002 | Purchasing & supplier management | Manufacturing | Metal fabrication & machining | Owns all raw-material purchasing and supplier relationships end to end. | Right material on hand, right price. | −60% of buyer time on routine PO work | Stock dips below reorder point; PO raised, confirmed, and tracked to delivery. |
| 003 | Sales order management | Manufacturing | Metal fabrication & machining | Owns order intake, acknowledgement, and change management end to end. | Every order confirmed and changes resolved fast. | −75% of order-entry touches by staff | Customer revises specs mid-run; routing and pricing updated, confirmation sent. |
| 004 | Quality documentation & compliance | Manufacturing | Metal fabrication & machining | Owns all quality records, certs, and customer compliance packages end to end. | Certs out on time, audits pass clean. | −80% of cert-prep time per job | Customer requests material cert and first-article report; package compiled and sent. |
| 005 | Customer service & RFQ desk | Manufacturing | Metal fabrication & machining | Owns quote intake, pricing, and customer communication end to end. | Quotes turned fast, customers get clear answers. | −65% of quote response time | RFQ lands after hours; priced, reviewed, and sent back before morning shift. |
Put the operators on your shop's desk
They run on your ERP, with your costing and your suppliers — live in 24 hours.