Case Study: HARBEC achieves rapid, highly accurate automated quoting with aPriori

How to Automate RFQs in Manufacturing

HARBEC is a high‑precision contract manufacturer serving aerospace, medical and other demanding industries, producing prototypes, tooling, machined components and injection‑molded parts using hundreds of resins and metals across processes such as injection molding, mold building, CNC machining and additive manufacturing. Their quoting team struggled with slow, spreadsheet‑driven estimates and specialist knowledge silos, which made timely, consistent and accurate quotes difficult for complex, multi‑process assemblies.

HARBEC implemented aPriori’s cost‑modeling software to analyze 3D geometry and standardize quoting across all required processes; the system incorporates HARBEC’s proprietary formulas, integrates with their ERP, and automates digital manufacturing simulations. The result: fully automated, same‑day quoting in many cases, tighter alignment between quoted and actual costs, and a path to extend aPriori for design‑for‑manufacturability feedback and broader use by engineers.

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