Case Study: M3 Fabrication cuts quoting time and improves consistency with Paperless Parts

M3 Fabrication Cuts Quoting Time from Weeks/Days to Days/Hours with Paperless Parts

M3 Fabrication, a family-owned sheet metal fabrication shop in Bloomfield, Iowa, struggled with a slow, manual quoting process that created inconsistent pricing, delayed RFQ responses, and wasted effort in ERP data entry. As the company grew, its team also faced problems with multiple quoting models, expensive seat-based software, and bottlenecks caused by waiting on limited licenses. Paperless Parts’ quoting software was brought in to help streamline and standardize the process.

With Paperless Parts, M3 Fabrication automated repetitive quoting tasks, improved consistency, and integrated quoting with its ERP system, Global Shop Solutions. The result was a dramatic speed-up in turnaround times: most laser quotes now go out in a couple of hours and weld packages within a few days, compared with the prior 1-2 week and 3-4 week timelines. Paperless Parts also eliminated the need for several costly software licenses, improved customer collaboration and satisfaction, and made it much easier for M3 Fabrication to train and scale its estimating team.

M3 Fabrication

Sam McClure

Co-owner