You know the drill. Your customer requests a complex CNC part. The quote should not be too cheap, but not too expensive either. Exactly the right price – that would be excellent!

So you determine the approximate machine runtime and the internal effort with all the different parameters from material, surface requirements and the required precision. But you don’t get the order because your calculation was too imprecise. Unfortunately, the safety surcharge has killed the potential order. Or equally bad: your offer was too cheap and with the order you are loosing money.