Issue 10 - December 2011 Newsletter

Recent Program for Colleges

Increasing cost-minded skilled engineers
for U. S. Manufacturers

In an effort to support and accelerate the regrowth of manufacturing, MTI Systems, Inc. is offering a program for educational institutions and colleges to help their students be better prepared for the manufacturing world -- as it relates to cost estimating.

Read more about how:
Software Helps Fuel Manufacturing initiatives with colleges

 

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Cost Estimating Article...

5 Crisis Quoting Tips for Manufacturers!

While there are a wide variety of reasons that manufacturers get inundated with quote requests, it should come as no surprise that "quote overload" can be both an asset and a liability.


"On one hand, more quotes means more opportunities for growth and success. On the other, too much of a good thing can turn bad."

Read more about: 5 Crisis Quoting Tips for Manufacturers

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Customer Case Studies - Spotlights...

Estimating Software Removes Guesswork for Service Machine Co., Inc.

Service Machine needed a solution that would not only increase the accuracy of their quotes, but also greatly improve the speed with which they were delivered.

Read how Estimating Software Removed Guesswork.

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Costimator Software Leads To 70% Faster Turnaround for Landoll Corporation

"Our cost estimators work in a time-sensitive and highly competitive manufacturing environment. We found that with Costimator, they could produce consistently accurate estimates, regardless of their manufacturing experience. The software was incredibly accessible in that sense."

Read how Software Leads to 70% Faster Turn Around.

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NEW Case-study section - revealed.

MTI Systems reveals a NEW case-study section where you can read what our customers are saying about Costimator.


Check back often or sign up on our blog to get notified as we add new case studies to this section on our website.

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MTI Systems Blog (recent postings)...

Product Cost Management - Routes, Shipping Carriers and Supplier Selection!

OEMs and Suppliers Gain from Using a "Standard Estimating Language"

Cost Estimating Software Case Studies Recently Added

Estimating Software Helps Advanced Manufacturing Initiatives

View our latest Blog posts

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Costimator Tips...

Browse through our tips section to see questions other people have brought to the our attention or to identify different ways you could be using Costimator.

Using Plant Specific: for Better Organization, Increasing Speed, & Reducing Errors

Find Out Who is Logged into Costimator

View more Costimator Tips

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Press Releases...

Recently in the news for MTI Systems and about Costimator

Estimating Software Helps Fuel Manufacturing Initiatives with Colleges

Free Cost Estimating Webinar Series for Manufacturers Hosted by MTI Systems

New Case-Study Section - Revealed!

View more Press releases

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A note from one of our trainers

As a trainer of the Costimator system, what I consistently see from one training to the next, is a wide variety of different approaches to estimating -- even among estimators within the same company.

If there was one thing I'd comment about the benefits of using cost estimating software its that every estimator pulls data for every estimate from the same database.

This helps provide more assurance during the estimating and review process which in turn helps companies deliver competitive estimates, and quotes, consistently helping to achieve more sales and greater profits.

Gene Barsaleau,
Director of Engineering Services
413-693-0618