Your customer base comes with unpredictable product development life cycles. It is nearly impossible for you to predict when to contact them exactly when they need parts made. So what options do you have when you don’t have a sales team or the time to make calls yourself? How do you stay top of mind … Continued
At Paperless Parts, we’ve watched 100’s of quotes get engineered using a variety of different methods. Estimating and quoting take a significant amount of time in job shops around the world. The most experienced employees or the shop owners themselves perform these activities. They are critical and have a direct impact on the business. Here is … Continued
This week’s updates include more CAD files supported on the platform! Check out the details below. Quote New Supported CAD Formats In addition to SOLIDWORKS, we now support all major CAD formats including Siemens NX, Autodesk Inventor, Parasolid and ACIS parts! Searchability Improvements with Part # and Rev Easily search for parts by adding part # and … Continued
If you work in an American Job Shop, chances are you work with “ITAR” parts or have at least heard about them. Being compliant with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) means more than filing a form with the government and paying a fee. Parts subject to ITAR (which includes the bulk of parts … Continued
August 21st 2018, Riley Eger joined the team to start building out the customer success process at Paperless Parts. Read about his background and why he chose to come to Paperless! Being 23, I feel that most of my generation lacks exposure to the rawness of the manufacturing industry and how crucial it is to … Continued
Paperless Parts is a SaaS platform that empowers machine shops to thrive in the highly competitive global landscape of Industry 4.0. There are over 20,000 independent machine shops in the U.S. that have a combined revenue of $30 billion. The industry is highly fragmented with the 50 largest companies holding less than 10 percent of … Continued
How does your job shop manage part files and prints? How old is your ERP system? Where do you backup your hard drive and is it done automatically? If you’re storing customer files on your PC and running an ERP on-premises, have you considered moving to a cloud-based solution? Running your shop in the cloud … Continued
Paperless Parts is a SaaS platform that empowers machine shops to thrive in the highly competitive global landscape of Industry 4.0. There are over 20,000 independent machine shops in the U.S. that have a combined revenue of $30 billion. The industry is highly fragmented with the 50 largest companies holding less than 10 percent of … Continued
We’ve got some major new features coming your way with this week’s update. Instant Material Pricing Reference–Now With Online Metals! Save clicks and stop leaving Paperless for your material pricing! Using Online Metals and McMaster-Carr as a reference, we now recommend material stock based on the quantity you pick. Note: These prices are not used … Continued
Paperless Parts was founded with a mission to make manufacturing more accessible. Every day, we hear manufacturers tell us that software companies force them to change how they work to fit their product. We believe this is wrong: there is no “one size fits all” workflow for every manufacturing business. Manufacturers should have the flexibility … Continued