Productivity
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Cycle time, material and setup, built up rather than guessed.
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Material, tolerances, features and quantity.
Which is why quantity changes the unit price so much.
Stock size, finish and inspection level.
Your prompt
Quote this part. [the part] Estimate cycle time from the actual operations: setup, roughing, finishing, tool changes and deburring, plus inspection. A quote built from a per-hour guess is wrong in whichever direction loses either the job or the money. Amortise setup over the quantity and SHOW it, because that is why the unit price falls so sharply with volume and why the customer asking for five instead of fifty is a different quote rather than a discount conversation. Price material by the stock size you actually have to buy, not by the finished weight. State the assumptions: stock, finish, tolerance interpretation, inspection level and whether first-article is included. Flag any feature that is expensive for a reason the designer may not intend.
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Why this works
Setup amortisation is why five parts and fifty parts are different quotes rather than a discount conversation. This shows it, estimates cycle time from the real operations, and prices material by the stock you have to buy.