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Tag: quoting and bidding

Applications, quoting, The Automation Academy

Proposals and Quoting

Frank Feb 21, 2021 Tagged with applications, Automation Academy, Mastering the Machine, proposals, quoting and bidding

Our guest at Friday’s Mastering the Machine event at the Automation Academy was Doug Alward, Senior …

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Machine Builders and Integrators, Machine Design, quoting

The True Cost of Custom Machinery

Frank Jun 13, 2015 Tagged with Excel, quoting and bidding

Its been about two years since I made Mastering the Machine available on this website. For …

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Applications, Applications, quoting

Applications and Inventions

Frank Feb 1, 2015 Tagged with applications, brainstorming, inventions, PoP - Proof of Principal, quoting and bidding

This week’s post is intended to explain a little bit about the applications process machine builders …

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Applications, quoting

How Long Does It Take?

Frank Oct 19, 2014 Tagged with applications, Gantt Chart, project management, quoting and bidding

One of the most difficult tasks in project management and quoting machinery is determining how long …

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Automation Concepts, Controls Design, Engineering, Productivity, Software & Programming

Excel – Automate your Automation

Frank Aug 11, 2013 Tagged with ActiveX, Allen-Bradley, design, engineering, Excel, HMI, ladder logic, OLE, OPC, quoting and bidding, software, tools

Probably the most useful tool I have in my arsenal when doing preliminary design is Microsoft …

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Applications, Consulting, quoting

Applications

Frank Jun 5, 2011 Tagged with brainstorming, quoting and bidding

My goal is to become a national and international resource and as such I am hoping…

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Machine Design, quoting

The Bite Too Big to Chew

Frank Apr 17, 2011 Tagged with education, Hydraulic, quoting and bidding

This is the loading station of a machine that was one of the last jobs I …

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Machine Builders and Integrators, Poka-Yoke, quoting

Upgrading Old Equipment

Frank Apr 3, 2011 Tagged with poka-yoke, quoting and bidding

When I was on my own I often got requests quote the rebuild of old and …

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