Procurement teams want to know how a supplier actually runs before they send a print. Here's the end-to-end flow at K+G — what happens at each step, what you see as the customer, and how long it takes.
Their workflow is a binder, a whiteboard, and three Excel files. Showing it would be embarrassing — so they hide behind "give us a call." Ours is software we wrote ourselves; here it is.
Each step shows what happens internally, what you see as the customer, and the typical duration. SLAs are enforced by the ERP — not promises in a sales pitch.
Through /quote/, by email to info@kgindustrialgroup.com, or by phone. Print + STEP + quantity + target ship date is the ideal package — but a description and a quantity is enough to start.
Drawing parsed for dimensions, GD&T callouts, surface finish. STEP analyzed for geometry and feature complexity. Material identified. The AI proposes a routing (machines, ops sequence, cycle time) and pulls historical pricing on similar parts.
A K+G manufacturing engineer reviews the AI's first pass: routing strategy, fixturing approach, tolerances, supplier sourcing on outside processes, margin floor. Corrects whatever needs human judgment. Flags ambiguities back to procurement.
PDF quote with pricing, lead time, payment terms, validity, and any clarifying notes. Branded, version-stamped, and stored in the ERP so we never lose a thread.
You issue a PO; we acknowledge. The quote and PO link automatically into a new job in the K+G ERP. Job numbers are entity-prefixed — the platform tracks lineage across all shops automatically. Material is sourced; outside processes are scheduled; the job hits the queue.
The job lands in the live Gantt scheduler. Machines, operators, fixtures, and material arrival dates are factored. The scheduler refuses to overcommit — your due date holds because we said yes only if we can.
Each op clocked in/out from the operator app. Tool consumption, torque values, and run-time captured live. No paper traveler. The data feeds back into the calc engine — your part gets quoted more accurately next revision.
Drawing dimensions ballooned by the AI inspection planner. CMM routine generated. First article on the Zeiss Contura. Final inspection at quantity. Every callout measured, every measurement traceable to operator + gauge.
Packed to your spec. Carrier called. Cert of Conformance and full traceability — heat lot, supplier cert, operator, machine, gauge, inspector — auto-generated and emailed with the shipment notice. AR invoice fires with the same packet.
Every cycle has a time. Every time is enforced by the ERP. Procurement gets one place to point at when an internal stakeholder asks "what's their actual turnaround?".
Send a print. We'll move it through steps 01–04 same business day on most RFQs.