Quoting Software with Built-In ERP and MES Integration
steelit by figureit connects laser cutting and sheet metal quoting directly to the ERP and Manufacturing Execution System (MES) you already run. Customer data, material costs, inventory levels and finished quotes sync both ways through the interface, so priced work reaches production orders and accounting without a second round of typing.
How ERP and MES Integration Automates Your Quoting Workflow
A quote is only ever as current as the data behind it, and only ever as useful as the system it lands in. Connecting the two ends removes the part of the job nobody was hired to do: reading a number off one screen and typing it into another.
The calculation itself is covered on CPQ software for manufacturing, with the cutting side set out on laser quoting software.
To integrate quoting software with an ERP or MES, bidirectional APIs exchange geometry, customer records, live material pricing and routing workflows between the systems.
steelit connects directly to your manufacturing stack, turning a quote calculated from a CAD file into ERP production data automatically.
ERP to steelit
Customer profiles, material prices, machine rates and inventory levels are read from the system that already holds them, rather than kept in a second copy that drifts.
Inside steelit
The part is priced from its CAD geometry at those rates, so the number is calculated from live data rather than looked up from a file somebody last touched in spring.
steelit to ERP
The finished quote goes back itemised, with its bill of materials, ready to become an order the moment the customer says yes.
steelit to MES
Routing reaches the shop floor as production data, so the job starts without anyone rekeying the work steps a second time.
Fetch Customer Profiles, Material Prices and Inventory Rates from Your ERP
The master data your business already maintains is read directly, so the quote starts from what is true today.
Calculate Accurate Part Pricing from CAD Files Within steelit
Geometry is read from the STEP or DXF file, then costed at your own machine and material rates.
Auto-Generate the Quote and Sync It Back Itemised to Your ERP
Positions, prices and the bill of materials arrive in the ERP as structured lines, not as an attachment somebody has to open.
Trigger MES Production Routing Without Manual Rekeying
The work steps behind the price become the routing the company floor runs, handed over in one move.
Every Number Typed Twice
Is a Number That Can Be Wrong
Bring the systems you already run. We map the fields, connect the calculation to your ERP, and show you a quote becoming a production order without anyone touching a keyboard in between.
Working with figureit, in Our Customers’ Words
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“figureit has convinced us. High expertise combined with quick comprehension and professional implementation make the collaboration a pleasure.”
An Excel Quoting Process, Rebuilt Around a Bidirectional ERP Interface
Quote calculations at BBlech AG were built on Excel spreadsheets. In 2023 the company decided to rethink the quoting process and its ERP integration, with two firm requirements: a bidirectional interface to the ERP, and an upload for STEP files so parts could be costed from the geometry rather than measured by hand.
The goal was a more efficient work preparation and greater transparency across the quotes leaving the building. The project ran a few months to completion, with go-live planned alongside a period of parallel operation.
Read the full case study- What was asked for
- Bidirectional interface to the ERP
- Alongside it
- STEP file upload and background calculation
- Why it was rebuilt
- Quote calculation ran on spreadsheets
- Result on the quotes
- Cost calculations, and so the quotes, are consistent
Isolated Quoting Costs You Hours
of Manual Data Entry
Traditional sheet metal quoting relies on estimators entering the same numbers twice: once in the calculation tool, and again in the ERP system. Every copy and paste introduces human error, delays order confirmation, and decouples your pricing from the material and machine availability you actually have.
Are your estimators retyping customer and part data into your ERP manually?
Manual data entry produces typos, mismatched part numbers and administrative hours nobody counts. The quote was already correct when it left the calculation. It is the second entry that breaks it, and the break shows up as a production error rather than a spreadsheet error.
The fix — Ready quotes, bills of materials and geometries are pushed straight into your ERP.
Is your quoting software operating on outdated material costs?
Estimating from static spreadsheets thins margins whenever sheet metal prices or machine hourly rates move. The rate that was right last quarter is still sitting in the file this morning, and the margin you thought you priced is not the margin the job returns.
The fix — Master data is pulled live from your ERP, so every quote prices on current costs.
See Your Own ERP
on the Other End of the Quote.
Choose a quote you have already sent and the order it turned into. We connect steelit to a test instance of your system, run the same job through it, and you watch the positions, the bill of materials and the routing arrive where they belong. Thirty minutes, on your own data.
ERP & MES Integration FAQs
What is an ERP integration for sheet metal quoting software?
An ERP integration is the interface that lets quoting software and the ERP system exchange data automatically in both directions. Customer records, material prices and machine rates are read from the ERP into the calculation, and the finished quote, its bill of materials and its routing are written back as structured data rather than retyped by hand.
Which ERP systems can steelit integrate with?
The interface is built against the ERP you already run, rather than chosen from a fixed list of supported products. What matters for the connection is which data your system can expose and which fields need to map to the calculation, and that is worked through in the scoping conversation before anything is committed to.
How long does it take to deploy the ERP/MES integration for steelit?
It depends on how much of the master data already exists in a usable form and how open your ERP is. As one published reference point, the BBlech AG project, which included a bidirectional ERP interface and STEP file upload, ran a few months from start to completion, with go-live planned alongside a period of parallel operation.
Is the ERP integration included in the price, or does it cost extra?
The interface is scoped and quoted as part of the implementation, because what it involves depends on your ERP and the fields you want mapped. You see what the connection covers, and what it costs, before you commit to anything, rather than discovering it as an addition later.
Do we need our own IT team to set up the integration?
No. figureit builds the interface and works out the field mapping with you. What is needed from your side is access to the ERP and someone who knows how your data is structured, which is usually the person maintaining it already, whether that is an internal role or your ERP partner.
How secure are our uploaded CAD files and customer data?
CAD files and customer data are handled under a written data processing agreement, and the hosting arrangement, access model and retention terms are set out in that agreement before you commit. figureit is a Swiss company and your IT department is welcome in the scoping call to work through the detail directly.