AI automation for custom manufacturers.
ClearGuide helps high-mix, make-to-order, build-to-print, and engineer-to-order manufacturers tighten the messy work between RFQ and ERP while keeping estimators, engineers, and production teams in control.
Work still gets stuck before the system of record.
The first mile of quote-to-order still runs through RFQ inboxes, PDFs, CAD files, drawings, revision notes, BOMs, spreadsheets, cert requirements, supplier replies, quote follow-up, and staff memory before ERP or estimating software can carry the work.
Messy intake
Requests arrive through email, forms, portals, PDFs, spreadsheets, and notes that need structure before review.
Exception drag
Missing details, stale files, inconsistent fields, and unclear owners slow the work before someone can make a decision.
Review still matters
The goal is not autonomous decisioning. It is cleaner information and better handoffs for the people responsible.
Start with one queue your team already feels.
The best first automation is narrow enough to trust, visible enough to measure, and useful enough that the team wants to keep using it.
Turn RFQ emails, PDFs, CAD files, BOMs, drawings, spreadsheets, tolerance notes, material specs, quantities, and due dates into a quote-ready summary and missing-info checklist.
Create a first-pass packet that points humans to drawing revisions, spec notes, cert requirements, material callouts, and obvious missing attachments without making engineering decisions.
Surface stale quotes, summarize thread history, and draft follow-up notes for approval.
Draft updates from order exports, WIP notes, production schedule details, shipment status, and customer email history.
Monitor supplier confirmations, shortages, date moves, substitute material notes, cert questions, and missing supplier details for human review.
We work around the systems you already use.
ClearGuide is not trying to replace the operational system of record. We map the workflow around it, reduce manual prep, and keep review points clear.
Examples of systems we design around. ClearGuide is vendor-agnostic and is not claiming a formal partnership with these providers.
AI supports the work. People keep the judgment.
ClearGuide keeps final decisions, approvals, professional judgment, and sensitive exceptions in the hands of the responsible team.
Kept as a human-owned review point, approval, or responsibility.
Kept as a human-owned review point, approval, or responsibility.
Kept as a human-owned review point, approval, or responsibility.
Kept as a human-owned review point, approval, or responsibility.
Kept as a human-owned review point, approval, or responsibility.
Direct answers before a pilot starts.
Use these answers to see where AI can help, what should stay human, and how a focused first workflow could be scoped.
Will ClearGuide replace our ERP or quoting software?+
No. The goal is to clean up the intake, document, and follow-up work around the systems already in place.
Can AI read drawings or specs?+
AI can help organize and summarize documents for review, but engineering interpretation and approval should stay with qualified people.
Where should a manufacturer start?+
RFQ inbox intake, quote-package prep, drawing/spec first-pass review, open quote follow-up, supplier exceptions, and customer status drafts are usually good first pilots.
What does success look like?+
Cleaner requests, fewer missing details, faster handoffs, and less repetitive admin work before review.
See where AI can reduce the manual work around your custom manufacturing workflow.
ClearGuide can help you map one practical workflow, define the review points, and decide whether a focused AI build is worth it.
No obligation. Just clarity.