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Metal fabrication and laser cutting units · CRM

Keep every drawing, quotation and repeat buyer in one record, not one phone.

A CRM for a fabrication unit is the single record of every company, contact, drawing, quotation and order, so anyone in the office can see where a buyer stands. GullySales sets it up around the way your quotations actually move and trains the people who fill it in, starting with a tool simple enough to be used.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What CRM means

A CRM is the record where every enquiry, call and quote is kept against a customer, replacing separate notebooks, spreadsheets and memory. GullySales sets up or cleans an existing CRM and reports from it by enquiry outcome rather than by activity logged.

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Sales and marketing for metal fabrication and laser cutting units, the overview.

Last updated 13 Nov 2026.

For metal fabrication and laser cutting units

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “The owner's phone holds the whole sales history”

    Drawings, rates and chats sit on one handset. When the owner is on the floor or away, nobody else can answer a buyer who asks what was quoted last time, and a new hire starts from nothing.

  • “A quotation number is not a pipeline”

    A sheet of quotation numbers says what was sent, not what is still alive. Without a status, a reason for a lost job and a next call date, nobody can tell a pending order from a dead one.

  • “Parts repeat, and the record should show it”

    A bracket cut in January comes back as a revised drawing in June. A record linking the company, the part and the rate paid lets the estimator price the revision from history and notice a buyer who has gone quiet.

  • “A heavy tool is abandoned by a shop busy at the machine”

    A CRM with a long list of fields does not get filled by an estimator with drawings waiting. The fields that matter are few: company, contact, part, material, quantity, rate, status and next action.

What we do

What we deliver for metal fabrication and laser cutting units.

The work available for this need. We agree the deliverables and responsibilities for your engagement in writing.

  1. Fields chosen for fabrication

    Company, plant location, contact role, drawing reference, material, thickness, quantity, finish, rate and status, with nothing added that the estimator will not fill.

    Result: The record gets filled because it is short.

  2. Quotation stages that match your work

    Stages from drawing received to quoted, under negotiation, ordered, dispatched and lost, with a reason recorded for each lost job.

    Result: You see where quotations stall and why jobs are lost.

  3. Import from your old records

    Quotations, challans and phone contacts pulled from sheets and handsets into one list, with duplicate companies merged.

    Result: Past buyers are already in the record when the team starts.

  4. Drawings linked to the company

    Each drawing file, revision and rate attached to the buyer and the part, so the earlier price is one search away.

    Result: A revised drawing is priced from the last job.

  5. A next action on every open record

    Every open quotation and every dormant account carries a next action and a date, with a reminder to the person who owns it.

    Result: No quotation waits without an owner.

  6. Training and a rule for use

    A short session for the estimator, the owner and the dispatch clerk, and a written rule that every call or chat is logged where the buyer is recorded.

    Result: The team works from one record.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries logged in the CRM
  • Data completeness
  • Reports generated from CRM data

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

Read the full CRM implementation and customisation page

Fields worth keeping

Fields a job shop record needs on every drawing.

Company and plant location
Filled by the estimator at first contact. Shows which estates your buyers sit in and where freight is workable.
Contact role
Purchase engineer, designer, contractor or owner. Tells the shop who to call about a rate and who to call about an inspection.
Drawing reference and revision
Entered with the file. Stops two quotes going out against different versions of one part.
Material, thickness and quantity
Filled from the drawing. Lets the shop see at a glance which jobs suit the laser and which the brake.
Quotation status
Received, quoted, under negotiation, ordered or dispatched, updated by the estimator so a live quote is never mistaken for a dead one.

Who it is for

This is written for these metal fabrication and laser cutting units.

  • CNC laser cutting job shops
  • Sheet metal fabrication units
  • Structural steel fabricators
  • Precision sheet metal and enclosure makers
  • Decorative and architectural metal work studios
  • Gate, grill, railing and shed fabricators
  • Stainless steel kitchen and equipment fabricators
  • Powder coating and finishing units

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • The owner keeps every rate on a personal phone and will not move them, so the record would stay empty.
  • You quote only a few jobs and a notebook already holds each one without loss.

Before you decide

Agree the work. Know how to judge it.

CRM for metal fabrication and laser cutting units: use these checks to prepare, choose the scope, and review what changes.

Bring the right evidence

List the records your team uses and show how an enquiry becomes an order today. Bring examples of duplicate entries, missing owners, and reports that require manual correction.

Make the scope clear

Agree the stages, required fields, access roles, and integrations before configuring the system. Separate software subscriptions from setup, data work, and training.

Check the work in use

Ask the people who will use the CRM to complete a real handover and find the next action without help. Check that the management report can be traced back to individual records.

Know when to change course

If the process is unclear, buying a more complex CRM adds more places for confusion. Start with the minimum fields and rules the team can use consistently.

These are discussion points, not a fixed package. GullySales confirms the deliverables, responsibilities, fee, and term in writing after reading your brief and speaking with you.

Before we start

What to have ready before the work starts.

The records, access and decisions this work needs from metal fabrication and laser cutting units. Anything missing is noted in the written scope, with who will supply it.

The quotation book and phone contacts
Every place buyers are noted, including the owner's phone. Missing ones are lost from the record from the start, so the search for them comes before the import. Include business cards in a drawer and old WhatsApp contacts saved under a part name rather than a company.
Three named users
Name the estimator, the clerk and the owner. A tool made for one person is abandoned the moment that person is busy at the machine.
Your accounts software export
A customer list and invoice history, so repeat buyers show in the record. It does not need to be linked to the accounts software, only read once. It helps the record show which buyers paid and which are overdue, though credit control stays in the accounts system.
A rule for who edits records
Decide before launch who may change a buyer's details. Edits by everyone lead to duplicate companies and a record nobody trusts.
A place where drawings are stored
Where files live today, on a shared drive or in mail. The record links to them. If they sit on one computer, move them first.

How it works

How the CRM work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Trace one quotation from drawing to order

    We follow a real quotation through your office: who receives the drawing, who prices it, who sends it and who chases. You show us the book, phone and sheets used. We draw the actual path, which is the basis of the record, and not a path drawn from a manual. We also note where a drawing is saved when it arrives, because the record will need a link to it, and where the price is worked out.

  2. 2

    Choose fields the estimator will fill

    Company, contact, part, material, quantity, drawing link and stage. You remove whatever nobody will fill in. We keep the form short, because the estimator types it between jobs at the machine. A field for the buyer type, plant or household, lets the owner see the two trades side by side without a second tool.

  3. 3

    Set stages that match quotation work

    Drawing received, quoted, negotiating, order placed, repeat. The names are yours, and you can add a stage for samples or trial batches. You approve them before the tool is configured. For a household buyer, a stage for site visit is added, because a gate is not priced until someone has measured the opening.

  4. 4

    Import the old book into a test copy

    The quotation book and phone contacts go into a test copy first. You check a sample against your own memory of the buyers. Mistakes in names and parts are corrected before the real switch. We also test that a phone number typed with a space or a prefix does not create a second company.

  5. 5

    Train the people who type

    The estimator, the clerk and the owner each get a short session using their own live quotations. We write a one-page rule for use. You decide who may edit a record and who may only read. The clerk practises on a copy of one real quotation, including how to mark a drawing revised, so that live records are not used for learning.

  6. 6

    Read the record against the old habit

    After the switch, we compare the quotations recorded and followed up with the count noted before. You see which buyers reorder. The record then guides the owner's calls, instead of the owner's memory. We look in particular at whether each open quotation has a next action recorded, since that is the field the owner will check.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales management. A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3 · you are here

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Which tool should a job shop use?
The one the estimator will willingly open. A well-built shared sheet beats an unused paid system. If you want a proper tool, we look at options in ordinary use in India, such as Zoho CRM or HubSpot, and match one to how you quote.
Will the CRM replace our accounts software?
No. Accounts and production planning stay where they are. The CRM holds the sales side: who asked, what was quoted and what happened. It carries the order number from your accounts so the two records agree.
Who should be allowed to edit buyer records?
The estimator and the owner, with dispatch adding delivery notes. Keep rate history visible to a small group, since price lists leak to competitors when everyone on the floor can open them.
Can the record show which buyers reorder?
Yes, if every ordered job is entered against the buyer and the part. A repeat order then appears as a second line on the same company. That is the reason to link jobs to people, so you can see who is worth a visit.
Do we have to type every drawing in again?
No. The record holds a link to the drawing file, a part name and the stage. The file stays where it is stored today. The estimator enters the company, the part and the quantity once, when the drawing arrives. Old quotations are imported from the book in one go, so only new work is typed afterwards.
What happens to the record when the estimator leaves?
The record stays with the shop, which is the reason to keep it. A successor opens the same buyers, drawings and next actions without asking the owner. We set the login in the owner's name as administrator, so access can be moved. The estimator's habits stop being the only place where the sales history lives.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.

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