How fast can we quote repeat parts?

Hours, not days. Pricing history lives on the customer record, so a part you've run before doesn't get re-estimated from scratch.

Will this replace our ERP or machine monitoring?

No. It sits in front of them. RFQ through accepted quote and follow-up runs here, and the accepted job hands off to whatever runs your floor.

How do reorders get prompted?

On the customer's actual usage cycle, so a buyer who orders every eight weeks gets contacted at week seven instead of whenever someone notices.

Can we see promised dates against capacity?

Yes. Accepted work drops onto one production calendar with promised dates, so the same week doesn't get sold twice.

What does cnc machine shop software cost for a CNC Machining business?

The TactStack platform is $1497 per month for the whole team, with usage-based rates for texts, calls, and emails on top. Managed Tech, where we build and maintain the system for you, starts at $4,000+ / month. Most CNC Machining businesses are replacing three to six separate subscriptions, so the line item usually shrinks even before the recovered work is counted.

How disruptive is the switch to the crew in the field?

Low. The office side changes first, because that is where prints sitting in an inbox while the estimator is on the floor. Crews get one app for their day, and we train on it during the build rather than dropping it on them at go-live.

Are we locked into a long contract?

The platform is month to month. Managed Tech runs on an initial three-month term because that is how long it takes to build, tune, and prove the system, and it continues month to month after that. Your data is yours and exportable at any point.

All TactStack industries

A Swiss lathe producing precision turned parts under coolant — Repeat production quoted, scheduled, and reordered automatically.

Industry

CNC Machining & Swiss Turning

Print-to-quote in hours, production runs scheduled, reorders that arrive on cycle.

High-volume turned and milled parts are a repeat-order business. The first order is won on quote speed and the next fifty are won on reliability, so the shops that grow are the ones where the print, the quote, the routing, and the reorder cadence all live on one record instead of in an estimator's inbox.

Part of Manufacturing & Fabrication.

The short answer

TactStack serves US CNC Machining & Swiss Turning with one connected system: lead capture, follow-up, quoting, scheduling, invoicing, reviews, and reporting — configured around how this industry actually books and bills work, and maintained for you month to month.

What's costing you today

Prints sitting in an inbox while the estimator is on the floor
Pricing history buried in old spreadsheets nobody can find
Repeat customers who quietly stop reordering
Machine capacity promised twice for the same week

What changes

Quote turnaround in hours on parts you've made before
Repeat customers reordering on cycle, not on memory
Capacity promised once, against a schedule everyone can see

One job, start to finish

01
Print lands
RFQ, drawing, material, and tolerance captured as one record.
02
Quote goes out
Priced from history and templates, with a PDF the buyer can accept in one click.
03
Follow-up runs
Open quotes chased automatically until they're won, lost, or revised.
04
Run schedules
Accepted work loaded to the production calendar with promised dates attached.
05
Reorder cycles
Repeat orders prompted on the customer's real usage cycle instead of waiting on a call.

Questions we get from cnc machining & swiss turning owners