EngageSuite360 › Manufacturing CRM

The CRM for Manufacturing, with Your Industry Agent Built In

EngageSuite360 is the CRM for manufacturing businesses, with super intelligence built in. Ask it anything about your own records, and your manufacturing agent drafts the workflows your team runs for you to review and publish. Your pipeline (RFQ Received → Engineering Review → Quote Submitted → Purchase Order Received → In Production → Shipped / Invoiced) and your accounts & rfqs are set up the day you sign in, in the words your team already uses.

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Manufacturing business at work

Your pipeline, pre-built on day one

This is the exact deal pipeline the Manufacturing template seeds at signup — the same stages the product ships, not marketing copy:

RFQ ReceivedEngineering ReviewQuote SubmittedPurchase Order ReceivedIn ProductionShipped / Invoiced

Your records speak your language too — the template tracks Accounts & RFQs, with fields and terminology tuned to manufacturing.

Dashboards

Your manufacturing numbers, traced to their source

Every workspace opens Reports v2: forecast, win rate, cycle time and coverage for your accounts & rfqs. Each stat opens to its formula and the tables it reads, and the charts click through to the records behind them.

Sample workspace · definitions only — values appear in your own workspace
WIN%Live

Win rate · 30d

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Of the deals closed in the last 30 days, the share that were won.

Traced to its query
Formula
ROUND(won / (won + lost) × 1000) / 10 over deals closed in the window — null when won + lost = 0
Sources
crm_deals.closed_atcrm_deals.stageGET /api/v1/crm/analytics?days=30 → opportunities.winRate
League stat
Win percentage
Window
last 30 days
CYCLELive

Average cycle · 30d

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How many days a deal won in the last 30 days took from creation to close, on average.

Traced to its query
Formula
ROUND(AVG(closed_at − created_at) in days × 10) / 10 over deals won in the window — null when none were won
Sources
crm_deals.created_atcrm_deals.closed_atGET /api/v1/crm/analytics?days=30 → opportunities.avgCycleDays
League stat
Time of possession
Window
last 30 days
COVLive

Pipeline coverage

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How many times over the open pipeline covers the weighted forecast.

Traced to its query
Formula
ROUND(10 × pipeline / weighted) / 10 — null when weighted = 0
Sources
GET /api/v1/crm/pipeline/forecast → coverage
League stat
Squad depth
Window
all time
Note
The tile prints the ratio with a × sign.

A generic CRM makes you translate. This one starts in your words.

A generic CRM
LeadQualifiedProposalClosed Won

Records called Contacts and Deals. You rename the stages, build the fields and explain the system to your team before the first real entry.

EngageSuite360 for manufacturing
RFQ ReceivedEngineering ReviewQuote SubmittedPurchase Order ReceivedIn ProductionShipped / Invoiced

Records called Accounts & RFQs, with fields for the work manufacturing teams actually do. Ready when you sign in.

Ask CRM on your manufacturing records

✨ Ask CRM, on your data

Ask “Which deals in “Quote Submitted” have not had a touch in two weeks, and who owns them?” and get the answer in plain English, with the records it used. Your data, not a silo the assistant cannot see.

🧑‍💼 Diane, your industry agent

The assistant inside your CRM knows manufacturing: your pipeline, your accounts & rfqs and the jobs your trade repeats. It suggests the next step; you decide.

⚙️ Workflows that write themselves

The assistant drafts the workflow; a person on your team reviews it and publishes. Nothing runs until someone does.

Drafts Diane would suggest for a manufacturing team

Draft · you publish

When A new inquiry comes in about “new order or quote”.
Then Assign it to the right person and set a task to route to sales.

Draft · you publish

When A deal has sat in “Quote Submitted” for five days.
Then Create a follow-up task for its owner and draft the check-in email for them to send.

Draft · you publish

When A deal reaches “Shipped / Invoiced”.
Then Log the thank-you on the record and schedule the next touch in 90 days.

Diane, EngageSuite360 Manufacturing agent

Meet Diane, your manufacturing agent

Diane knows manufacturing inside out and works inside your EngageSuite360: answering questions about your records, suggesting the next step on a deal and drafting the workflows manufacturing teams run. Ask Diane anything right here, by chat or live by voice.

Diane also answers the phone for manufacturing businesses and writes every call into this CRM — add Diane as your receptionist →

Beyond the CRM: agents that take whole manufacturing jobs

It starts with communications. Agents answer, remind and follow up so your people stay with the customer in front of them. Then they do the data work, and every action lands on the records above.

CAPA Agent

The agent routes new findings to the right quality engineer, tracks implementation deadlines, escalating reminders, blocks closure until effectiveness verification is documented.

Production Scheduling Agent

The agent pulls real-time capacity, material availability, and order priority from the ERP to generate optimized production sequences.

Added separately when you choose: the front desk from The Front Desk Company, other agents from AgentWorks Studio. They work in these same records.

Latest from Diane · newest first

Manufacturing problems, one at a time — what changes when an AI agent handles them.

All Manufacturing articles → Every industry ambassador

💡 Quote turnaround time is often the deciding factor on RFQs — a pipeline that timestamps every deal from RFQ Received to Quote Submitted makes your real turnaround visible and improvable.

Everything a manufacturing team needs, in one CRM

✨Ask CRMQuestions about your own records, answered with the records it used.
🧑‍💼Your industry agentThe assistant inside your CRM, with your trade's expertise.
⚙️WorkflowsSuggested and drafted by the assistant; a person publishes.
📊Deals & PipelinesIndustry-shaped kanban stages.
👥Contacts & CompaniesUnlimited records, full history.
✅Tasks & CalendarFollow-ups and shared calendar.
📈Reports & DashboardsPipeline, win-rate, lead source.
📥CSV & Excel ImportBring your spreadsheet along.

Frequently asked

What makes this a CRM for manufacturing, not a generic one?+

A generic CRM gives you Leads, Deals and Closed Won and leaves the rest to you. The Manufacturing template sets up your own pipeline (RFQ Received → Engineering Review → Quote Submitted → Purchase Order Received → In Production → Shipped / Invoiced), your records and fields in manufacturing terms, and every core CRM module: contacts, companies, leads, deals, tasks, activities, notes, calendar, documents and reports.

What is Ask CRM?+

A question box over your own records. Ask "Which deals in “Quote Submitted” have not had a touch in two weeks, and who owns them?" and the answer comes back in plain English with the records it used, so you can open each one. It reads only your workspace, and it asks before it changes anything.

What does the manufacturing agent do?+

It is the assistant inside your CRM, with manufacturing expertise: it knows your pipeline, your accounts & rfqs and the jobs your trade repeats. It answers questions, suggests next steps and drafts workflows. A person on your team reviews each draft and publishes it; nothing runs until someone does.

How long does setup take?+

Minutes. Sign up, choose the Manufacturing template, and your pipeline, terminology and fields arrive pre-configured. Import contacts by CSV and start working.

Can my whole manufacturing team use it?+

Yes. Your team shares the same contacts, pipeline, calendar and reports, so handoffs happen in the CRM instead of in text threads. Each person is a user on your plan.

How much does the manufacturing CRM cost?+

Pro $59 or Business $119 per user a month, 3-user minimum; billed annually, 2 months free. Charged today when you sign up; monthly, cancel any time, no refunds. Pro includes Ask CRM, Diane and workflows; Business adds teams and permissions, tickets, quotes, sequences and custom objects.

Your manufacturing CRM is set up the moment you sign in

Pro $59 or Business $119 per user a month, 3-user minimum; billed annually, 2 months free. Charged today when you sign up; monthly, cancel any time, no refunds.

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