# The 24-Hour Quote Scorecard | MetaBinary

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Free resource for manufacturers

# The 24-Hour  
Quote Scorecard

A 5-minute diagnostic. 7 questions. A clear picture of where your RFQ-to-quote process is leaking jobs.

When a quote takes three days, the job often goes to whoever answered first — price never enters into it.

[Download the Scorecard — Free](/MetaBinary_24Hour_Quote_Scorecard.pdf)[Scored it? Book a free Quote Clinic](https://app.reclaim.ai/m/joseph-metabinary/quote-clinic)

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## What's in it

### The 7 questions

-   1
    
    Where do RFQs land?
    
    -   0Scattered across personal inboxes, WhatsApp, phone calls, walk-ins
    -   1One inbox, but only one or two people check it
    -   2Central inbox or system, multiple people can see and action
    
-   2
    
    How long until a new RFQ gets a human response (not a quote — just “got it”)?
    
    -   0Sometimes a day or two, sometimes never
    -   1Same day, usually
    -   2Within 2 hours, every time, with a clear next step
    
-   3
    
    When the owner is on holiday or on the floor, can quotes still go out?
    
    -   0No. Everything stops.
    -   1Simple ones can. Anything tricky waits.
    -   2Yes. The team has templates, margin rules, and a sign-off path.
    
-   4
    
    How are prices built?
    
    -   0From memory, gut feel, or last year’s spreadsheet
    -   1A spreadsheet that mostly works, but only one person really understands it
    -   2A documented method with material, labour, setup, and margin rules anyone trained can follow
    
-   5
    
    What’s your typical quote turnaround on a standard RFQ?
    
    -   03+ days, or “depends”
    -   124–72 hours
    -   2Under 24 hours, consistently
    
-   6
    
    Do you know your win rate?
    
    -   0No
    -   1Roughly, by feel
    -   2Yes, by customer and by job type
    
-   7
    
    When a customer goes quiet after a quote, what happens?
    
    -   0Nothing. We move on.
    -   1Someone follows up if they remember
    -   2There’s a follow-up sequence that runs without anyone thinking about it
    

### Score each 0–2, then read your band

11–14 — Speed is not your problem.

Your bottleneck is probably capacity or pricing, not process. The leverage for you sits in margin, mix, and which customers you say yes to — not in getting faster.

6–10 — You’ve got leaks.

A score here usually means jobs are going to whoever quoted first. Two or three changes close most of that gap, and none of them need new software.

0–5 — You’re losing jobs you don’t even know about.

The customer who didn’t reply didn’t necessarily go with someone cheaper — they often went with whoever quoted first. This is fixable in 30 days.

[Download the Scorecard](/MetaBinary_24Hour_Quote_Scorecard.pdf)

## Why it matters

### Speed wins jobs

Buyers often accept the first credible quote they receive. Being second by a day can cost you the job regardless of price.

### Know your leaks

If you can't name where your quoting process breaks down, this scorecard shows you in 5 minutes.

### Fixable in 30 days

Even a score of 0–5 is recoverable. The scorecard tells you what band you're in and where to focus first.

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## Who you're working with

MetaBinary is Joseph Rose. He spent 20+ years building software for enterprise, and held C-suite roles at a manufacturing estimating software company. He built the world's first instant online metal-casting costing engine. You talk to him, not a sales rep.

He has built the software manufacturers quote with — twice.

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## Book a free 30-minute Quote Clinic

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