PERENNISMQ WORKBENCH
CNC costing, saved quotations and billable work — a practical workspace for independent estimators, machine shops and small engineering businesses.
YOUR ESTIMATING WORKSPACE
For the person turning manufacturing inputs into clear, repeatable quotes.
Billed monthly
OPTIONAL ADD-ON
Get your first workflow in place with a remote setup session.
One 60-minute session, per company.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
You provide the machining knowledge and rates. Workbench keeps the calculations and records together.
Build a manufacturing route with setup, machining and labour assumptions. Include material, tooling and subcontract costs against your work centres.
Review whole-part yield, remnants, part-off and finishing allowances, plus adjusted material requirements and cost per part.
Find saved parts and quotations by customer, part or material. Reopen the costing detail and prepare a detailed quotation PDF.
Record billable work, select a service period and prepare a branded invoice summary. Find previous documents in the invoice log.
Set company name, address, currency, hourly rate and payment terms. New documents use your profile; saved documents retain their recorded details.
Use Workbench for your own estimating work. If you want us to carry out quality or engineering work for you, explore Remote Quality & Engineering, quoted separately.
GOOD TO KNOW
Early access is arranged through a demo. We confirm your workflow, successful account access and agreed terms before a paid subscription starts. The current pilot uses ChatGPT sign-in; there is no automatic public signup or checkout.
You supply the machining route, setup and cycle-time assumptions. Workbench helps organise and cost those inputs. It does not automatically interpret engineering drawings or generate CNC programs.
The current pilot supports one named user per company. Shared teams, invitations and role-based permissions are not yet included. Contact us to discuss future requirements.
No. Both the browser and Windows launcher connect to the online workspace. Unsaved edits are not an offline backup and are not queued for later upload.
It is an estimating and work-record tool. It does not provide stock control, production scheduling, accounting integrations or statutory invoice submission. Invoice summaries can be saved as PDF using your browser; tax treatment and any formal invoicing requirements remain part of your existing process.
New documents use the updated profile. Existing saved quotations and invoices retain the company details and currency recorded when they were created.
ALREADY APPROVED?
Web and Windows use the same online records. Internet and an approved account are required; downloading does not activate access.
LET’S LOOK AT YOUR WORKFLOW
Tell us what you manufacture, how you quote today and what you want to improve. We can discuss Workbench around a representative job.
Start with a short description. Please do not include confidential customer drawings in your initial enquiry.
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