Custom CPQ and workflow software for manufacturers
Engineered and configure-to-order products rarely fit a standard quoting tool. Customware helps manufacturers turn the rules in their estimators' heads and spreadsheets into governed software their whole team can run.
Manufacturing specialties
Building Materials
Building materials quotes depend on project specs, product rules, regional pricing and distributor relationships. Customware helps you capture that logic once and let your team quote consistently.
Food and Beverage
Whether you configure processing equipment or manage product and packaging variations, food and beverage work is full of specifics. Customware helps turn those specifics into software your team can rely on.
Chemicals
Chemical pricing depends on grades, volumes, packaging, raw material costs and customer agreements. Customware helps you encode those rules so quotes are consistent and orders flow cleanly.
Plastics
Molded part quotes combine tooling, materials, cycle times and volumes. Customware helps plastics manufacturers turn that estimating know-how into repeatable software.
Automotive
Automotive RFQs come with detailed specs, volume curves and tight timelines. Customware helps suppliers organize RFQ responses, pricing and approvals around their own process.
Workflows we build for manufacturing teams
Configure-to-order and engineered quoting
Guide reps and estimators through valid options, dependencies and engineering checks so quotes are buildable before they go out.
BOM generation
Turn a configured product into a structured bill of materials using your own part logic, not a vendor's template.
Pricing rules and margin guardrails
Encode list pricing, customer tiers, cost-plus logic and discount limits so exceptions are visible instead of buried in Excel.
Quote approvals
Route non-standard pricing, custom engineering or tight margins to the right approver with the context they need.
ERP and production handoff
Push a won quote into an order with clean data, so operations is not retyping specs from a PDF.
Why generic software breaks down
- Off-the-shelf CPQ assumes a tidy product catalog; engineered products have exceptions everywhere.
- Configuration rules end up split between the CPQ, spreadsheets and a few senior people.
- Every change to pricing or options becomes a consultant project instead of a quick update.
How Customware works with your existing systems
Capture how you work
Your subject-matter experts walk us through the rules, exceptions and decisions behind the workflow.
Build it as software
Customware turns that knowledge into a governed application your team runs, alongside your ERP, CRM and spreadsheets.
Own and evolve it
You own the software, code and data, with no per-seat licenses, and it changes as your business does.
Frequently asked questions
Does Customware replace our ERP?
No. Customware is built to extend and work alongside the systems you already run. The goal is to handle the quoting, configuration and approval logic your ERP was never designed for, then hand clean data back to it.
Can it handle engineered-to-order products?
That is the kind of work Customware is aimed at. Because the software is built around your own rules and exceptions, it can reflect engineering checks and option dependencies that generic CPQ tools struggle to model.
Who owns the software?
You do. The application, the code and the data belong to your company, and there are no per-seat licenses for your team.
How do we start?
Most teams start with one quoting or approval workflow that has a clear owner. That gives you a working result quickly and a realistic sense of fit before expanding.
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Start with one workflow
Bring your subject-matter experts and your data, even a spreadsheet. We'll show you what a working version of your process could look like.