Manufacturing templates to quote from today
Real QuoteCloud templates for proposals, agreements, work orders, QA plans, price quotes and distributor agreements.
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QuoteCloud has ready-made templates for manufacturers: the Manufacturing Services Proposal, Manufacturing Services Agreement, Production Work Order, Manufacturing Quality Assurance Plan, Price Quote, Product Sales, Equipment Purchase Proposal and Distributor Agreement. Open one, add your price book, terms and logo, and send.
Three document covers from fictional manufacturers, fanned out and taking turns at the front: Tessmore Engineering's RFQ response for the QR-220 sensor housing, its 2027 annual supply agreement for Quenda Robotics, and Wexcombe Machine Works' proposal for a case-packing conveyor module for Brindle Foods.
Eight real templates for manufacturers
Each one is a live QuoteCloud template you can open, change and send: proposals, agreements, a work order, a QA plan and a price quote.
- Proposal template Manufacturing Services Proposal Scope of work, manufacturing approach, quality assurance plan, lead times, pricing breakdown and commercial terms. View template
- Agreement template Manufacturing Services Agreement Specifications, pricing and payment, delivery, quality standards, intellectual property, warranty and termination. View template
- Quote template Price Quote A price quote for goods and items, for vendors, suppliers and product businesses. View template
- Proposal template Equipment Purchase Proposal Model information, features, warranty and pricing for an equipment sale. View template
- Work order template Production Work Order Product specifications, production instructions, scheduling, resources and sign-off. View template
- QA plan template Manufacturing Quality Assurance Plan Inspection processes, quality control steps and responsibilities, ready to attach to a quote. View template
- Proposal template Product Sales A general product sales proposal for any product-based business, ready to make your own. View template
- Agreement template Distributor Agreement Terms, responsibilities and territory for manufacturers and wholesalers appointing distributors. View template
From the proposal template to your RFQ response
The Manufacturing Services Proposal already has the parts a buyer looks for: scope, how you'll make it, quality, lead times, pricing and terms. Make it your RFQ response by swapping in your own blocks.
Tessmore's version opens on the part with the RFQ reference and the expiry date, carries its lead time, Incoterms and payment terms as one block, and keeps a running list of assumptions and exceptions the buyer can comment on.
Save it as your template and every estimator starts from the same structure, with the same wording.
- A cover with the part, RFQ reference and expiry date
- Commercial terms as one block, locked on Business
- Assumptions and exceptions, with comments
- Price tables, signatures and payment on signing added in the editor
Templates and price tables: Essentials and up
RFQ responses & part quotes
RFQ response · Quote
QR-220 sensor housing, Rev B
Our response to RFQ 0918 for the QR-220 housing to your drawing, Rev B. The 500-piece price is below, with the other quantity breaks, the one-off tooling and the lead time. Tick the first article report if you need it, add your PO number, and we start on signing.
Lead time, delivery and terms
- Lead time5 weeksAfter your PO and first-article sign-off
- DeliveryFCA our dock, NorthgateIncoterms 2020 · freight quoted on request
- Quote validUntil Fri 20 Nov 2026Material prices held to this date
- PaymentTooling on signingParts on 30-day account, invoiced on dispatch
- Quantities may vary by ±2% per batch; you pay for parts delivered.
- Tooling and fixtures stay with us for repeat orders and are kept for 2 years.
- Changes to the drawing after acceptance are quoted as a revised quote.
Assumptions and exceptions
- Quoted to drawing QR-220 Rev B. A new revision is quoted as a revised quote.
- Material certificates supplied with every batch.
- The bore is masked before anodising so it stays to H7.
- Packed 25 to a carton with dividers; pallets wrapped.
Sofia LindqvistCan you hold H7 on the bore after anodising, or should we open it up?
Callum, TessmoreWe mask the bore before anodising, so H7 holds. Noted in the assumptions.
Which template for which job
Start from the one closest to the document you send today.
Answering an RFQ
Manufacturing Services Proposal for a full response, or Price Quote when a short quote will do.
An annual supply deal
Manufacturing Services Agreement: specifications, pricing, delivery, quality, warranty and termination.
Selling a machine
Equipment Purchase Proposal: model information, features, warranty and pricing.
Appointing distributors
Distributor Agreement: terms, responsibilities and territory.
Catalogue products
Product Sales: a general product proposal to build your own range into.
Quality requirements
Manufacturing Quality Assurance Plan: inspection, controls and responsibilities, to send with a quote.
Releasing a job
Production Work Order: specifications, instructions, scheduling, resources and sign-off.
Your own document
Send us your current quote in the trial and we'll convert one template for you, free.
Open a manufacturing template in your trial
Free for 14 days, no credit card required. One free template conversion on Essentials, Business and Enterprise.
Your own blocks, used in every template
Save the sections you repeat to the content library once. Every RFQ response, equipment proposal and agreement draws on the same wording.
- About TessmoreText and images
- Machines and capacityTable
- Quality and inspectionText
- Lead time, delivery and termsLocked block Locked
- Tooling ownership clauseLocked block Locked
- Accept against your POForms block and signature
- 1Cover: the part, RFQ 0918, valid to 20 Nov
- 2About Tessmore From library
- 3Your drawing, Rev BPDF page
- 4Price, breaks and toolingFrom the price book
- 5Quality and inspection From library
- 6Lead time, delivery and terms Locked block
- 7Tooling ownership clause Locked block
- 8Accept against your PO From library
Content library
Reusable sections in folders, dropped into any document.
Essentials and up
Content locking
Commercial terms and clauses estimators can't edit.
Business
Make a template yours in five steps
An afternoon with the editor, then every quote starts from it.
Open the template
Pick the closest one from the template library and open it in your account.
Brand it
Add your logo, colours and letterhead details.
Swap in your wording
Your capabilities, quality statement, commercial terms and assumptions, saved to the content library.
Add the price table
Sections for parts, breaks and one-off tooling, priced from your price book.
Set acceptance
Signers, the PO number field and the payment on signing, then save it as a template.
Template questions
Does QuoteCloud have templates for manufacturers?
Yes. The template library includes the Manufacturing Services Proposal, Manufacturing Services Agreement, Production Work Order, Manufacturing Quality Assurance Plan, Price Quote, Product Sales, Equipment Purchase Proposal and Distributor Agreement. Open one in your account, add your branding, price book and terms, and send it.
Is there an RFQ response template?
Not under that name. Most job shops start from the Manufacturing Services Proposal or the Price Quote and turn it into their RFQ response: a cover with the part and RFQ reference, the customer's drawing, a price table with breaks and tooling, commercial terms and an acceptance section.
Can QuoteCloud convert our existing quote into a template?
Yes. During the free trial, QuoteCloud converts one of your existing document templates for free on the Essentials, Business and Enterprise plans, so your first RFQ response looks like the quotes you send today. More conversions are available as a paid add-on, billed per template.
Can we stop estimators changing our terms?
Yes, on the Business plan. Content locking keeps chosen blocks, such as your commercial terms or tooling ownership clause, from being edited in a document. On Essentials, the content library still gives every estimator the same saved wording to start from.
Which plan do we need for manufacturing templates?
Templates, price tables, the product catalogue and payments on signing are on Essentials and above. Business adds content locking, approvals, Gantt charts and the Forms block for a PO number field. Both Essentials and Business start with a 14-day free trial, with no credit card required.
More for manufacturers
Every page of the QuoteCloud manufacturing microsite.
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RFQ responses & part quotesAnswer the RFQ part by part: material and finish, quantity, unit price, lead time, freight terms and an expiry date on the quote.Explore
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Blanket & annual supply agreementsAnnual pricing, scheduled releases shown as repeating charges, terms and an expiry date, signed once for the year.Explore
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QuoteCloud implementation for manufacturersYour price book imported, RFQ and agreement templates converted, approvals and payments set up, estimators trained.Explore
- Quantity breaks, tooling & NREPrice breaks shown as a table or as alternative rows the buyer picks, with tooling, fixtures and programming as one-off lines.
- Configured product & equipment quotesMachines and equipment with options and add-ons as optional items, spares the buyer sets the quantity of, and a build schedule.
- Drawings, specifications & marked-up imagesThe customer's drawing attached as a PDF or placed as an image and marked up, with your assumptions and exceptions beside it.
- Distributor & reseller quotesConfigured product quotes for distributors, reseller price offers bulk-sent from one template, and dealer terms in the agreement.
- PO acceptance, two signers & tooling depositsThe buyer's PO number in the accepted quote, engineering and procurement both signing, and the tooling paid on signing.
- Discount approvals & hidden marginsQuotes over a discount or a total value go to a manager first, and cost and margin stay in your team's view only.
- Price book, SKUs & CSV importParts, materials, finishes and services in one product catalogue with SKUs, costs and margins, loaded from a CSV export.
- ERP, MRP, CRM & accounting connectionsAccepted quotes to your ERP or MRP through Zapier, Make or the API, your CRM and your accounting software.
- FAQAnswers to the questions job shops, equipment builders, packaging and print firms, co-packers and distributors ask most.
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