Arcvigil reads every inbound RFQ, prices it against live steel and aluminum feeds, assigns the work to the right certified welder, and posts a margin snapshot to the shop owner before the floor cools down. No new ERP stack. No six-figure implementation.
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How it works
The agent runs the back office in the same order every shop runs its floor — intake, quote, schedule, reconcile. Each step is autonomous, audited, and overridable.
Ingest
Arcvigil queues email and portal enquiries, pulls attachments, and flags the ones worth a live response — even at 04:12 on a Saturday.
Quote
Blueprints, spec sheets, and revision marks are read end-to-end. Line items are priced against live steel, aluminum, and consumable commodity feeds — no spreadsheet relight.
Schedule
Arcvigil matches the work against AWS and AWI credentials, current location, and shift availability, then publishes the assignment to the floor and any mobile crews.
Reconcile
Every evening, the agent reconciles labor, material, and overhead against the quoted price and posts a daily P&L snapshot to the shop owner — no Monday-morning forensics.
Capabilities
Each capability is wired to the way a fabricator already works. Turn on what you need, leave the rest to the agent.
C-01
PDFs, DWGs, and photo-marked-up sketches come back as broken-out scope items — weld type, joint prep, fit-up, finish — without a human re-keying.
C-02
Hot-rolled coil, aluminum 6061, MIG wire, argon. A job priced Monday morning at yesterday’s number doesn’t go out the door at Wednesday’s.
C-03
AWS D1.1 structural, AWI custom fabrication, pressure-vessel, pipe. Arcvigil only routes work to welders currently certified, on shift, and inside the radius you set.
C-04
A new assignment hits the shop floor display and pushes a job card to whoever closes the gap — not a Slack message the foreman reads on Monday.
C-05
Every quote has a shadow P&L. The shop owner gets a snapshot before the espresso — and a flagged variance before the supplier invoice lands.
Margin report
Every quote has a shadow P&L. Arcvigil reconciles labor, material, and overhead against the quoted price and posts one snapshot per shop per day. The flagged variance below is the kind of thing an owner usually catches three days late, on a phone call from the buyer.
Job 2041 · 14-line gate frame
QuoteEUR 1,604.60
ActualEUR 1,489.10
+7.2%
Job 2039 · staircase stringer
QuoteEUR 2,210.00
ActualEUR 2,011.40
+9.0%
Job 2038 · mobile base fab
QuoteEUR 880.00
ActualEUR 802.50
+8.8%
Job 2036 · structural skidFlagged
QuoteEUR 4,420.00
ActualEUR 4,548.60
−2.9%
Job 2035 · pipe spool A-12
QuoteEUR 2,990.00
ActualEUR 2,701.20
+9.7%
Job 2034 · bracket set ×40
QuoteEUR 720.00
ActualEUR 690.40
+4.1%
Job 2030 · exhaust manifold
QuoteEUR 3,140.00
ActualEUR 3,011.00
+4.1%
Composite margin, today (weighted by job size)
+6.4%
Pricing
Independent shops and 10-to-200-person fabricators run a monthly subscription with the agent attached to their inbox, their portal, and their scheduler. No implementation fee. No per-quote meter that punishes you for winning work.
Quoted against shop size, cert mix, and inbound volume — not against your willingness to negotiate. We send the number; you decide.
Setup is a two-week inbox attach + scheduler hook. After go-live, the shop keeps its existing ERP, scheduling board, and floor discipline.
FAQ
Next step
A 20-minute walkthrough is enough to see whether Arcvigil fits your shop. We’ll show you the demo receipt, the scheduling flow, and the daily report — on a job like yours.