Say yes to the one-off
The deal you used to turn away,
engineered, costed, and captured.
Some requests no template covers — the genuinely custom job. Sales submits it, engineering picks it up in a managed queue, designs it inside the same governed model, and turns that one-off into a reusable, priced option. The next customer who wants it is a fast configure-to-order, not another project from scratch.
AI BOM Helper
Proposed assembly · resolved against your catalog
What actually changes
Not “a folder for weird requests.” A different economics: the special you engineer once becomes catalog value forever.
Win the “we don’t make that” deals
Stop walking away from revenue. The genuinely custom request gets a real, governed path instead of a polite no.
No more black holes
The bespoke job is tracked, costed, and governed like everything else — never a side project that quietly bleeds margin.
Custom compounds
Every special you engineer becomes a reusable, priced option — the line between standard and custom turns into a dial, not a wall.
Managed intake
The special request stops being a side project
Sales submits the one-off the same way they’d quote anything else; it lands in a managed engineering queue with context, customer, and target attached. No lost emails, no “who’s working on this?” — the bespoke job is visible, owned, and on the clock from the moment it arrives.
- Sales submits a special request without leaving the system
- Engineering picks it up from a prioritized, owned queue
- Status, cost, and customer tracked like any other order
- The exception flows to ETO without going off the rails
Part lifecycle
server-enforcedGoverned engineering
Custom, but inside the same guardrails
Engineering designs the one-off within the exact governed model that owns the rest of the catalog — same parts, same rules, same approvals. The bespoke job inherits your standards instead of escaping them, so a custom order is still a correct, buildable order when it reaches the plant.
- Net-new design built in the same model as standard product
- Real parts, real rules, real costing — not a one-off spreadsheet
- Changes are reviewed and released through normal approvals
- A custom order is as buildable as a catalog one
The bespoke job stops being a black hole — it’s tracked, costed, and governed like everything else.
Explore Governed engineeringPart lifecycle
server-enforcedCapture the value
Engineer it once, sell it forever
Here’s the move that changes the math: when the one-off is done, promote it into a reusable, priced option. The next customer who wants it doesn’t trigger another from-scratch project — they configure it in minutes. Every special you engineer compounds into catalog value instead of evaporating.
- Turn a finished ETO job into a sellable configure-to-order option
- Priced and rule-checked, ready for the configurator
- The next request becomes a fast CTO, not a new project
- Custom work accrues into the catalog instead of disappearing
Configure · Cabinetry
Aspen Shaker Kitchen · 14 LF run
Cabinet finish
Countertop
Island
Total price
How it works
From special request to reusable catalog option
- 1
Submit
Sales files the one-off no template covers — request, customer, and context captured in the same system.
- 2
Queue
Engineering picks it up from a managed, prioritized queue, with ownership and status tracked throughout.
- 3
Engineer
The custom job is designed inside the governed model — real parts, rules, costing, and approvals.
- 4
Capture
Promote the finished special into a reusable, priced option so the next customer configures it in minutes.
Engineer-to-Order
Engineer-to-Order means net-new engineering for each order — the most flexible fulfilment mode, and also the slowest and costliest. Most makers can’t avoid it entirely; the genuinely custom job will always exist. Manufacts shrinks how often you need it: every ETO you complete is captured as a reusable option, pulling work back toward fast, safe configure-to-order.
Learn the full spectrumUnder the hood
Everything the ETO queue does
Special-request intake
Sales submits a custom job with customer, context, and target attached — no email black hole.
Managed engineering queue
One-offs are prioritized, owned, and tracked from intake to release.
Same governed model
Custom work is designed against the same parts, rules, and structure as standard product.
Real costing
Bespoke jobs are costed from catalog-real parts, not a throwaway spreadsheet.
Governed approvals
Net-new design moves through the same review and release workflow as everything else.
Promote to option
Turn a finished ETO job into a reusable, priced configure-to-order option in a click.
CTO hand-off
Captured specials drop straight into the configurator for the next customer.
Full traceability
Every special is attributed and auditable — who asked, what changed, why it’s built that way.
Works hand-in-hand with
Every capability shares one model — so the parts connect on their own.
Visual Configurator
Turn your most complex catalog into a 3-minute buying experience — with zero impossible orders.
Pricing & Quoting
Quote every option, package, and parametric upgrade to the cent — the instant a customer picks it.
3D Showroom & Walkthrough
Let buyers walk through the exact home they configured — before a single board is cut.
Show us the request you keep turning away.
Bring the one-off your team calls impossible. We’ll walk the ETO path live — engineered in a governed queue, then captured as a reusable, priced option for the next customer.
No rip-and-replace — Manufacts runs alongside your ERP and CAD. Prefer email? hello@manufacts.ai