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Title: On-demand platform for 3D printing and CNC machining.

Industry: Manufacturing

Services & Expertise: Platform development | Team augmentation |QA | DevOps

Business Needs
MakeTime is a US-based Manufacturing-as-a-Service startup that connects buyers and sellers of CNC machine hours by offering machine capacity for on-demand purchase.

By building an online platform collecting unused CNC machine time from qualified machine shops across the United States they will be able to place each order with the right shop for the job needed.
Solution
Cloballuxsoft worked with the executive team in order to develop a core product from a minimal prototype through MVP stages and three rounds of funding.

Our team helped with the MVP public release - leading a total platform rebuild, from top to bottom with little hand-holding from the main office.

Our web development team built a reliable and easy-to-use online platform both for buyers and suppliers to make CNC machining production straightforward and simple.
Features
for users: and and and and and and and for suppliers:
Unlimited online storage for all Part files in a customizable Parts Library.
Аbility to manage their machine time capacity through the platform.
Data-driven pricing for each order including materials, machining, and logistics.
Getting a job offer without RFQ.
Placing orders and submitting payment.
Сonfirming the quality of manufactured parts.
Matching the user's order to the best-suited supplier in the US nationwide network using a proprietary matching algorithm.
Receive payment through the platform.
Ability to track parts production in real-time from the start of machining all the way through to transit and delivery with UPS.
Automation of the order processing (matching orders, pricing parts, preparing and sending purchase orders, accepting payments).

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Business Impact
The client built a distributed network of over 1,000 manufacturers after the platform was realized
+30 %
The match rate on active orders was increased by 30%.
–50 %
Project Management time was decreased by 50%.
+30 %
Gross revenue has grown by 30% MoM.
–25 %
Order managing time reduced by 25%.
  • The company received funding in the amount of about $12M during our partnership.

  • MakeTime was acquired by Xometry - one of the leaders of on-demand manufacturing - in 2018
  • MakeTime's software helps customers:

    • streamline time-wasting processes,
    • gives insight and transparency to a confusing process,
    • overcomes capacity shortages,
    • takes the mystery out of pricing,
    • increase the speed of order processing,
    • provide a quote within 36 hours
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