Operations Portal
Internal Use Only
Milwaukee Forge — Digital Operations Suite
Forge Operations
Tool Suite
Integrated tooling for quoting, material sourcing, surcharge tracking, steel procurement, and production analytics. Select a tool below to get started.
Quote Generator
Live
CW Calculator
Live
Surcharges
Live
SBQ RFQ Manager
Live
Shift Reports
Live
Analytics
Live
Sales Intake
Live
Supplier Dir.
Live
Est. Analysis
Live
Available Tools
01
Quoting
Forge Quote
Generator
Generate accurate customer quotes for forged steel parts. Includes material, processing, and finishing cost breakdowns.
  • Material cost calculation by grade and weight
  • Processing and heat treatment line items
  • Finishing, coating, and machining options
  • Printable PDF quote output
usforgetools.com/quote
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02
Calculation
Cut Weight
Calculator
Calculate precise cut weights for round bar, hex bar, and other SBQ steel forms based on diameter and length.
  • Round bar, hex, square, and flat bar
  • Multiple alloy density support
  • Batch cut list calculations
  • Kerf and yield loss adjustments
usforgetools.com/cwcalc.html
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03
Market Data
Alloy Surcharge
Tracker
Track and apply current alloy surcharges from major US steel mills. Stay current with Nucor, Metallus, and Gerdau pricing.
  • Current mill surcharge tables
  • Per-pound and per-ton calculations
  • Grade-specific surcharge lookup
  • Historical surcharge comparison
surcharges.usforgetools.com
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04
Procurement
SBQ Steel
RFQ Manager
AI-powered steel procurement system. Upload engineering drawings, auto-generate RFQs, and manage quotes from SBQ steel providers.
  • PDF drawing upload and AI forge analysis
  • Auto-filled RFQ from drawing extraction
  • Automated email to steel providers
  • Reply parsing and quote comparison report
sbq.usforgetools.com
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05
Production New
Shift Production
Report
Log and analyze shift production data for all press lines. Upload Excel shift reports or enter data manually with AI-powered insights.
  • Bulk Excel upload for historical data seeding
  • OEE dashboard with availability, performance, quality
  • Downtime log with DT code breakdown
  • AI shift analysis compared against history
usforgetools.com/shift-report
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06
Analytics New
Production
Analytics
Executive-level production analytics across all presses, supervisors, shifts, and customers. AI-generated annual report with Word download.
  • Monthly OEE timeline and press performance rankings
  • Supervisor scorecard with full ranking
  • Shift comparison and customer quality risk
  • AI executive report exported as Word document
usforgetools.com/analytics
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07
Sales Pipeline
Sales
Intake
Manage incoming customer RFQs through the full estimating and engineering pipeline. Track every job from intake to quoted.
  • Customer RFQ capture and status tracking
  • Pipeline stages: intake, estimating, engineering, procurement
  • Drawing upload and full activity log
  • Admin override and stage management
usforgetools.com/intake
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08
Suppliers
Supplier
Directory
Global SBQ steel supplier intelligence database. Tiered, searchable, and linked to the procurement workflow.
  • Tier 1 / 2 / 3 supplier rankings
  • Search by grade, capability, and location
  • Contact info, MOQ, and lead time per supplier
  • Linked to Sales Intake procurement stage
usforgetools.com/intake/suppliers
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09
Sales
Prospect
Directory
Centralized prospect intelligence database. Upload spreadsheets, enrich with live web data, and track economic buyers by account.
  • Import prospects from any spreadsheet format
  • AI enrichment — contacts, LinkedIn, opportunity detail
  • Economic buyer identification by title rank
  • Filter by industry vertical with completeness scoring
usforgetools.com/prospects
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10
Sales
Customer
Directory
Active customer intelligence with spend history, tier classification, and recency tracking. Enrich for contacts and account signals.
  • Import from spreadsheet — tier, spend, invoice data
  • Tier 1 / Tier 2 badges with recency segmentation
  • AI enrichment — contacts, expansion signals, news
  • Graduate prospects directly to this directory
usforgetools.com/customers
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11
Estimating New
Estimating
Analysis
Upload bulk estimating workbooks and let Claude find correlations across setup hours, crew size, heat treat, die specs, and equipment.
  • Bulk Excel upload — hundreds of workbooks at once
  • AI correlation analysis across all Input tabs
  • Setup hours and crew size by equipment type
  • Heat treat type vs cost, die size vs equipment
usforgetools.com/estimates
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