AI systems for welding and fabrication shops

RFQs pile up while the shop runs hot. Sherpa runs the quoting follow-up, the phones, and the paperwork so you keep cutting and welding.

How Welding & Metal Fabrication actually works

Fab work arrives as RFQs and drawings from GCs, plants, and other contractors, and the shop that quotes fastest usually makes the bid list. Field work (railings, structural repairs, equipment breakdowns) comes in hot and pays well. The shop floor is the constraint: backlog is invisible, material prices move, and quoting stops when the owner is under a hood. It breaks when RFQs sit unanswered and finished quotes never get a follow-up call.

The Sherpa climb, mapped to welding and fabrication shops

Four camps, in order. Each one solves the next-most-expensive problem welding and fabrication shops face. Start where your business leaks most.

Level 01 · Trailhead Attract new customers

Plant managers and GCs looking for a fab shop check who they can find and trust before sending drawings. Trailhead gets you found: ranked for fabrication and mobile welding in your area, with photos and reviews that prove the work.

Trailhead for welding and fabrication shops → Level 02 · Basecamp Win more jobs

A plant with a broken conveyor calls until a welder answers. Basecamp picks up in seconds at any hour, qualifies the job, books the site visit, and keeps chasing every open quote while you stay under the hood.

Basecamp for welding and fabrication shops → Level 03 · Peak Operate like a pro

Fab margins disappear between the drawing and the invoice: slow quotes, scope creep nobody documented, a backlog only the owner can see. Peak puts AI on those functions: same-day quotes from drawings, T&M tickets signed in the field, invoices out at delivery.

Peak for welding and fabrication shops → Level 04 · Stratos Scale like an enterprise

A shop running fabrication, field crews, and repeat plant accounts outgrows job jackets and whiteboards. Stratos builds custom production tracking and AI trained on your own quote and job history, owned by you, fit to your floor.

Stratos for welding and fabrication shops →

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