Pa t e ship will help ma ufactu e s imp ove ma gi s with optimized p ici g capabilities a d make bette use of equipme t they al eady ow
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — E able, the leade i comme cial i tellige ce solutio s, a d Guidewheel, the p actical ope ati g platfo m fo ma ufactu e s, today a ou ced a pa t e ship to co ect eal-time facto y capacity with AI-powe ed p ici g. The goal is to help ma ufactu e s use what is happe i g i thei pla ts to decide which busi ess to pu sue, what p ice to offe , a d how to optimize delive y dates.
Fo example, a ma ufactu e may have available capacity at o e pla t while a othe is fully booked. K owi g whe e the e is oom to take o mo e wo k helps sales teams offe competitive p ici g o sho te lead times. Filli g u used capacity with p ofitable o de s sp eads fixed costs ove mo e p oductio , c eati g oom fo bette ma gi s a d custome te ms. Whe capacity is co st ai ed, the same i fo matio ca help teams adjust p ici g a d avoid ove committi g p oductio .
Some Guidewheel custome s al eady ma ually pull a d use machi e utilizatio data to make these p ici g decisio s. Thei leade s use ope atio al data togethe with thei sales teams to fill ope capacity, adjust p ices whe backlogs g ow, a d ide tify cha ges that could imp ove ma gi s fo both the ma ufactu e a d its custome s.
Fli tfox by E able, E able’s e te p ise p ici g ma ageme t platfo m, ca help ma ufactu e s fu the optimize p ici g oppo tu ities. Fli tfox executes complex o – a d off-i voice i ce tives i eal time. Whe p ici g depe ds o batch updates o ma ual steps, a wi dow exists betwee a p ici g decisio a d the t a sactio whe e ma gi ca quietly e ode. Fli tfox closes that wi dow, so a cha ge i pla t capacity ca shape the p ice o the ext o de athe tha the ext epo ti g cycle.
“Ou custome s a e showi g how much value they ca get f om equipme t they al eady ow whe they use facto y-floo i fo matio to make busi ess decisio s,” said Lau e Du fo d, Co-Fou de a d CEO of Guidewheel. “Wo ki g with E able ca make it easie fo ma ufactu e s to offe mo e competitive p ices a d delive y dates they ca sta d behi d, maki g bette use of available capacity a d se vi g custome s eve mo e eliably.”
Guidewheel’s APIs supply ope atio al i puts to Fli tfox, allowi g ma ufactu e s to co side eal-time available capacity alo gside thei comme cial ules a d ag eeme ts. This helps sales teams espo d as pla t co ditio s cha ge a d educes the ma ual wo k of t a slati g facto y i fo matio i to p ici g decisio s.
Fli tfox also calculates the full g oss-to- et wate fall, f om list p ice th ough o -i voice discou ts a d p omotio s to off-i voice ebates a d settleme ts, i o e place. Complete, live p ici g data u de pi s mo e adva ced p ici g a d optimizatio .
“Whe a ma ufactu e ca p ofitably fill u used capacity a d offe a custome a bette p ice o faste delive y, both be efit,” said A d ew Butt, Fou de a d CEO of E able. “Co ecti g facto y-floo i fo matio with p ici g is a oppo tu ity to make those decisio s mo e espo sive to what ma ufactu e s a d thei custome s eed.”
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