4 Reasons to be a Xometry Manufacturing Partner

It goes without saying that Xometry’s manufacturing partners are at the heart of everything we do. Our Partner Network is anchored to Xometry’s mission to create a vibrant manufacturing community of equals.

As Xometry continues to grow, our partner management team is focusing its efforts on delivering major improvements to the partner experience. With robust financial tools and solutions for machine shops and Industrial Buying Engine, and numerous Workcenter improvements aimed at creating a frictionless experience from your first job to your 500th—these are just a taste of the changes we’re continuing to make. Which begs the question: why be a Xometry manufacturing partner in the first place?

I’m glad you asked!

Let’s take a look at the Xometry manufacturing partner experience to see why top-notch manufacturers like you, should hitch their wagon to our freight train of growth and business opportunities.

Streamline. That word gets thrown around a lot these days. Companies like to promise they will streamline your business operations and deliver growth. However, unlike overcomplicated software or shallow ideas, Xometry truly delivers the tools to streamline your operations and grow your business.

Let’s start with Workcenter. For starters, it’s free. And not just free in the monetary sense, but also free from burdensome downloads, slow updates, and limited access. The Xometry Workcenter is where you view, accept, and manage all your jobs. We recognize that our partners are too busy to sit at a computer all day, so the Workcenter is entirely web-based and can be accessed from any computer or mobile device—at the shop, in your home office, or waiting in line for coffee on your way into work. We’ve geared the Workcetner towards one thing: providing you with immediate work that best fits your shop’s capacity and capabilities.

Xometry is your always-on sales and marketing team, matching your shop’s capabilities and capacity to jobs of all sizes from customers around the world. How we do this and why are what make being a Xometry partner so amazing. Your shop is working with and benefiting from cutting-edge machine learning technology.

How does this work? When you apply to become a Xometry manufacturing partner, you fill out a Shop Profile. This profile collects everything we need to know about your shop’s machines, certifications—like ITAR, ISO 9001, AS9100, etc.—inspection capabilities, personnel, and job preferences. This data is then used to feed your Job Board—where we post all jobs that are ordered through Xometry—so you only see work that matches your shop’s capabilities and capacity.

Every single job that is on your Job Board comes pre-quoted. Using vast quantities of market data and advanced machine learning algorithms, Xometry’s Instant Quoting Engine automatically prices all parts that are uploaded by our customers. When the customer places the order, the job is placed on the Job Board for shops who meet the manufacturing, certification, and inspection requirements. It is then up to you to decide if the job is right for your shop. If it is, take it. That’s it.

Xometry saves you time quoting work and, subsequently, the need to chase work when you need extra jobs to fill spare capacity. Thanks to the power of machine learning, we send you the right job opportunities at the right time to help keep your machines running and employees working.

Apart from the Job Board and Workcenter, Xometry Partners have access to a suite of tools that give you the financial stability and flexibility they need to grow their business. We know manufacturing is hard work, but getting paid shouldn’t be. Xometry’s financial solutions built specifically for machine shops and manufacturers makes it fast and easy to get paid for your work so you can overcome the high upfront costs for materials and tooling, and move on to your next job without delay. When you complete a job, Xometry always pays net-40. However, you can turn that into net-3 with FastPay to get the money you need to make crucial business decisions.

Along with our financial solutions, Xometry has an in-house team of dedicated machinists and manufacturing technical specialists standing by to help our manufacturing partners with any technical or manufacturing-related issues. What tool is best for this material? How would you machine this feature? Should I get a shop dog or cat? That one’s easy: get one of each.

Our Partner Tech Support team means you never have to tackle a job alone or without the knowledge to be successful. They’ve seen it all and are eager to share their years of experience working in this incredible and fast-paced industry.

Our manufacturing partner community is vibrant and diverse, helping to guide, shape, and build the Xometry marketplace into the most powerful on-demand manufacturing tool in the world. When you join our community, we want to see you succeed. We have dedicated team members who will work with you from the moment you submit your application through your first few jobs to ensure you are set up to successfully deliver high-quality parts on time from the get-go.

We are always looking for industry leaders in sheet metal fabrication, sheet metal cutting, CNC machining, 3D printing, injection molding, die casting, and urethane casting to join us as valued members of our Manufacturing Partner Network. If you are interested in growing your business and streamlining your operations with Xometry, we would love for you to apply to become a manufacturing Partner.