What file formats does Cableteque accept for customer drawings?

Cableteque accepts virtually any common drawing format — PDF, TIFF, Excel, CSV, and XML. We also accept native exports from Zuken and Capital, the two CAD systems most commonly used in wire harness design. If you have a format we haven't seen, send it over — most of the time it works.

How accurate is Cableteque's AI BOM extraction?

In benchmarks, Cableteque's AI BOM creation is approximately 95% accurate on first pass. The AI extracts whatever the customer has defined on the print — if information isn't on the drawing, Cableteque flags those items for review rather than hallucinating values. Practical accuracy depends on the quality of the customer drawing: cleaner inputs produce higher accuracy.

Does Cableteque work with scanned or legacy drawings?

Yes. Cableteque handles scanned and legacy drawings, including older PDFs and image-based files. The AI works on essentially anything you'd realistically receive from a customer.

Can Cableteque handle multi-assembly quote packages from a single drawing upload?

Yes — there is no practical limit. You can upload a single package containing as many assemblies as needed, and Cableteque generates a structured BOM for each.

What happens when the AI encounters a part it doesn't recognize?

Cableteque has a library of over 10 million parts plus integrations with major distributors that cover the common universe of components. If a part isn't recognized — typically because it's a source-controlled part or a custom component — Cableteque flags it as a non-standard manufacturer part number so you can RFQ it manually in the material sourcing stage. The system never hallucinates a part it can't verify.

How does Cableteque handle quote revisions when a drawing or BOM changes?

Cableteque supports multiple revisions on a single quote and lets you compare between revisions side-by-side. When a customer sends an updated drawing, you can re-run the BOM and see exactly what changed without rebuilding the quote from scratch.

Can multiple estimators work simultaneously on Cableteque?

Yes. Estimators work in a shared workspace with visibility into all open quotes. Anyone can pick up a teammate's work in progress, which is especially useful when someone is out or you need to load-balance during a busy period.

How is Cableteque different from EMS or PCBA quoting tools when applied to wire harnesses?

EMS and PCBA tools were built for a fundamentally different industry. They expect clean BOMs from CAD; wire harness manufacturers don't get clean BOMs — they get messy drawings, sometimes without real manufacturer part numbers, with wires described generically. EMS tools also don't integrate with wire suppliers, can't handle harness-specific units of measure (feet, inches, millimeters, decimeters, package sizes like reels and spools used for heat-shrink, wire, and cable labels), and don't model the labor operations specific to wire harness assembly such as crimping, stripping, and terminating. Cableteque was built from the ground up for the way harness drawings actually arrive and the way harness shops actually work.

What industries do Cableteque customers serve?

Cableteque customers serve essentially every industry that uses wire harnesses — including aerospace, defense, medical device, industrial, automotive, energy, and more. If your customers manufacture wire harnesses or cable assemblies, Cableteque is built for you.

How is Cableteque different from wire harness CAD tools that include quoting modules?

CAD and EDA tools are built for designing wire harnesses, not for quoting them. Several functional differences matter when you're trying to turn around a quote in days, not weeks. First, workflow direction: quoting starts with a customer's drawing, not a clean design. Wire harness contract manufacturers typically win roughly 20% of the jobs they quote, so they don't have time to recreate every customer drawing in CAD before producing a quote. Cableteque ingests customer drawings as-is. Second, material sourcing: CAD tools don't connect to distributor accounts or pull real-time contract pricing. Cableteque integrates with 20+ distributors and ERP systems. Third, labor estimation: CAD-based quoting typically uses historical part-level times, while the industry gold standard for harness labor is template-based estimation, which is what Cableteque uses. Templates capture every operation — crimp, strip, terminate, route — the way a seasoned estimator counts them. Fourth, output: CAD tools generally don't produce a customer-ready quote. Cableteque does, in one click, with full cost breakdown. Many Cableteque customers use both — Cableteque on the front end to quote the job, and a CAD tool on the back end after winning. The two tools solve different problems.

Wire Harness Quoting Software Capabilities

Core Features

Built for wire harnesses and cable assembly

Auto-creates a BOM from any customer drawing

Real-time pricing from component & wire vendors

Auto-fills your labor template

Customer-ready quote output

No new software, familiar to your team today

What is the Cableteque Quoting Platform?

Cableteque is the only purpose-built wire harness quoting and estimating platform for wire harness and cable assembly manufacturers, enabling them to turn around quotes more quickly, increase win rates, and boost margins.

Is Cableteque compliant with ITAR and CMMC

Cableteque is registered as an ITAR-compliant company. We offer an ITAR-compatible deployment in Amazon GovCloud (US), ensuring that only US citizens can access Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).

We are also actively pursuing CMMC 2.0 Level 2 and SOC 2 compliance. Our infrastructure is built on AWS GovCloud and follows strict security controls, including encryption, access management, and continuous monitoring to protect sensitive customer data

How much does the Cableteque Quoting Platform cost?

Cableteque is priced based on the number of assemblies quoted and the number of users. Book a meeting with sales, and we can discuss the best package for you.

Do you have a solution for OEMs

We are currently focused on the quoting solution for contract manufacturers. In the near future, we will release an application specifically for OEMs.

The Wire Harness Quoting Platform

Cableteque reads your customer drawings, sources materials at your contract pricing, fills your labor template, and creates a customer-ready quote — no spreadsheets needed.

The four stages of harness quoting — automated

Upload a drawing. Get a BOM in minutes

Real-time sourcing. Automatically selected based on your strategy

Upload your template once. Cableteque does the rest

Every cost calculated. One click to send a quote

The only quoting solution built specifically for wire harness and cable assembly

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