Angebotslinie – enquiry to quote
The first complete quote wins. Often that is exactly the bottleneck.
Enquiries arrive as emails with drawings, specification sheets or informal text. Turning them into a quote costs hours of searching for comparable past orders and days until it goes out. Angebotslinie turns them into a reviewable draft – in minutes instead of days.
Before – after
This is the path from messy enquiry to quote draft. Try it – the demo runs with realistic sample data right here on the page.
Inbox – how it arrives
RE: RE: Enquiry protective enclosures – urgent
Hello, as discussed on the phone just now: for the new line we need 3 protective enclosures in stainless steel, dimensions roughly like last time, but this time with an inspection window.
Drawing attached (sheet 2 is the current one!). Material as always, brushed finish. Delivery ideally in 6 weeks, end of quarter at the latest.
Could you send us a quote at short notice? Purchasing is pushing.
Thanks and regards from the plant, M. Leitner
Drawing_Enclosure_final_v3 (2).pdf
2 sheets · some dimensions handwritten
Quote draft – for approval
One click turns this enquiry into a reviewable quote draft – with sample data, right here in the browser.
- Read enquiry and attachment
- Extract requirements
- Match similar past orders
- Assemble the draft
Recognised requirements
- Item
- Protective enclosure with inspection window, 3 units
- Material
- Stainless steel, brushed – as previous order
- Dimensions
- per drawing sheet 2, reference: previous order
- Delivery
- 6 weeks requested, end of quarter at the latest
- Open
- Window specification – follow-up question suggested
Similar past orders as reference
- Order 4712 – enclosure line 2, same customerHigh match
- Order 4318 – guard hood with inspection windowMedium match
Price indication
€8,400 – €9,200 net
derived from past orders, to be reviewed before approval
Handover
- As a document or email draft
- Directly into the CRM or ERP where possible
Around 80% directly usable – a person handles the rest and gives approval.
Sample data, sequence condensed – in practice the draft is ready in under a minute.
What that means per month
Assumption: around 50 minutes of search and writing time saved per enquiry – a conservative estimate.
How it works
Enquiry in
Emails, PDF drawings or specification sheets are read and the requirements extracted in a structured way – even when the enquiry is incomplete or informal.
Matched against past orders
Your own previous quotes and orders provide the reference points: which comparable jobs existed, what was calculated, what proved itself.
Draft for approval
Out comes a reviewable draft as a document or email. Approve, adjust, send. Where your system allows it, the draft can also go straight into the CRM or ERP – something I check per system rather than promise across the board.
What it honestly delivers
Around 80% of a draft is directly usable; the rest is refinement and judgment. Approval always stays with a person – Angebotslinie replaces neither the estimator nor the salesperson, it clears their desk.
Two side effects that pay off
Costs
If you no longer spend an hour searching and typing per enquiry, you win working time back on every quote. At typical enquiry volumes that quickly adds up to several working days per month.
Confidentiality
Enquiries, calculations and past quotes are sensitive company data. Angebotslinie is set up so this data stays in your own system – not in public AI services.
Not a concept – built practice
The underlying architecture – unstructured input, matching against existing data, structured output – runs in production at a manufacturer with partner-based sales, there connected directly to their ERP. That shows the link to an existing system works when the system allows it. How far it goes in your case is a question of your system, not of the principle.
Who this is for
For producing Mittelstand companies – machine building, manufacturing, suppliers, custom fabrication – that assemble quotes today from email, drawing and experience by hand. Not a replacement for a large quoting system, but the light step before it: built on top of what is already there.
How long does the path from enquiry to quote take in your company?
In a conversation we look at one of your real enquiries – and what Angebotslinie would make of it using your own past orders.