In the sprint
Inquiry to quote draft
TodayEvery variant is researched and costed from scratch.
With EVORISimilar projects, reference values and questions are ready for review.
AI in machine building Every inquiry starts from scratch again. It doesn't have to.
Inquiries tie up sales, design and costing, and only some become orders. Knowledge about similar past projects sits in heads, spreadsheets and folders. In two weeks we build a prototype that makes it usable for your next inquiry.
- Fixed price €14,500 net
- Data in Germany
- Free rework if not as agreed
Scattered today
- Inquiry by email
- Specification PDF
- Costing
- Past projects
EVORIStudioQuote preparation
Ready for you
Quote draft, hydraulic press inquiry
- 3 similar past projects found, with reasons
- Reference values from your costings
- 2 questions for the customer: stroke, cycle time
What research and associations say
In special machine building, competitive pressure means "many times more quotes must be prepared … than are finally ordered".
For technical sales it is "very difficult to impossible to keep track of all relationships and all machine solutions developed so far".
Historical costing data is "often incomplete or hard to access".
Today
- Inquiry or specification arrives as a PDF by email
- Sales searches for similar projects in the ERP, folders and memory
- Design and costing are asked, the spreadsheet is filled in
- Questions for the customer surface late
With the prototype
- The prototype reads the requirements from the inquiry PDF
- It finds the three most similar past projects and explains why
- It shows reference values and a list of open questions
- Your cost estimator reviews, corrects and sets the price
Data protection
Your costing data stays with you: operation in Germany or on your own infrastructure, data processing and confidentiality agreements before the first export. We only read from exports, your ERP stays untouched.
Reference
At BVM our AI platform creates posts in the association's brand: about 45 minutes per post before, under a minute today. A person approves each one. We approach your case the same way.
See the client project →The offer: AI sprint quote preparation
Quote drafts from your past projects in two weeks
Week 1Week 2
BaselinePrototype runsGo/no-go
Week 1
- Up front: data check for at least 30 past quotes with inquiry and final costing
- Process mapping with sales, design and costing
- Baseline on the last 10 to 20 quotes
- Read-only export, environment in Germany or on your premises
Week 2
- Prototype: read requirements, find similar projects, draft questions
- Test on 10 held-back inquiries, rated by your cost estimator
- Final workshop with results and recommendation
What you bring
- At least 30 past quotes with inquiry and final costing, as an export
- About 1 to 2 person-days from sales and costing, spread over two weeks
- Data processing agreement and NDA before data access
What we deliberately don't promise
- Fully automatic prices or costing of new designs
- Write access to your ERP within the two weeks
- A higher win rate as a sprint result
- Blanket time savings without measuring at your company
Systems Exports from proALPHA, abas, SAP Business One or other ERP systems, spreadsheet costings, PDF inquiries. No write access during the sprint.
After the sprint
Implement, operate, extend
- 1AI sprintPrototype and decision
- 2ImplementationBuilt into your systems, priced after the sprint
- 3OperationsFixed monthly fee
Operations
€790 per solution and month
- Hosting in Germany or on your infrastructure
- Monitoring, fixes and model updates
- Monthly report on the agreed metrics
- Email support, reply on the next working day
Operations and development
€2,900 per month
- Everything in Operations for one solution
- Two development days per month for new cases and improvements
- Extension to the next use case in your industry
- Monthly review with your team
Minimum term three months after go-live, then cancellable monthly. Model and hosting costs are shown separately without markup. All prices net plus VAT. Offer exclusively for businesses, firms and associations. Ask us about funding programmes in your federal state. As a rule, you must apply yourself before placing the order.
Examples
Three use cases from your industry
Sprint alternative
Orders and spare-part requests
TodayInside sales types orders from email and PDF into the ERP.
With EVORIAn ERP draft with traffic-light status awaits approval.
After the sprint
Checking order confirmations
TodayPurchasing compares each confirmation with the order.
With EVORIOnly deviations in price, quantity and date are presented.
Frequently asked questions
Does the AI calculate our prices?
No. It shows reference values from your most similar past projects. Your cost estimator sets the price.
What if our past costings are incomplete?
We check that before signing. If the data isn't enough, we start with order or confirmation capture at the same fixed price.
Do our margins have to go into someone else's cloud?
No. The prototype runs in Germany or on your infrastructure, with no training on your data.
How much of our time does the sprint take?
About 1 to 2 person-days: interviews in week 1, rating the test inquiries in week 2.
Does your quoting fit into two weeks?
In 30 minutes you know whether the sprint makes sense for your process. Free. If not, we say so.
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