Kalcteq Software Improves Management of Quotations

Kalcteq has launched a software application designed to improve the management of quotations for manufacturing. Kalcteq Quotations is claimed to improve profit margins and quotation leadtimes through timely customer service. The application provides a customisable set of attributes. The pricing strategies, cost calculations, terms and conditions and other information are made transparent and available as a personalised quotation system.

'Super users' can customise quotation workflows and implement an approval system that ensures customer service standards are maintained to a high level. Kalcteq Quotations is able to maintain its own product database or it can be integrated into multiple sources of product data, such as enterprise resource planning, e-catalogue or computer-aided design packages. The product database holds everything that is important to cost and quotation calculations. It understands raw-material consumption, manufacturing costs, packaging requirements and currency conversions.

Kalcteq Quotations does not stop working after a user's initial data entry. The system can streamline the user's communication lines by providing sales staff with the information they need when they need it and in the format they need it in. Kalcteq Quotations can provide follow-up reminders to help sales staff to chase and monitor communications with a client, ensuring that they do not miss out on potential orders. Customisable sales analysis reports, quotation documents and email integration mean manual-entry paperwork is reduced considerably and quotation leadtimes are improved.

The system also maintains a complete change history and version control, allowing the user to analyse historical quotation success and other key performance indicators. Once the customer confirms an order, a quotation can be integrated into existing business systems, such as SAP, to start the sales-order process. Kalcteq Quotations is intended to improve the accuracy, consistency and efficiency of quotation processes to ensure customer satisfaction at the lowest possible cost to the company.

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