i-Quote

The PCB Industry's Most Intelligent Global Quotation Solution.

Challenges

Immediate and accurate quotation is critical in today's fast paced, ultra-competitive electronics industry. Current processes and systems require time-consuming and labor-intensive efforts, but the results are disappointing.

Globalization and consolidation have resulted in many multi-plant manufacturers who have separate costing and pricing processes and systems. The industry needs an easy-to-use and highly-scalable web-based application that can streamline quotation processes and centralize data for easy access by all authorized personnel.

Solution

i-Quote is an intelligent and open quotation system that combines web-based inputs, a rules-based costing engine, workflows and quote analysis all in one application. It accepts RFQs and can automatically calculate costs and generate quotations quickly and accurately.
                               

Benefits

i-Quote is powerful, and yet easy to set up and use.

• Increases accuracy in quotations, by allowing users to adjust and control the inputs within an open environment
• Decreases the quote-to-order cycle time by automating critical functions, using a powerful and flexible rule-based costing engine
• Allows seamless multi-plant quoting and multi-stage quote approval via unique InBox and workflows
• Increases sales team productivity and enhances business intelligence by providing analytical data and reporting on quote status and history from one central data repository
• Highly scalable with multi-level security access and multi-plant and multi-company extensibility

Capabilities

i-Quote creates a quote by accepting RFQ data through customizable web interfaces and prepares it automatically based on user-defined rules. i-Quote performs:

• Automation: Customer files can be interrogated to allow systematic retrieval of parameter data, either internally or externally, to i-Quote
• Collaboration: With unique InBox and workflows, i-Quote streamlines multi-plant quoting and multi-stage quote approval, and enables easier communication with customers
• Integration: i-Quote's open architecture allows integration with your existing ERP system to allow smooth order entry data flow. Additionally, i-Quote can be integrated with any third party quoting tool, such as Excel, CAM stations, etc., to provide flexibility with cost and pricing structure storage