Re: Electronic form for quoting

From: Maurice Ralston (mralston@fusionrpt.com)
Date: Thu Nov 04 1999 - 14:43:40 EET


Michael,
  We have an excellent quoting package that we developed using excel. You plug in numbers (shop hours, mold base & component cost, etc.) and it calculates the rest. We use this for quoting our SLA jobs as well as our 3D Keltool jobs. All we have to do is input part volumes and sizes and the form does the rest. It even prints out a nice cover page to send the customer. Excel is a very flexible and powerful tool. I find myself creating all types of things to make the redundant tasks in my day a little easier. My forms are all very automatic, ex: I put in the customer name and it automatically puts in his company name, address, phone & fax numbers. Saves a lot of time in the long run.

Maurice Ralston
Operations Manager
Fusion Engineering
5141 27th Ave.
Rockford, IL. 61109
PH: (815) 397-6069 ext. 52
FAX: (815) 397-8813
www.fusionrpt.com

>>> Michael Dougherty <m.dougherty@acrtucson.com> 11/03 4:19 PM >>>
Our existing form for preparing quotes... leaves a great deal to be desired.

We probably don't need a complete forms design package (yet), and even if we
had one, it's dubious whether we would create something which looks better
than out current homespun Excel masterpiece.

Can anyone point me in the proper direction to purchase a form, preferably
in Acrobat or Excel format, which would look more professional? (You know,
company logo, things line up, consistent, looks nice. The basics.)

I had been searching the net for something similar, and wading through a
terrible noise-to-signal ratio, when I went to check my email... (insert
forehead-slapping sound here.)

Thanks,
Michael Dougherty

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