# Manual price-list lookup and generic AI vs FastQuote

Compare the time your sales team spends looking up Quote lines by hand with generic AI and FastQuote. See where guesses happen and who checks the draft.

Your customer sends the Quote. FastQuote helps your sales rep prepare it faster; the customer never uses the product.

Looking up every line in a spreadsheet takes time. Generic AI can be quick, but it may guess. FastQuote reads the pasted Quote, finds the parts it can, and leaves the rest for your rep to check.

## 1. Getting started

**Manual.** The rep retypes the request or works through it line by line.

**Generic AI.** The rep pastes the request into a chat.

**FastQuote.** The rep pastes the whole Quote into one quoting workflow.

## 2. Time spent looking up parts

**Manual.** Every line sends the rep back to the price list.

**Generic AI.** Answers quickly, but the rep must check each answer.

**FastQuote.** Finds matching parts so the rep can focus on the lines that need a look.

## 3. Messy customer wording

**Manual.** The rep translates abbreviations and part names from memory.

**Generic AI.** May rewrite the request into something that sounds right.

**FastQuote.** Reads common shorthand without asking the rep to clean up every line first.

## 4. When more than one part fits

**Manual.** The rep compares the choices by hand.

**Generic AI.** May pick one and sound certain.

**FastQuote.** Keeps the choices visible for the rep instead of guessing.

## 5. Missing part

**Manual.** The rep searches again or leaves a note for follow-up.

**Generic AI.** May fill the gap with a nearby fastener.

**FastQuote.** Leaves the line for the rep. It does not invent a substitute.

## 6. Missing quantity

**Manual.** The rep catches the gap while checking the request.

**Generic AI.** May guess a number or overlook the gap.

**FastQuote.** Keeps the quantity blank so the rep can ask the customer.

## 7. What happens next

**Manual.** The rep continues building and sending the quote.

**Generic AI.** The rep copies the answer into the quoting process.

**FastQuote.** The rep reviews the draft and decides what happens next.

## 8. Who reviews

**Manual.** The rep checks their own lookup work.

**Generic AI.** The rep must catch confident guesses in the chat.

**FastQuote.** The rep checks every line. Nothing is sent on its own.


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