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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.