Generate ERP-logged draft quotes, automatically.
Responding to RFQs is one of the highest-friction workflows in manufacturing sales. Estimators spend hours reviewing documents, pulling historical data, and building quotes. SectorAgent automates the full sequence — from document intake to ERP-logged draft quote.
Live deployments to date are in rubber manufacturing; other sub-sectors are scoped per engagement.
The Sequence
Six steps, fully assembled and governed.
- 01
Ingest RFQ
RFQ documents and attachments loaded into the workflow.
- 02
Extract specs
Document Intelligence pulls parts, dimensions, and tolerances.
- 03
Compute geometry
Geometry and material volumes derived for costing inputs by the Area Calculation workflow.
- 04
Fetch costs
Historical pricing and material costs pulled from ERP and records.
- 05
Human review gate
Required before dispatch. The estimator approves or adjusts.
- 06
Draft quote
Draft assembled and logged in the ERP for estimator review.
RFQ response: 3–10 days → under 4 hours. Quote accuracy: ±8–15% → ±3–5%.
Days → hours
Speed
Reduce quote cycle time by automating document extraction and data assembly.
One logic
Consistency
Every quote follows the same logic, drawing from the same data sources — no estimator variability.
Review, not re-key
Estimator value
Estimators review and approve — they no longer spend time on data gathering and document re-entry.
Estimator-in-the-loop
The agents do the gathering. The estimator owns the number.
This workflow's version of SectorAgent's human-in-the-loop principle: the agents do the gathering, the estimator owns the number. The draft quote lands in the ERP with every input traceable to its source document. The estimator reviews, adjusts, and approves — with full context and none of the manual assembly.
- Line items extracted
- 24✓ 96% avg conf.
- Historical pricing matched
- 21 / 24
- Flagged for estimator
- 3 low-confidence
- Draft total
- $182,400
Built on Document Intelligence.
The Quotes Generation Workflow composes the Document Intelligence Agent with costing and ERP agents. Start with one, then compose the full sequence.
- Document Intelligence Agent (extraction)
- Material & Cost Calculator (costing)
- Historical Pricing Agent (comparable quotes)
- Quote Assembly Agent (margin & anomaly checks)
- ERP/CRM Connector (logging)