In this article, we'll explore how automating estimates with pricing research software can improve accuracy, efficiency, and productivity in the cost estimation process.
When it comes to choosing building costing software, it's essential to look for features that will help you optimize your cost estimation process. Effective costing software can save you time, improve the accuracy of your estimates and make your projects easier to manage. In this article, we'll take an in-depth look at the key features you should look for in building costing software.
When your business decides to adopt costing software to improve the accuracy of your estimates and optimize your quoting processes, it is crucial not to underestimate the importance of training and technical support.
In a competitive and ever-changing market, industrial companies must find ways to improve their efficiency and profitability. One of the keys to achieving this is to adopt technological tools adapted to their specific needs. Price study software , such as QDV (Quick Devis) software, offers numerous advantages to industrial companies by allowing them to simplify and optimize their estimation and quote processes.
Automating a window manufacturer's processes to better meet demand, yes… But where to start? The use of Visual Components 3D simulation software made it possible to identify the best sources of yield optimization, before investing.
The remote monitoring industry requires demonstrating operational excellence at all levels, starting with quotes. Manage the diversity of needs, the multiple combinations of products and labor, the associated service offerings, the legal requirements… All quickly and while limiting errors? A challenge that Nexecur took on by choosing QDV!
Many building and civil engineering companies have started using the Pentagone 6 software from the company Logik because it perfectly met the challenges of their sector of activity. After the software was discontinued by the publisher, they are looking for an alternative. To date, QDV software is the best replacement solution.
Faced with numerous maintenance issues with their Excel-based quoting application, the PROCESS SYSTEMS team was looking for a solution that offered reliability, time savings and scalability. His choice fell on QDV7
Many needs to structure quotes to best adapt to each client with a rigid ERP quote module? Monnier has chosen to equip itself with QDV business software to improve the operational efficiency of their costing process.
PHŒNIX CONTACT has chosen an encryption solution connected to the ERP for real-time access to stock and replenishment data for more than 60,000 references
To deal with the obsolescence of their Excel-based quoting application, MAF RODA was looking for a solution that could incorporate existing functionalities while opening up the field of possibilities. The company selected QDV7 and called on Quotex for its implementation.
Configuration, Pricing and Quotation: While these features of CPQ software may seem clear to those in the know, for most the distinction from quoting software is difficult to make. What is it really, why do you need it, what are the advantages, how to choose it? Quotex explains everything to you!
If its name seems to clearly express its primary functionality, price study software goes further than simple quoting software and offers you numerous advantages. Calculation of cost prices and sales prices, consideration of risks, customer vision vs. business vision... It's not easy to find your way around the key functionalities you might need. In this article, we explain everything to you!
Faced with the success of the SEPEM Industrie exhibition in Angers which took place from November 2021. Quotex is proud to announce its presence at the Global Industrie exhibition from May 17 to 20 in Paris Nord Villepinte. The major international industry meeting will be held for its 4th edition this year with
One of the keys to success for a systems integrator is to be able to provide rapid and accurate proposals to its clients. Production simulation software saves time on layout design and modifications after customer feedback. For integrators
Faced with the success of the Global Industries trade fair in Lyon in September, Quotex has decided to present its solutions to you again and this time, it is in our region in Angers at the SEPEM industries trade fair, from November 23 to 25, on the stand G45. This is the opportunity to meet you and
There are many misconceptions about purchasing workflow simulation software: cost, learning curve, compatibility or functionality that already exists in other products. Find out why they are not true and why such software can be useful to you. Proper planning – before
3D production simulation is one of the major trends in Industry 4.0. Learn about the different types of production simulation, simulation methods and their benefits in our comprehensive article. Table of contents The purchase of manufacturing machines and the arrangement of production lines and warehouses are not
Many companies test their factory expansion plans through simulation before final investment. Process modeling software allows you to discover problems and find solutions in time. This article is an adaptation of an original article by Visa Noronen published in the special edition
Virtual commissioning software allows faster and earlier detection of possible errors when creating or modifying an automated production line. Total engineering time and prototype waste are reduced. What is virtual commissioning? Setting
Have you heard about industrial simulation software and are wondering if it's right for you? Between the optimization of production lines, pre-sales assistance for machines or even training, such software can provide value for very diverse issues. Find out how the
In this article, we will give you a brief introduction to offline robot programming and how you can use Visual Components software to streamline PHL. Key Benefits: Visual Components 4.0's open architecture makes it a highly customizable and powerful platform for developing
Product design and production are closely linked. To avoid errors that can have a dramatic impact on margins, it is essential to integrate production issues into the design, which can be facilitated by simulation software. “It is not always possible to bring
In this article, we take a closer look at production simulation software, a tool to help you manage the unpredictable nature of manufacturing planning. The challenge of industrial planning We know the challenges that production engineers face every day. Manage
What are industrial simulation and visualization technologies really? Why are they useful in the manufacturing context and how do they complement each other? When 3D simulation allows you to produce data, visualization makes that data accessible. We are often asked questions about the differences between
Quotex will present its solutions at the Global Industrie show in Lyon from September 6 to 9, 2021, in partnership with Visual Components – Stand 1E4. As an official partner of Visual Components for France, Quotex will have the pleasure of representing the industrial 3D simulation solution during
Learn how workflow simulation can accelerate system integrators' sales processes with easy-to-use software with ready-to-use component libraries and the ability to quickly export content for their proposals. In recent years, we have noticed
In this case study, we will show you how DELFOI, a Finnish company specializing in industrial 4.0 solutions, took welding simulation to a whole new level with welding robot programming from Visual Components software. “We wanted to create products that were superior to applications
For labor, personnel and capital investment decisions, it is important to use valid production data. Production flow simulation modeling helps prepare for different scenarios, which is essential to improve understanding of the operational and financial impact of changes.
How to avoid making costly mistakes when planning a new production line? By using production systems simulation software! 3D manufacturing simulation technology brings spreadsheets to life and highlights global interactions
The manufacturing industry is evolving rapidly but certain beliefs remain stubborn. Fast and agile 3D simulation offers a real breakthrough to improve the design of industrial processes. The key: saving time, driving change. Manufacturing industry: many opportunities for improvement Old habits sometimes die
How to use 3D visualization software to improve alignment and cohesion between manufacturers and system integrators? Such software improves collaboration by reducing the risk of errors or oversights. Cohesion between integrators and manufacturers: a necessity in the industry Cohesion: a
Data visualization helps us make more sense and see what is not visible in the data itself. In the era of big data, visualization provides the missing link: utility. The latter is made possible thanks to simulation which provides rapid understanding
How can production and logistics teams use logistics simulation software to improve their communication? Presenting the data as a visualization ensures that the discussion focuses on the meaning of the data Manufacturing and logistics processes: from the difficulty of
Two often-conflicting priorities that system integrators face in responding to proposals are speed and accuracy. How do you get both? By using production line simulation software. Establishing 2D layout plans: a source of error Our numerous discussions with
Simulation software is of great help when it comes to selling a manufacturing planning project to management. It allows you to quickly design implementations, test them without stopping production, obtain statistics and finally have attractive deliverables to present. Bring
Learn how the design and sale of production lines can be accelerated using 3D simulation. Thanks to 3D simulation software, many companies reduce the time they spend on their commercial proposals and customer implementations. The key: gain
Programming industrial robots is not always simple. Using the simple robotics toolbox of Visual Components 3D simulation software, you can plan, design, test and simulate industrial robot work cells without having any programming or robotics knowledge. Why use the
In this case study, we will show you how the French group Faurecia, specialized in the production engineering of automotive equipment, used the 3D production simulation software, Visual Components, as a solution to develop and improve its existing production lines. Key Benefits: Simulation helps plan
In this case study, we will present to you how Erowa, a Swiss company and leader in industrial automation, reduced the workload in the pre-sales phase for layout designers using the 3D simulation software, Visual Components . Create custom models using simulation software
In this case study, we will see how FSK Engineering GmbH, provider of robot programming solutions describes 3D simulation of robots as fully functional. This makes it possible to simplify and bring the two-dimensional CAD drawing to life using the simulation software, Visual Components. Using simulation
In this case study, we will show you how Fill, a global mechanical engineering company, managed to optimize its resources, reduce its costs and optimize its production lines using production workshop simulation software, Visual Components. Visualization as a key selling point Fill GmbH
In this case study, we'll show you how independent robot integrator Fastems, a company specializing in industrial automation solutions, benefited from using robot programming software, Visual Components to double down on their robot offerings. sales. How did Fastems benefit from working with Visual
Learn how In-House Solutions, a manufacturing solutions provider, gained flexibility in application development and significant time savings in offline robot programming with Visual components 3D simulation. Powerful simulation software for offline robot programming
The digital twin and virtual commissioning are two concrete applications of Industry 4.0. Find out how they allow manufacturers to save time and avoid errors in their design and optimization of production lines. At the dawn of the fourth industrial revolution, we are witnessing a
In this case study, we will show you how FIRAC, a SNEF Group company specializing in the design and integration of robotics and automation, used the 3D simulation software, Visual Components to automate a process of manual subassembly in an automobile manufacturing plant
In this case study, we will show you how Europlacer, the world's largest independent supplier of SMT pick-and-place machines, uses 3D simulation software, Visual Components to design and sell assembly solutions to international customers of the electronics industry. Key Benefits: Efficient response flow
In this case study we will show you how MBFZ toolcraft GmbH used the production workshop simulation software, Visual Components to develop a robotic system for automated assembly for a bathroom furniture manufacturer and create the first production plant “size of
In this case study, we'll show you how FLEXLINK, a Swedish manufacturer of flexible and modular conveyors and industrial automation equipment, partnered with 3D simulation software, Visual Components to bring their vision of a tool to life 3D design and visualization. Key Benefits: Powerful, customizable platform
In this case study, we'll show you how AGCO, one of the world's leading agricultural machinery manufacturers, used Visual Components to model complex production equipment and workflows with the digital twin. This made it possible to optimize production cells, processes
In this case study, we will show you how NIMAK GmbH, the inventor of the robotic welding gun and a leading manufacturer in the field of industrial assembly technology, uses factory simulation software, Visual Components to improve marketing, sales and standing out from the competition
In this case study, we will show you how PEMAMEK uses their powerful software, PEMA WeldControl, as both a programming and offline sales tool for their robotic welding solutions, and why they chose to create the programming software offline on the platform
In this case study we will show you how GUDEL, one of the world's leading suppliers of automation, linear and drive technologies; used workflow management software, Visual Components to plan and design an automated solution for sorting, storing and palletizing tires
Find out how Kuka, a company specializing in industrial robots and automated production services for industries, shortened the time between the design and production of its robot programs using robot programming software, Visual Components. A ready-to-use solution thanks to the software
Do you want to make your lessons more enjoyable for your students? Discover how 3D simulation software for schools is both an educational asset and a vector of employability in industry 4.0. To teach or not to teach using 3D simulation software? A good
When you are a supplier of technical equipment, for example special machines, you never encrypt the same thing and our encryptors are generally quite keen on IT and more particularly Excel. The encryption solution is ready since it appears on all users' workstations in person (if
Approaching projects from a global cost perspective and dynamic is a growing approach in France and elsewhere. The overall cost in construction is the sum of the investment, operation, maintenance and end-of-life costs of a building over a specific period. Fill
Quotex presents industrial 3D simulation in virtual reality at the Proxinnov technical day Quotex will be present at the Proxinnov technical day on June 24 in La Roche-sur-Yon to present its Visual components offer. This day dedicated to virtual reality and augmented reality aims to
The health crisis has hit the world of culture in general and Hellfest in particular hard. Although the founders sold their souls to the devil (otherwise how can we explain this success?), Europe's largest extreme music festival also suffered. To bounce back, gain
Jean-Claude is an old hand, he started at the bottom of the ladder at Harcelor and he is now responsible for purchasing services on heavy handling installations, therefore with strategic investments. He does not travel for projects worth less than 5 million
Ludovic* is a business engineer within a well-known industrial ETI but whose name we will not mention for obvious reasons. His mission in the company is to carry out estimates and commercial offers in an international and very technical environment. Ludovic's company is a leader in its field of activity
It is well known that TRUMP plays golf very often, he also cheats a lot which is very bad. Since his inauguration in 2017, he has visited a golf course 262 times. Here in France, we have few presidents who play the white ball, yet golf knows
With factories idling around the world and many of us now working from home, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a rapid and severe impact on the world we live in. While most of us are going through difficult times, it is also
In this case study, we'll show you how KONE, a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, uses Visual Components to improve productivity and reduce time to market. Key Benefits: Faster decision making and more effective communication with stakeholders
In this case study, we will show you how FFG Feeler, a premium brand of the FFG Group, the world's leading manufacturer of machining centers and grinding machines, used Visual Components to design and optimize a flexible manufacturing system. Fair Friend Group (FFG) is an industrial conglomerate based
With Delfoi ARC and Visual Components, Ponsse was able to reduce the programming time of a robot by several days. Ponsse, a global leader in forestry machinery Ponsse Plc. is a Finnish company specializing in sales, service, manufacturing and technological development related to forestry cutting machines
In this article, we will briefly introduce you to the concept and functionality of process modeling, a major new feature in Visual Components 4.2. A major new feature that was introduced in Visual Components 4.2 is Process Modeling: a fast, simple, and visual way to
In this case study, we'll show you how MIDEA, the world's largest producer of major appliances, used Visual Components to improve the capacity and flexibility of a high-end washing machine assembly line while reducing costs of 15%. THE
What are Partner Days? The Quotex team braved the cold for three days in Helsinki, Finland for the Visual Components Partner Days. Annual event aimed at bringing together all the partners (distributors and other subsidiaries) of the Scandinavian company. During these three days,
From February 11 to 13, 2020, the Quotex company will be present at the SEPEM exhibition in Grenoble to present its products and its support towards healthy and efficient digitalization of your businesses. After a successful Angevin edition with our partners at Proxinnov, here we are this time
To better support you in 2020 and allow you to accelerate your digitalization processes, we are launching short video tips on our software. We started of course with QDV. Every two weeks we will post a little tip which we hope will allow you to better use our software.
Nadim joins Quotex as a sales representative for the Visual Components solution. 3D simulation software for industry. Interview with Nadim What is your background? Young graduate of ECAM Rennes, where I had the opportunity to do a work-study program in the automotive industry. I was able to develop my skills in management
In 2019, we are adding a string to our bow with the 3D simulation solution, VISUAL COMPONENTS. At the end of January, we followed an intensive 3-day training course on the solution in order to discover its many facets. Program and results of the 3 days of training From the end of the
At the end of last year we participated in Robot4Manufacturing, a robotics business convention organized by PROXINNOV. During this event aimed at connecting principals and suppliers of robotics solutions, we made initial contact with the company VISUAL COMPONENTS, offering 3D implantation software.
How are you ? “Damn the routine! » Yes, routine is often seen as negative and to be avoided at all costs. In a professional environment, no one would be satisfied with having routine days and having to carry out the same tasks every day. How boring ! And yet if we make the parallel
You are at QUOTEX, specialist in pre-sales solutions. As such, why exhibit at Robot4Manufacturing? Indeed, we specialize in pre-sales solutions, which includes the creation of price studies, quotes and commercial offers. We are a member of Proxinnov and this meeting is entirely in line with our
The amelioration keeps going ; the PDCA; the Deming wheel; Management by quality; The QMS; The Kaizen method... so many different names for one and the same idea: The desire to improve. Today many companies are certified “Quality Management – ISO 9001”, which is sometimes not
Excel, the software for everything! Microsoft has just launched its new version of Office. Even more powerful, Excel 2019 will be able to convert a photo into a data table, we are told. However, nothing revolutionary has been announced for devisors or ciphers of all kinds. It will not yet be possible
We all have at least one contact in our circle who regularly talks to us about the implementation of SAP in their company. " What a pain ! », “We’ve been at this for 3 years. », “A real gas factory” are the litanies that go
This Thursday, June 7, our annual seminar took place, this time at the GOLF of Saint Sylvain d'Anjou, in the Angevin area. We would like to thank all the participants, your presence played an essential role in the success of this event. First of all, a thank you to all our customers who
Is a cipher a good golfer? This is what we are going to check on June 7 during our next seminar, the second of the name. Last year we opted for an exclusive and chic place on the Place Angevin, namely the Donnadieu salon. Given the success of this first edition
Some companies choose to work with Excel in the management of their multi-year service contracts, at the risk of being rejected or, more seriously, losing the contract (we have seen some!). Origin of the project: format imposed by the contracting authority SYDEV (Syndicat des Energies de Vendée) or the
The advantages of working in a business incubator. For 4 years now, QUOTEX has been hosted in the Weforge co-working space in the city center. Working alone it was interesting to be able to share the experience of entrepreneurship with other individual entrepreneurs. Finding quality partners In our activity as a price study solution integrator,
Quotex has developed an interface with the Salesforce tool at the request of a major player in finishing works. Origin of the project: harmonization of practices This company of 800 people works mainly for administrations, ministries and social landlords by responding to public contracts known as tenders. In others
Or when a user demos the benefits of your solution for you! Origin of the project: We*ya is good but QDV7 is fast Which salesperson has not already heard the famous maxim: “Okay, now it’s good but we’ll have to sell it internally!” ". Implied, people are convinced by
With the aim of always improving the training of its customers, Quotex is launching its YouTube channel, a bank of educational videos around the QDV7 software. Purpose of the channel We are developing a complete user journey so that you can find here all the steps for creating a quote with QDV7.
My code name is A421… I was created in 2150 but I return to the past in the TERMINATOR way, neither to destroy you, nor to protect you but to help you consult suppliers with QDV7! Indeed, I am an e-learning module presenting this new functionality
How do you use social networks, particularly LinkedIn? In a recent study we conducted, the majority use of social networks was oriented towards job searching. It's true that it's an ideal place to develop your network and get in touch with a future employer. But it's not
Design approach for construction configurators I completed an eight-week professional internship in the QUOTEX company, in order to complete my training, my knowledge of this environment and the requirements linked to the exercise of my future job. This internship was an opportunity to raise my awareness of the evolution of
Birth of the QUOTEX ACADEMY! Today we are launching our first e-learning module. We would like to respond to the various requests we have received regarding the provision of educational resources. Always at the cutting edge of technology, we did not want to limit ourselves to producing the endless spiral user manuals
In partnership with the company QUOTEX, it was a question of putting 8 teams of 3 students from the specialties of the BTS of Saint Aubin into competition. The BTS Electrotechnical, CG and CIM specialties took part. The assessment focused on the technical, creative and economic abilities of the students. The launch of the CHALLENGE took
On November 29, 2014, I completed the BAC+5 Business Management continuing education cycle offered each year by ESSCA (Angers Business School). Two years earlier I had chosen to join this course to develop my knowledge in the field of business management. Coming from a technical background and having
During my course at ESSCA completed in November 2014, I presented as an entrepreneurial project a new concept of a platform for exchanging technical expertise around the QDV7 software: OTEXIS Platform. For our fans (don't be modest!), this name is evocative. We decided to give it more scope. Its goal
When contacting a customer for a demonstration of QDV7, he informed me that it would not be worth it because following careful consideration (!) they finally decided to develop an internal solution on... EXCEL. This decision is a double strategic error for this SME and here is why. THE
Place for young people! After more than 20 years of good and loyal service rendered to more than 30,000 estimators around the world, QUICK DEVIS 6 will gradually give way to its direct online descendant, the aptly named QDV7. Why QDV7 and not R2D2? On the one hand because
The profession of road driver is constantly evolving. We no longer drive a truck like we did 10 years ago and in the age of Galileo and autonomous driving, we don't know exactly what it will look like in 10 years. At the start of the 2018 school year, technology regarding