Pricing software for what type of business?
QDV7 adapts to the methods of all types of businesses from small businesses to large accounts : it can be configured as desired.
Whatever the profile of the company, you have to save time on quotes and be precise . QDV7 responds to this double problem.
Price research software for which sectors?
Whatever the sector of activity, the stages of the costing process are often the same: analysis of customer needs; development of a technical solution ; drafting a commercial offer then negotiation.
What changes?
The items and services sold on one side; each other's methods of calculating costs and sales prices. QDV7 has a range of functionalities and 3 modules allowing you to integrate your own data into a business tool in order to accelerate the creation of your commercial offers .
Price research software for what functions?
Depending on the size and organization of the company concerned, the people providing quotes may be technical sales representatives;
the estimators; bid or tender managers; cost estimators etc. QDV7 adapts to the requirements of each of these profiles according to their initial training and the complexity of the subjects covered, ranging from the costing of the installation of a sink to that of the construction of an EPR.
Why abandon Excel?
In a majority of companies EXCEL is the solution chosen for creating quotes. Excel is a real Swiss army knife, it allows you to do everything.
Besides, if a Swiss army knife can do everything, why do site crews need an entire container of tools? Quite simply because a Swiss tool allows you to do everything...wrong. We use it to troubleshoot an operation that we carry out occasionally and for which we do not have a specific, more efficient tool.
The same goes for EXCEL: it allows you to do everything...wrong. Like the Swiss army knife, it is perfect for helping out when you don't have the right tool.
To produce quotes, the specialized and adapted tool is QDV7.
The costing service is an unproductive service: quotes are often free. Consequently, the encryption department has become the poor relation of IT investment and it is better to take what everyone has at their workstation, namely EXCEL.
This is how most of the costing sheets developed in Excel are created by their own users, between noon and two, everyone has their own or that of their predecessor and no one knows how it works anymore.
It's time to change your perspective and equip yourself with an encryption tool worthy of the name: QDV7.
Are your needs specific and have you already taken a look at what exists?
This argument is often made against us, because it is true that there are many requests these days.
It is true that there are a significant number of price study solutions on the market. Some are very simple to implement but are very limited, others on the contrary are more complex to install but expensive.
QDV7 was developed by business engineers over 20 years ago for their own needs. It is therefore not software for computer scientists but rather pragmatic software which meets the expectations of estimators: to calculate quickly and precisely.
When we intervene to replace an existing solution, it is not to cover 20% or even 80% of needs but indeed 100% . The acquisition of QDV7 makes it possible to handle all matters: large and small, in a single tool.
How long does it take to implement QDV7?
We provide personalized support during the implementation of QOL7.
One to two day face-to-face training allows you to train lead users. They will configure QDV7 with existing resources in the company and then they will train other users on the use of the software as configured.
At the end of this training, it is not uncommon for QDV7 to be usable in real life.
Occasionally, other training courses (face-to-face or distance learning ) may complete this first course in order to go further in the integration of QOL7.
The integration of the company's know-how, for example the implementation of configurators, may take more time but this can be done gradually as it is deployed and adopted.
Why software dedicated to price studies?
QDV7 is a solution specially designed for price research unlike other solutions with a price study module such as CRM and ERP.
QDV7 was thought up and designed by business engineers who know the business and have gone through the problems that estimators encounter: quoting quickly and well.
Developed with this in mind, QDV7 is flexible, adaptable and fast . No need for IT knowledge to deploy and use it.
The article libraries can be shared with the rest of the company or specific to the quote department, which allows more flexibility and latitude in the creation of articles.
QDV7 allows you to manage the cost price and the selling price by taking into account the direct costs of the business as well as the overheads which will be broken down according to your own distribution keys. Nothing is imposed, everything depends on your methods.
In addition, QDV7 is not software that is used separately from the main information system, quite the contrary since a dll allows it to be interfaced in order to exchange the desired data at any time with other applications such as business software; CRM and/or ERP already in place in the company.
How to interface QDV7 with peripheral applications?
A dll allowing you to retrieve all of the information present in a QDV7 file and communicate it to a peripheral application such as a CRM or an ERP.
It is also possible to make the price libraries present in the ERP available to QDV7 users.
Can I create real, attractive commercial offers with QDV7?
QDV7 allows you to create commercial offers from an existing Word frame but in an automated way. It is a real Proposal Management software for those fond of anglicisms.
So when the technical study is completed, a commercial offer recovering the data from it can be automatically generated in word or PDF format in a few minutes (700 pages generated in one minute: who could say better?)
This offer includes the elements of the quote but also elements that can be stored on a server such as technical sheets or photos in order to provide the customer with the desired and relevant information.
Can I benefit from price libraries?
QDV7 can be accompanied by a subscription to manufacturer or distributor price libraries in a wide variety of fields such as construction, electrical engineering and HVAC.
Completed every day by new entrants, these libraries allow you to manage your own discounts on public prices and to have monthly updates.