MAF RODA: the leader in equipment for grading, sorting and packaging fruit and vegetables
For more than 60 years, MAF RODA AGROBOTIC has specialized in the development and manufacturing of lines for grading, electronic sorting and packaging of fresh fruits and vegetables. Market leader, the company has locations in 12 countries.
It provides its customers (food factories all over the world) with tailor-made, turnkey solutions. The quotes are therefore complex and very detailed, often lasting up to 40 pages. They take into account the material as well as the labor for the installation.
The challenge: Replace the “homemade” Excel encryption tool
The Excel application developed internally was increasingly difficult for the MAF RODA teams to maintain. However, it had many advantages, such as working in offline mode (a must-have for sales teams in the field) and configurators making it easier to create quotes.
Using a quote module in the ERP was not an option and MAF-RODA therefore looked for business software that could meet their specific needs.
The solution: QDV7
MAF RODA selected the QDV7 quoting software because it had the ability to operate in offline mode while allowing connectivity with external databases .
Quotex therefore proceeded with its integration into the MAF-RODA IS thanks to specific configuration and development.
This made it possible to integrate many advanced features into a simple environment for users, including:
- Recovery of the 4000 items from the price base
- Reintegration of the 400 existing configurators with improved ergonomics
- Import of plans and automatic establishment of the quote
- Automatic calculation of added value on a selection of items
- Deadline management
- Management of the level of detail depending on the country, to avoid revealing the nomenclature
- Generation of the commercial offer in a few clicks, with multilingual management
- Centralization of quotes in an SQL database by synchronization
- Packing management with macro for automatic export of the form
- Checking changes to amounts and labels
The results: time savings, flexibility and scalability
MAF-RODA salespeople save considerable time in creating and modifying quotes as well as creating commercial offers . They retain the ability to easily add information to their quote.
From an IT point of view, management is greatly simplified, drastically reducing the risk of errors. The API, with language developments in C#, facilitates connectivity with other information system applications.
QDV brings us all the functionalities of the old application and much more, with greater ease on a daily basis, whether in terms of use or administration. The flexibility and openness of the software allow us to calmly consider new functionalities.
