Generate Quotation and BOM Directly from SLD with AI Power
Product Feature | Switchonomy
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Most panel businesses use their quotation software to build estimates. But your quotation process is also your sales process. How fast you respond, how professional your proposal looks, how well you follow up — all of this decides whether a quote turns into a confirmed job or goes quiet.
Switchonomy is built to handle every step of that journey — from the moment an enquiry arrives to the moment the client says yes.
The six stages from enquiry to confirmed job
Stage 1 — Capture the enquiry before it gets lost
Every sale starts as an enquiry. In most panel businesses, enquiries arrive by phone, email, or WhatsApp — and disappear just as quickly. Someone forgets to follow up. No one knows who owns it. The opportunity goes cold before a quote is even built.
The fix is simple: log every enquiry as a project record the moment it arrives — with the client's name, contact details, project type, follow-up date, and probability.
In Switchonomy: Create Project captures everything from day one — customer name, company, contact number, address, follow-up date, and project probability. The enquiry is logged, assigned, and visible to the whole team immediately.
Stage 2 — Respond faster than the competition
When a client sends the same enquiry to three panel businesses, the one that responds first with the most complete proposal usually wins. The problem is that most panel businesses can't respond quickly because their quoting process is slow — manual price lookups, spreadsheet builds, formatting, chasing the design team for a drawing.
In Switchonomy: The complete workflow takes under 10 minutes. A professionally formatted quote with a panel layout drawing and BOM is ready to send within the hour of receiving an enquiry.
Why speed converts: The first complete, professional proposal sets the benchmark. Every quote the client receives after yours is measured against it.
Stage 3 — Send a proposal that wins on professionalism
A complete proposal — accurate pricing, a clear scope, a professional document, a panel layout drawing, and a BOM — builds trust before any conversation takes place. It shows the client you understood the specification and you take the job seriously.
In Switchonomy: Export PDF gives you the Quotation PDF and BOM PDF in one click. The panel layout drawing is generated automatically. All three are ready from the same estimation page — attach them all to a single client email.
Stage 4 — Track every quote and follow up at the right time
Sending a quote is the middle of the sales process, not the end. Most panel businesses have no structured way to manage this. A quote gets sent. Days pass. The opportunity quietly expires.
In Switchonomy: Every estimation has a Status field — draft, submitted, approved, in progress. Follow-up dates are set at project creation and visible to the whole team. No quote goes quiet without the team knowing it needs a nudge.
Stage 5 — Give clients direct access and cut the approval delay
Approval delays often have nothing to do with the price. A question goes unanswered. A document gets sent in the wrong version. Every friction point between submission and approval is time the client can spend looking at a competitor's quote.
In Switchonomy: Share Switch creates a dedicated login for the client. They access their project record, review the quote, check the drawing, and access documents directly — without waiting for your team to forward anything. Approval cycles shorten because the information is always accessible.
Stage 6 — Close the job and set up the next one
When the client approves, the project moves into delivery in the same platform. When the job is complete, the configuration is saved so the next similar job starts from a proven baseline, not a blank page.
In Switchonomy: Duplicate Estimation reuses proven configurations for similar future jobs. Add to Favourites saves panel designs for instant access. Every closed job makes the next one faster.
The complete flow: Enquiry logged → Project created → Quote in <10 min → Drawing generated → Proposal sent → Status tracked → Follow-up on time → Job confirmed
Four things that determine whether a panel quote converts
Speed of response: The first complete, professional proposal sets the benchmark. Switchonomy gets you there in under 10 minutes. Proposal completeness: Quote + drawing + BOM in one document. Clients don't have to ask for what they need — it's already there. Pricing accuracy: Live pricing from a regularly updated database. No stale rates. No margin surprises. Follow-up discipline: Every quote has a follow-up date. Every status tracked. No opportunity goes quiet.
The bigger picture
Each of these six stages improves your conversion rate. But together, they build something more valuable — a reputation for being fast, thorough, and reliable. The panel businesses that grow consistently don't just quote well. They manage the commercial process around the quote just as carefully as the technical work inside it.
Your electrical panel quotation process is not just an administrative function. It's your sales process. And Switchonomy is built to run it — from the first enquiry to the confirmed job — professionally, efficiently, and without anything falling through the cracks.
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