Manufacturing Quote Automation & PO Intake | Brand Lens
RFQs wait in inboxes, purchase orders are retyped into the ERP and invoices wait on someone. We read the paperwork, draft the quote and the order, and leave the approval to you.
Quotes Out the Same Day, Orders Never Retyped.
RFQs wait in inboxes, purchase orders are retyped into the ERP and invoices wait on someone. We read the paperwork, draft the quote and the order, and leave the approval to you.
Why Brand Lens fits Manufacturing
- RFQ to quote. Drawings and requests are read, similar past jobs found and the quote drafted for your estimator to check.
- No retyping. Purchase orders are read and entered into your ERP, with anything that doesn't match flagged.
- Pipeline beyond referrals. Outbound and intent signals find buyers who need what your shop makes, before they post an RFQ.
Where the work slips
- Slow quotes. An RFQ waits three days for the estimator to get to it. What we build: Quote and estimate builder.
- Retyped orders. Every PO is keyed into the ERP line by line. What we build: Purchase order intake.
- Cash waiting. Invoices go out late and overdue ones get chased by hand. What we build: Invoicing and collections.
- Thin pipeline. New business depends on who happens to call. What we build: AI outbound (AI SDR).
What we would build first
- AI outbound (AI SDR) Finds the companies and people that match your best customers, writes personal email and LinkedIn messages, and keeps following up until a meeting is booked. Replies go to your team.
- Intent signals and data enrichment Spot companies that are hiring, expanding or researching what you sell, with verified emails and direct numbers for the right people.
- B2B website, SEO and AI search A site with a page for every product, industry and use case, written to rank on Google and be cited in AI answers.
- Quote and estimate builder A request for quote becomes a priced quote the same day, from your price lists, contract rates and stock, ready for a person to check and send.
- Sales follow-up and chasers Polite chasers until there's a decision, with every quote's status visible to the whole team.
- Purchase order intake Customer purchase orders read from email and PDF, entered into your ERP or accounting, stock reserved and confirmed with ship dates.
- Vendor purchase order agent Reorders from suppliers drafted when stock runs low, prices checked against agreements, deliveries tracked.
- Invoicing and collections Invoices raised on dispatch, statements sent, and late payers chased politely in your name until they pay.
- AI accounts agent Card receipts matched, purchase invoices read, coded and sent for approval, and the bank reconciled every week.
- Custom CRM and operations platform One system built around how you sell and deliver, when off-the-shelf forces you into its process.
- Field and shop-floor apps Photo inspections, job sheets, RFIs and change orders captured on a phone or tablet and sent to the office the same minute.
- Integrations and a data sync layer Your CRM, ERP, accounting and operations tools share one version of each customer, order and invoice.
- Dashboards and attribution From first touch to paid invoice, by channel, rep, product and customer, on one screen.
Usually starts with: Build and Managed. Manufacturers usually know which paperwork hurts most. We scope it in phases, starting with the quote or the order.