--- title: "Custom quotes wait nine days · WorkWeaver" description: "A made-to-order quote waits nine days on two engineers and a finance check. With WorkWeaver, it goes out the same morning, approved by the engineer." url: https://workweaver.ai/workflows/custom-quotes.md canonical: https://workweaver.ai/workflows/custom-quotes/ updated: 2026-10-21 --- Sales and production # Custom quotes wait nine days. A law firm asks for 60 desks. The price takes nine days. With WorkWeaver, it goes out the same morning. **34**custom quotes pending Quotes pending · Monday Age in days Red: over 5 ![A drawing of a desk with a custom cable tray, pinned to a drafting board under a lamp, late in the evening.](https://workweaver.ai/assets/img/custom-quotes/hero.webp) Where quotes are priced: at night, after the design work Sheet 1 of 4 A furniture maker ## One quote, pinned up sheet by sheet. Day 1 Mon **4 days**for engineering ### The enquiry A law firm sends a sketch on WhatsApp. The law firm, facilities 9:12 60 desks, custom trays. Need price. 9:13 Forwarded to engineering. **33 quotes** ahead of it. In India, the enquiry is often a photo of a sketch in a WhatsApp group, and the rate is checked in Tally. Enquiry Quote 4471 Day 1 Day 5 10:48 pm **5 days**for finance ### Priced from memory Ravi prices it at night, after a day of design work. Quote_4471_v7_FINAL.xlsx Saved 10:48 pm | Desk top, oak, 1600 × 800 | × 60 | | --- | --- | | Steel frame | × 60 | | Cable tray, custom | like the last one? | | Margin | ask finance | Costing sheet Version 7 Day 5 Day 9 Tue ### The margin check Five days in finance's inbox, for one check. Margin checked Day 9 · quote sent Margin check: quote 4462 Day 3 Margin check: quote 4471 Day 5 → 9 Margin check: quote 4474 Day 6 Finance Approval 5 days Day 9 4:20 pm ### The reply The law firm, facilities Thanks. We placed the order last week. 4:20 pm Lost Quote 4471 Day 9 ## Nine days of waiting. Under an hour of work. 9 days **Black:** the real work, under an hour **Red:** the quote waiting in a pile 4 in 10 of these buyers have already bought elsewhere. With WorkWeaver ## The same board, Monday morning. **0**custom quotes pending **Sent**Quote 4471 · matched to job 3890 · approved 8:40 · sent 8:41 Quotes pending · Monday Age in days All under a day ![Shelves of binders of past quotes, one pulled out and open](https://workweaver.ai/assets/img/custom-quotes/past-quotes.webp) 1,200 past quotes Job 3890 Matched 1. **Mon 8:10**The agent drafts the quote from 1,200 past quotes. 2. **Mon 8:40**Ravi approves over coffee. 3. **Mon 8:41**Quote sent, inside the finance rules. To Ravi, engineer · Mon 8:10 Quote 4471: 60 desks with custom trays. Matches job 3890 at +6% for the tray. USD 61,200. Approve? Ravi approves at 8:40. Sent at 8:41. To Nadia, owner · Week 1, Fri 34 custom quotes wait 9 days on two part-time engineers. USD 1.2 million of orders are older than 5 days. ![Desk tops and a steel cable tray stacked on a cart in a quiet furniture workshop](https://workweaver.ai/assets/img/custom-quotes/workshop.webp) The next slow step Week 4 Flagged ### Week 4: it finds the next slow step. To Tomasz, factory · Week 4 Custom orders are up 60%. Custom delivery is now 12 weeks, the slowest step. Move 2 teams to custom orders? Delivery drops to 6 weeks. Tomasz approves. Ravi approves in one tap, with the quote and photos attached. He spends his days designing furniture again. A furniture maker Before With WorkWeaver A custom quote 9 days Under a day Quotes waiting in the pile 34 0 Evenings engineers spend pricing Most nights None **How it works** The agent reads each enquiry, finds the closest past jobs in 1,200 old quotes, and drafts the price with today's material costs and the finance team's margin rules. The engineer approves, edits or rejects in one tap. Anything outside the rules goes to the owner first. Every team hit its own target, but the big quotes sat in a pile nobody owned. Clearing that one step moved the whole company: one agent carries the work across every department, reading and writing to one company-wide memory, and every change is tested on your own past work before it goes live. ## It works in the tools you already use. Only sales and production uses SolidWorks AutoCAD Fusion 360 SAP Business One Tally Prime Zoho CRM IndiaMART Every team shares WhatsApp Business Excel Slack Microsoft Teams Gmail and Outlook Zoom ## Find the one bottleneck that moves your whole company. Bring it to a 30-minute call. We'll map it with you. Book a call with Founder Human version: https://workweaver.ai/workflows/custom-quotes/