Who is Quotec for?

Overview

Quotec is designed for businesses and people involved in designing, quoting, supplying, manufacturing and delivering buildings and steel structures.

It supports the wider building ecosystem by helping information move between the people, teams and processes involved in taking a project from its first enquiry through to design, pricing, procurement, production and delivery.

Because different organisations play different roles in that process, Quotec is not used in exactly the same way by every business.

A shed retailer may use Quotec primarily for customer enquiries, design and quoting. A supplier may use it to receive and process orders. A manufacturer may rely on production or material information. An engineering business may work with design and documentation.

The common thread is that each business forms part of a larger project workflow, and Quotec helps keep the relevant information connected as that work progresses.

Businesses that use Quotec

Quotec can support a range of organisations involved in the building and steel-structure industry.

How each organisation uses Quotec will depend on its services, workflows, relationships and Quotec configuration.

Some organisations may use only a small part of the Quotec ecosystem, while others may use it across most of their business.

Shed and steel-building businesses

Shed and steel-building businesses are often involved in several stages of the project lifecycle.

Their workflow may begin with a customer enquiry and continue through:

Enquiry → Design → Pricing → Quote → Acceptance → Procurement → Production → Delivery

Quotec can help keep information connected throughout these stages.

For example, the dimensions and options established during design may contribute to the bill of materials and pricing. Once the customer accepts the project, that same information can support purchasing and ordering activities.

This helps the business move the job forward without repeatedly rebuilding the project information at each stage.

Suppliers

Suppliers form an important part of the connected workflow.

Once a building has been designed and the required materials identified, information may need to move from the business selling the project to the businesses supplying the components.

Depending on the workflow, this can include information such as:

• products and components

• quantities

• lengths

• colours

• specifications

• pricing

• delivery details

• supplier references

• purchase or supplier orders

Connecting this information helps create a clearer relationship between what was designed, what was sold and what ultimately needs to be supplied.

Manufacturers and rollformers

Manufacturing businesses often need highly specific information before they can produce components correctly.

Quotec may help provide or coordinate information such as:

• component types

• profiles

• material specifications

• quantities

• individual lengths

• colours

• project references

• production requirements

• delivery information

This creates a connection between the project information established earlier in the workflow and the physical components that need to be manufactured.

For manufacturers, the value of that connection is not simply convenience. Accurate upstream information helps reduce ambiguity and supports more reliable production outcomes.

Engineering and design businesses

Engineering and design businesses may use Quotec as part of the technical side of a project.

Their work can include:

• building design

• structural information

• drafting

• engineering documentation

• compliance information

• custom design requirements

• technical review

These activities often rely on information that has already been established during the customer, design or quoting process.

Keeping that information associated with the same project helps reduce the need to manually transfer project details between commercial and technical teams.

It also makes it easier for updated technical information to remain connected to the wider job.

Building and construction businesses

Builders and construction businesses may interact with Quotec at different points depending on their role.

Some may use Quotec to design and quote structures for their own customers. Others may primarily use project information produced by another organisation.

Quotec can help connect the commercial and practical sides of a project by making relevant information available for activities such as:

• quoting

• planning

• procurement

• documentation

• material coordination

• construction preparation

• delivery

This is particularly useful when a steel building or structure forms only one part of a larger construction project.

Installation and construction partners

Installers and construction partners are generally involved later in the project lifecycle, but they still depend heavily on information created earlier.

They may need access to information such as:

• project details

• building dimensions

• drawings

• specifications

• material information

• engineering documentation

• delivery details

• construction requirements

Quotec helps maintain the connection between the project that was originally designed and sold and the information required to physically construct it.

People who use Quotec

Within each organisation, different people may interact with different parts of Quotec.

Different people may use different parts of Quotec depending on their responsibilities, permissions and the way their organisation operates.

Different roles, shared project information

One of the important ideas behind Quotec is that these roles do not necessarily work in isolation.

Consider a single project.

A salesperson may begin by speaking with the customer.

A designer may then define the building.

An estimator or pricing process determines the cost.

The customer receives a quote.

A purchasing team may then arrange the required materials.

Suppliers and manufacturers prepare the components.

Operations coordinate the project.

An installer ultimately constructs the building.

Each person is performing a different task, but they are all contributing to the same project.

Quotec helps maintain the connection between the information each person needs.

Working across the business

Quotec is not limited to a single step such as design or quoting.

Its purpose is to help connect related information across the wider business workflow.

For example, information created during an enquiry may later become relevant to:

Design
What is being built?

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Pricing
What does the proposed building cost?

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Quoting
What is being offered to the customer?

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Materials
What components are required?

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Procurement
Where will those components come from?

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Production
What needs to be manufactured or prepared?

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Delivery and construction
What needs to arrive, where and in what form?

The exact path will vary between businesses, but each stage relies on information created elsewhere in the workflow.

Keeping that information connected can reduce unnecessary handoffs, repeated data entry and the risk of different teams working from different versions of the same project.

One ecosystem, different perspectives

Different Quotec users will naturally see the same project from different perspectives.

A salesperson may think of it as a customer opportunity.

A designer may think of it as a building design.

A purchasing team may see a bill of materials and supplier orders.

A manufacturer may see a production requirement.

An installer may see a building that needs to be constructed.

Quotec helps connect these perspectives around the same underlying project.

This is what allows information to move through the business without each stage becoming an entirely separate process.

Your Quotec experience

The Quotec features available to you will depend on:

• your organisation

• your role

• your permissions

• the products and services your business provides

• your organisation's suppliers and partners

• your configured workflows

• the Quotec products and services your organisation uses

You therefore may not see every area described in the Quotec knowledge base.

As you work through the documentation, focus on the areas that relate to your role and your organisation's workflow.

The broader principle remains the same:

Quotec connects the people, information and processes involved in turning a project into a completed building.

Need More Help?

Continue exploring Quotec through the following resources:

• Release Centre – Discover the latest product updates and new features.

Need assistance?

📧 support@quotec.com.au
📞 (02) 5302 8357

Built for those who build.

Quotec is continually evolving through feedback from our members and ongoing investment in the Australian shed industry.