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On our blog you will find tips & tricks on topics related to the optimization of product development and the SIMILIA software. We give practical tips and recommendations or prepare interesting topics in an understandable way for you.

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02. Mar 2023

Calculation in toolmaking - process inquiries faster.

What are you calculating today?
Whatever you do: speed is the key.

Do you want to be faster and more effective in handling customer inquiries? This works for you, too.

Speed is of the essence when it comes to processing incoming inquiries, and calculating and preparing competitive offers. But it has to be fast. Yes, in hours and not after several days or weeks. But with the speed, the accuracy of the calculation in the tool shop must not be neglected. A mix of experience, process knowledge, know-how, and the right software tools such as Excel and Co. are the least that is needed. But that yes every professional has at hand for cost calculation in tool making. But what do you do when time is short and the requests start piling up? So you still need that certain something to be more successful than your competition. Read this article to find out how you can implement it effectively without having to tie yourself to yet another software logjam.

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11. Nov 2022

Optimize costing

Optimizing cost calculations and processing inquiries faster are essential factors that determine success or failure.

Initial situation: painstaking detail work

Recently, we were allowed to watch how incoming customer inquiries are processed in a metal processing company. From our observations, we wanted to develop recommendations for the team management to speed up the processes, because the response times were simply too long. By the time the quotes were submitted, it was usually too late and the requests were piling up...

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