DefineTheBox

DefineTheBox is a method of workflows using Microsoft Dynamics focused on data for your customers’

Configure Price Quote is the entry point to Consider the Business Expenses, Cost, Delivery Times, Time to value, Margins, Profit and Loss requirements for Operation

The Target Audience:  

Business Owner Operators, Sales Teams, Order Takers, and Resource Planners to meet User Requirements from Customer and address Risks in Quality that could affect your reputation.

Prerequisites: To Complete a Quote there are prerequisites, you will need a Price List for the Customer you are quoting and Products on the Price List

Terms to Learn: Product, Cost, List Price, Price List, Document Generation, Quote, Pricing Method such as Percentage Margin from Cost, Percentage Markup from Cost, and  Percentage of List

Configure Price Quote

Configure Price Quote

Map Customer Assets and Requirements scope to quote

Risk Management

Define Risks, Corrective and Preventative Actions, and the processes that assure Quality

Asset Tracking

Generate updated Documentation

Manage Quotes Down to Every Contact

User interface displaying a contacts section with options to add new contacts, refresh, and run reports, showing no existing records.
Contact creation form with fields for first name, last name, job title, account name, email, phone numbers, business description, and address details.
User interface displaying a contact summary with options for quotes and directions.

After Adding the Quote Name to the Contact Start Adding Products to the Quote

Screenshot of a user interface displaying a contact summary, including fields for customer details and associated quotes.

The Quote should become a Purchase Order

Add Products, map the Products down to the Customer’s Asset, and the Serial Number of the Product used to server the customers’ needs

The Serialized Product can be tracked through Return Material Authorizations from Product Warrantee to serving your customer

Form interface displaying fields for entering product details, including customer asset ID, serial number, product selection, and unit.

If a new product is part of the quote it will require creating a Product and adding the Product to a Price List

Activate the Quote to Lock the Pricing of the Quote, once the Quote pricing is locked it can be turned into an Order

Screenshot of a software interface showing 'Test Quotes' with details like total amount, effective dates, and a products section.

Create an Order from the Activated Quote

Screenshot of a digital interface displaying a quote summary with fields for quote ID, revision ID, total amount, products, and actions like 'Create Order' and 'Revise'.

See Layer1Holdings.com/Orders or the DefineTheBox.com to access the app published in Microsoft App Store.

Create Order modal for converting a quote into an order with fields for Status Reason, Date Won, and Description.