Customer portals & automated quoting

Are slow quotescosting you customers?

When every quote waits on a person, customers wait too. We build connected self-service portals that apply your approved pricing and business rules, so eligible requests are answered right away and your team handles the exceptions.

A team discussing customer requests and next steps

Sound familiar?

  • Quotes depend on a few people and a manual back-and-forth.
  • Customers chase status by email and phone.
  • Sales teams cannot keep up with request volume.
  • Pricing rules live in spreadsheets and people’s heads.

How we approach it

  1. 01Map the requestWe follow a real quote from first request to answer, with the people who handle it, and agree which requests are safe to automate.
  2. 02Encode approved rulesPricing, eligibility and customer-specific rules are written down, approved by the business, then built into the portal.
  3. 03Connect the portal to the CRMRequests, quotes and customer history land in the CRM so sales and service see the same record.
  4. 04Launch with the people who use itInternal teams and selected customers test it first. We adjust before the wider rollout and train staff on handling exceptions.
How the IT+® process works

Client story · TriMas

How TriMas transformed customer quoting to serve customers faster and scale without adding complexity

The challenge

A complex, manual quoting process made it hard to answer customer requests quickly. Delays created administrative bottlenecks, strained internal resources and put time-sensitive opportunities at risk.

What DKomplex did

DKomplex collaborated with TriMas business teams to develop a connected customer self-service portal that streamlined quoting, applied approved pricing rules and reduced reliance on manual steps.

The wider initiative was led by TriMas teams. DKomplex was one contributor among several, and the results below describe the initiative as a whole.

Demonstrated

  • Eligible customer requests receive real-time quotes through the portal.
  • Approved pricing rules are applied consistently, without manual re-entry.

Business impact

  • Faster service: customers get pricing when they ask for it.
  • Greater capacity: more quoting activity with less manual handling.
  • Better customer experience: easier access to pricing.
  • A foundation the business can extend to other operations.

What this can change

Business impact

The operational effect this kind of work is designed to deliver.

  • Faster responses to eligible requests
  • More quoting capacity without adding manual steps
  • A consistent, easier customer experience

Potential benefits

What a similar project could achieve for you. Not a guarantee.

  • More opportunities answered while the customer is still deciding
  • Less time spent by sales on routine pricing
  • Clearer data on what customers ask for

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We work in both HubSpot and Microsoft Dynamics 365. The right choice depends on your people, your existing tools and your budget, not the other way round.

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