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Every BOQ price you send should be traceable to one drawing and one revision.

Quotation management for a panel shop is the set of rules that decides how a BOQ is priced, checked, numbered, sent, revised and closed. GullySales writes those rules with your estimating and sales people, builds the template and the register, and sets up a review of the quotes that did not become orders.

Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What quotation management means

Quotation management is the set of rules that decides how a quotation is built, approved, numbered, sent, revised and closed. GullySales writes those rules down with your team, builds the template and the quotation register, and sets up the review of quotations you lost and the reasons.

Last updated 18 Oct 2026.

For electrical panel manufacturers

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “The BOQ changes after the quote has gone”

    A consultant revises the single-line diagram, the contractor forwards the new sheet, and the price on the table was built from the old one. Without a revision number tied to the drawing, nobody can say which panel the buyer agreed to pay for.

  • “The estimate lives in one senior head”

    Pricing busbar, breakers, enclosure and labour is done by the person who knows the shop floor. When that person is at a site visit, the quote waits. A written checklist of what every estimate must cover lets a second person prepare it and the senior person only review it.

  • “Exclusions are told on the phone and forgotten”

    Transport, site erection, type-test charges and the make of the incomer are the lines a buyer disputes after the order. A quotation that states them in the same place every time removes the argument before it starts.

  • “Nobody studies the quotes that went nowhere”

    A shop sends out BOQ prices by the dozen and learns only from the ones it wins. Recording who it was sent to, which consultant wrote the spec and what happened afterwards shows which kinds of enquiry are worth the estimating hours.

What we do

What we deliver for electrical panel manufacturers.

The work available for this need. We agree the deliverables and responsibilities for your engagement in writing.

  1. A panel quotation template

    One layout with the scope, the make list, exclusions, validity line, payment terms and the drawing reference, written in the words a procurement team expects to read.

    Result: Two people can prepare a quotation and the buyer sees the same structure each time.

  2. An estimating checklist

    A one-page list of what an estimate must include before it goes for review, from enclosure and busbar to wiring, testing and packing.

    Result: You can check a finished estimate against the list and see what was left out.

  3. Numbering and revision rules

    A method for numbering quotations by enquiry and revision, with the drawing number noted against each one.

    Result: Any quotation can be traced to the drawing it was priced from.

  4. Approval limits

    A short note of who may issue a quotation and who must review it, set by you according to value and discount.

    Result: The owner stops reading every quotation and still sees the ones that need a decision.

  5. A quotation register

    A shared sheet listing buyer, consultant, project, revision, owner and status for every open quotation.

    Result: You can open it and see every quotation still waiting, with a named person against it.

  6. A review of lost and dormant quotations

    A short session on the closed register, noting the reason each one stopped.

    Result: You have a written list of reasons, in the buyers' words, to act on.

How the result is measured

  • Quotations issued with the approved template and a recorded approval
  • Open quotations with a version, validity date and named owner
  • Corrections sent after a quotation had already gone out

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

Who it is for

This is written for these electrical panel manufacturers.

  • LT panel, PCC and MCC builders for industrial plants
  • Distribution board and feeder pillar makers for housing and commercial projects
  • APFC and capacitor panel makers
  • Panel shops working as a vendor to switchgear brand channel partners
  • Fabricators of busbar trunking and rising mains
  • Panel builders for water and sewage pumping stations
  • Solar and DG synchronising panel makers
  • Panel shops serving elevator and HVAC contractors

Before you decide

Agree the work. Know how to judge it.

Quotation management for electrical panel manufacturers: use these checks to prepare, choose the scope, and review what changes.

Bring the right evidence

Bring a recent proposal and the buyer's original requirement. Mark the questions that remained unanswered and the assumptions your team made about scope or approval.

Make the scope clear

Agree the proposal structure, required evidence, pricing authority, and follow-up ownership. Keep commercial terms under the control of the person authorised to approve them.

Check the work in use

Ask someone outside the sales conversation to identify what is being offered, what is excluded, and how the buyer can decide. Check that the proposal matches the recorded requirement.

Know when to change course

If the buyer has not confirmed a real need or decision process, clarify those before producing a long proposal. More pages rarely resolve missing qualification.

These are discussion points, not a fixed package. GullySales confirms the deliverables, responsibilities, fee, and term in writing after reading your brief and speaking with you.

How it works

How the quotation management work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Collect what was sent

    You share recent quotations from inboxes, folders and WhatsApp, with the outcome where it is known. We map how each was built, who changed it and where the versions diverged.

  2. 2

    Agree the rules

    Your owner and sales lead set the approval limits, validity wording and who may issue. Accounts confirms the tax presentation and the adviser reviews the terms.

  3. 3

    Build the template and register

    We draft the template and the register, then fill the register with the quotations that are still open. Each entry gets a version, an owner and a next step.

  4. 4

    Test on live quotations

    Your reps prepare their next real quotations through the new route. We read what slowed them down and correct the template or the matrix.

  5. 5

    Hand over the routine

    A named person owns the register, and the sales lead owns the approval matrix. Follow-up of sent quotations moves to quotation and proposal follow-up if you commission it.

  6. 6

    Review what was lost

    The sales lead and we go through closed quotations by reason. Changes to the offer, the template or the rules are made by you, in writing, before the next round.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales management. A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3 · you are here

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.

Will you decide our panel prices or margins?
No. Prices and margins stay with the owner and the accounts lead. GullySales sets up the template, the checklist and the register so that the price you decide is built, approved and recorded the same way each time.
We quote on email and WhatsApp today. Do we have to stop?
No. The register records what was sent and where, whichever channel carries it. The aim is that the version the buyer holds is always the one in your sheet, so a quote sent on a chat is logged the same day.
How is this different from chasing the contractor?
Chasing a sent quotation is follow-up, which has its own service. This work sits before and around it: how the quote is built, numbered and approved, and what you learn when it is lost.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.

Your next practical step

Tell us what you are trying to grow, and we will read it before we call.

Eight short steps, mostly taps. Skip anything you would rather answer on the call.