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Open quotes re-priced when steel or copper moves
When a supplier price list or a metal index shifts more than your threshold, every open quote that depends on it is recalculated overnight; the customer gets a polite validity notice and you see which jobs would now be sold at a loss.
- Avg. time saved
- 2–5 h/week· ≈ 15 h/month
- Rollout
- CoreDays 15–35
- Who it is for
- Contractors, manufacturers, field ops
In short
Open quotes re-priced when steel or copper moves: When a supplier price list or a metal index shifts more than your threshold, every open quote that depends on it is recalculated overnight; the customer gets a polite validity notice and you see which jobs would now be sold at a loss. It typically gives back 2–5 hours a week to whoever does this by hand today. Built for: Contractors, manufacturers, field ops.
Typical hours saved per week for the people doing this by hand today, from the 2026 report's ranges. The AI writes what that time makes possible.
Example
Comes in
Supplier price list update: rebar +6.8%, structural steel +4.1%; 23 open quotes older than 10 days
The AI
- Recalculates material lines on every affected quote and recomputes the margin
- Drafts a validity note for customers whose quote expires within a week
Comes back
9 quotes still fine, 11 need a +3–5% revision, 3 would now be under cost; 14 customer notices ready to send
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