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Process · Review and accept a quote

Review and accept a quote

Obtain an independent revision decision and record the customer's acceptance within the quote's validity.

Step by step

  1. Open the priced revision Pricing Reviewer

    Pricing Reviewer locates the quote in the review queue and confirms the owner, customer and organization. Read the priced lines and scope evidence before deciding.

    • Reviewer identifies the proposal under consideration
    • Updates Quotes, Quote lines, Record attachments
  2. Make the independent decision Pricing Reviewer

    Pricing Reviewer chooses Approve, Reject or Return and records a reason. The guarded action checks reviewer independence, the expected revision and expiry conditions, preserving decision and operation evidence.

    • Decision records source revision, Reviewer, Reason and operation key
    • Updates Quotes, Review decisions, Operation receipts
    ApprovalA person approves before the work moves on.
  3. Resolve returned work Quote Specialist

    Quote Specialist reads the decision reason and follows the agreed correction and revision procedure. Any changed proposal returns through pricing and review for a fresh decision on the new revision.

    • Specialist follows the recorded reason through controlled revision
    • Updates Quotes, Quote lines, Review decisions
  4. Record the customer's decision Quote Specialist

    Quote Specialist confirms the customer's acceptance and submits it for the approved quote revision. The acceptance action checks the current revision and validity before recording Accepted and its acceptance time.

    • Eligible approved quote becomes Accepted with accepted at
    • Updates Quotes, Record attachments, Operation receipts
  5. Prepare the downstream handoff Quote Specialist

    Quote Specialist checks the accepted scope and supporting files. The Accepted quote and its preserved lines provide the content for the configured order connection.

    • Accepted content and evidence are checked
    • Updates Quotes, Quote lines, Record attachments

Where it usually breaks

And how to keep it from happening.

  • The quote owner attempts to approve the same proposal they prepared.
  • A reviewer approves a revision that has already changed.
  • The customer responds after the validity date or against an earlier version of the offer.
Pricing Reviewer
, Quote Specialist, Auditor.

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