Quoting system for housing components
View Patent ↗A quoting system for housing components, especially cabinets, includes a product database storing a plurality of product identifiers for different cabinet components, each having an associated cabinet style. The database also includes identifiers for products and/or services that are outsourced. The user need enter the description and product or service identifiers only once for an entire quote. The user can assign the pricing by style (or wood species).
1. A cabinet quoting system comprising:
a product database storing a plurality of internal product identifiers each having associated therewith one of a plurality of styles, the product database further including outsourced product identifiers, each of the outsourced product identifiers having a plurality of associated prices, each associated with one of the plurality of styles;
a user interface permitting a user to modify the associated prices in the product database for each of the outsourced product identifiers independently for each of the plurality of styles; and
a computer generating a quote based upon a selected style of the plurality of styles and based upon the associated price of the plurality of associated prices that is associated with the selected style.
2. The system of claim 1 further including a plurality of floorplans, the computer generating the quote based upon the floorplans and the price associated with the selected style.
3. The system of claim 2 wherein the plurality of styles represent a plurality of wood species.
4. The system of claim 1 wherein the plurality of styles is a plurality of wood species, such that each outsourced product identifier has associated therewith the plurality of wood species, each having associated therewith one of the plurality of prices.
5. The system of claim 4 wherein the quote is one of a plurality of quotes, and wherein the user interface permits a user to apply a modification of one of the plurality of prices for one of the plurality of wood species to the plurality of quotes.
6. The system of claim 5 wherein the quote is one of a plurality of quotes, wherein the user interface permits a user to apply a modification of one of the plurality of prices for one of the plurality of wood species to the quote.
7. The system of claim 4 wherein the product identifiers are cabinet part identifiers.
8. A method for generating quotes for cabinets by a computer and a computer database for a housing development including the steps of:
a) associating in the computer database each of a plurality of cabinet components with one of a plurality of styles wherein each of a plurality of cabinet components are associated with a stock keeping unit (SKU) number;
b) associating each of a plurality of outsourced SKUs with a plurality of prices in the computer database, wherein each of the plurality of outsourced SKUs are associated with one of the plurality of styles in the computer database;
(c) storing each of the plurality of outsource SKUs with a group and associating the group with a quote; and
d) generating the quote based upon the price associated with a selected one of the plurality of styles and a selected one of a plurality of floorplans.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein the quote in said step d) associates each of a plurality of floorplans with a total price.
10. The method of claim 8 wherein said step d) further including the step of selecting at least one of the plurality of cabinet components, and wherein said step d) is further based upon a price associated with the selected at least one cabinet component.
11. The method of claim 8 further including the step of storing the quote in the computer database.
12. A cabinet quoting system comprising:
a product database storing a plurality of internal cabinet component identifiers each having associated therewith one of a plurality of wood species, the product database further including outsourced item identifiers, each of the outsourced item identifiers having a plurality of associated prices, each associated with one of the plurality of wood species;
a user interface configured to select a selected wood species of the plurality of wood species; and
a computer generating a plurality of quotes based upon selections of wood species and based upon the associated prices that are associated with the selections of wood species, wherein the user interface permits a user to modify one of the plurality of associated prices for one of the plurality of wood species wherein the computer automatically applies the modification to the plurality of quotes.
13. The system of claim 12 further including a plurality of floorplan identifiers, the computer generating the quote based upon the floorplan identifiers and the price associated with the selected wood species.
14. The system of claim 12 wherein the quote is one of a plurality of quotes, and wherein the user interface permits a user to apply a modification of one of the plurality of prices for one of the plurality of wood species to the plurality of quotes.
15. The system of claim 12 wherein the quote is one of a plurality of quotes, wherein the user interface permits a user to apply a modification of one of the plurality of prices for one of the plurality of wood species to the quote.