A case for AI agents: quotations in hours instead of weeks

Speed is crucial in the industrial quotation process. Studies show that suppliers with short response times have a significantly better chance of being considered. At the same time, this very process is becoming a bottleneck for many suppliers: increasing product complexity, limited availability of skilled workers and a lack of end-to-end digitalisation often prolong the quotation process to several weeks.

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Synera's multi-agent platform resolves this conflict of objectives. AI agents with in-depth expertise and direct access to CAx, PLM and ERP systems take on key tasks in the tendering process – from component research and CAD and FEM analyses to cost calculation and production evaluation. This is made possible by a unique combination of large language models and more than 50 available software connectors in the Synera Marketplace.

The real breakthrough comes from the collaboration of several specialised AI agents in a multi-agent system. Coordinated by a supervisor agent, they work together like a virtual engineering team, exchanging information in real time and executing the entire process automatically – around the clock, scalable and without media breaks.

The result: quotation processes that previously took weeks can now be reduced to a few hours. Even with human counterchecks, suppliers can reliably submit qualified quotations within 48 hours, significantly increasing their competitive chances. At the same time, engineers are relieved of repetitive, time-consuming tasks.

The quotation process is just one example. Multi-agent systems show how engineering processes can be made more efficient overall, time-consuming tasks eliminated and new levels of productivity achieved.