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Transforming Estimation: A Journey to Precision and Profitability with Quote Config

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This post was co-authored by Mark S, Operations Manager at a leading Denver-based painting company.

The residential and commercial painting industry is transitioning from fragmented, standalone estimation methods towards integrated, logic-based solutions. While many contractors still rely on “napkin math” or rigid software that forces them to change their workflow, successful operators are building next-generation bidding platforms that address the complex challenges of modern construction. Mark, an Operations Manager at a scaling painting firm in Denver, recognized that his legacy estimation solution—built upon a series of manual spreadsheets and fragmented vendor price lists—was ill-equipped to provide a unified view of project costs across his growing portfolio of commercial bids.

As his company’s lead volume expanded, the shortcomings of the legacy system became apparent. Several profit centers began to erode due to a “latency window” between the site walk and the proposal delivery. Estimates required a four-hour manual process to calculate surface areas and cross-reference material costs, often requiring a significant scheduling buffer to ensure accuracy. As data volume expanded, the potential for human error inflated, introducing calculation discrepancies that cost the company thousands in unrecovered material expenses. The proliferation of manual data entry began to overwhelm the sales staff, and recovering from these “blind spots” in the bidding process became a forensic accounting endeavor rather than a simple fix.
Recognizing the need for a fundamental architectural change in how they approached sales, Mark engaged Quote Config not merely as a software vendor, but as a custom solution partner to re-engineer their pricing logic. Unlike off-the-shelf tools that demand rigid adherence to pre-set templates, Quote Config worked to understand the specific “business logic” of the painting trade—how coverage rates change based on substrate porosity, surface finish, or how labor hours fluctuate with trim complexity. Fragmented spreadsheet calculations were replaced by a unified custom engine that serves as a single source of truth for pricing and production rates. This alleviated the need for sales reps to build custom workarounds for every complex commercial bid.
With this new logic at the center of their operations, the team was able to deliver a consistent view of their pricing to every client, regardless of which estimator walked the job. The results were immediate and measurable. Estimation latency was reduced from four hours to mere minutes, helping the company realize a 78% reduction in administrative time from the data ingestion to the proposal generation layers. Due to this newfound speed and accuracy, the team saw a 45% increase in weekly quote volume without adding headcount.
By stabilizing their pricing architecture and removing the friction of manual entry, the company achieved a 50% improvement in their win rate, driving an additional $180,000 in annual revenue. The partnership with Quote Config transformed quality management from a reactive struggle against spreadsheet errors to a proactive, “set-and-forget” experience where the focus remains on the customer, not the calculator.
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