building a quote calculator for a printing company with the help of ai (part 01)
one week ago, just before leaving for sardinia, i told you that a friend who runs production at a printing company had called me.
even if my usual work is with real estate companies, i wanted to help in this project.
he told me about a problem in their large format printing department.
printing jobs can use many different materials, sizes, options and prices. but most erp systems are either not flexible enough for their needs or too complex for the team to use every day.
because of this, the people preparing quotes still calculate prices by hand using this excel price list.
the team is experienced and has worked this way for years. giving them a complicated tool or system now would only make their job harder.
so the first goal is simple.
understand how they work and build something easy to use that helps them prepare quotes faster without changing everything.
this excel file is where the project started.
before writing any code, i needed to understand what was inside it and how the team actually calculates a quote.
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sardinia’s over
needed that, beaches, good food, slow mornings. now i’m back.
laptop’s open, full prospecting mode so we can smash q4 at @elidpartners.
tonight i got to catch up on all the ai news i missed. clients expect me to be on it.
vacation’s done. it’s time to build.
Échange constructif ce soir avec @elonmusk autour du dispositif Full Self-Driving (FSD) de Tesla.
Depuis plusieurs mois, les autorités françaises travaillent étroitement avec @Tesla sur les adaptations techniques qui permettront à la France de soutenir son homologation, qui sera décidée au niveau européen dans les prochaines semaines.
Avec la mise à disposition de deux véhicules équipés de FSD par Tesla, nous entrons désormais dans une nouvelle étape : celle des essais sur route.