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From days to minutes:
how manufacturers cut quotation time without losing control

Most manufacturers don't lose deals because their product is wrong. They lose them because the quote arrives too late, or arrives wrong. In 45 minutes, we walk through what's actually broken underneath this symptom, and the five moves that close the gap.

 
Date
Coming soon
 
Duration
45 min + Q&A
 
For
Sales, ops, C-level
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  Anchor case

Cibes Lift Group went from 25 minutes to 1.5 minutes per configuration.

A 95% reduction. But the bigger story is what happened around it: the dependencies fell away, updates moved from months to days, and adoption grew from 1,600 to nearly 2,000 users across 50+ countries.

95%
Configuration time reduction
2x
Quotes handled, same headcount
20%
Revenue uplift on the same pipeline
Cibes Lift Group customer story
 
 
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How Cibes Lift Group scaled configuration globally
Elfsquad Roadshow · 10 juni 2026

Elfsquad in Action:
Transforming Configurations
at Apollo

Kom op 10 juni naar een exclusief Elfsquad-evenement bij Royal Apollo Group. Ontdek hoe Apollo configuratietechnologie inzet om complexe, klantspecifieke oplossingen schaalbaar te maken.

Datum
10 juni 2026
Locatie
Royal Apollo Group
Aanvang
12:45 — inloop
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What you'll learn

Days-to-minutes is not a software outcome. It's what happens when one shared model replaces seven hand-offs.

Three things you'll take away from the session, mapped to what's actually breaking in most quoting processes today.

 
01

Why "days" is rarely a software problem

The four patterns we see across every manufacturer that struggles with quote turnaround: knowledge in a few heads, Excel doing too much, the hand-off tax between systems, and the wrong people doing the work.

You'll recognise at least two in your own process.
 
02

The five moves that close the gap

One shared model. Guided selling at the front. Built-in guard rails that block impossible combinations. Start with one meaningful product. Dealers and partners self-serve. We walk through what each move actually looks like in practice.

Mapped to real implementations, not theory.
 
03

Who you need internally to make it work

A project leader accountable end to end. A system owner who keeps managing it after go-live. A handful of subject-matter experts. Why naming the system owner on day one matters more than any technology choice.

Why projects fail more often from people than from platforms.
Anchor case throughout the session

Cibes Lift Group: Swedish manufacturer of vertical platform lifts, sold across 50+ countries. We use their story as the through line, because it covers every move we'll talk about.

25 min
Before
 
1.5 min
After
Agenda

45 minutes. Plus 10 minutes of live Q&A.

You'll leave with a clear view of what's actually breaking in your quoting process, the five moves that close the gap, and what it takes to make the shift inside your own organisation.

 
A clear view of what's actually breaking
The patterns that turn a 1.5-minute configuration into a 5-day quote, and which ones likely apply to you.
 
A playbook that has worked across very different products
Lifts, boilers, cryogenic infrastructure, industrial laundry systems, sawing systems. Same direction of travel.
 
A practical view of who you need internally
The three roles that make or break this kind of shift, and why most teams underestimate one of them.
  45 min session
  10 min live Q&A
  Recording afterwards
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Save your seat

Join 45 minutes built for manufacturers who are tired of quotes that take days. You'll leave with a clear view of what's breaking, a playbook that has worked across very different products, and a practical sense of what it takes to make the shift inside your own organisation. No pitch. Just the mechanics.
Your speaker

Hosted by someone who's walked this path with manufacturers across Europe.

Not a vendor pitch. A conversation with someone who spends his days inside the quoting processes we're talking about.

Wessel de Haan

Wessel de Haan

Commercial Lead at Elfsquad

Wessel has spent more than a decade inside manufacturing businesses, first as a project engineer and supply chain manager, and now leading commercial efforts at Elfsquad. He works directly with manufacturers across Europe on the exact problem this webinar covers: turning customer-specific complexity into something the whole business can actually scale.

Recent conversations include manufacturers like Royal Apollo Group, Damen, McHale, Dewulf, Menzi Muck, and many more, all in different stages of the same shift from project-based quoting to one shared model.

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Most manufacturers don't lose deals because their product is wrong. They lose them because the quote arrives too late, or arrives wrong. That's the conversation we're having.

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14 mei 2025

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Join the session and walk away with a clear view of what's breaking in your quoting process, and the five moves that close the gap. No pitch. Just the mechanics.

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