Use case · Estimating

Estimating that gets to a price the same way every time.

Solomon turns estimating into a governed workflow — pricing, options, approvals, and follow-up tied together instead of living in someone's truck.

The problem

Why estimates leak margin.

Pricing decisions made in driveways, with inconsistent options and no follow-up, quietly bleed margin and conversion at the same time.

  • Pricing depends on who's quoting.
  • Good/better/best presentation is informal at best.
  • Approvals and discounts aren't governed.
  • Unsold estimates die in inboxes.
Capabilities

Capabilities for governed estimating.

Templated estimates

Options, inclusions, and price logic codified — not improvised.

Approval workflows

Discounts and exceptions follow a real path, not a side text.

Live estimate status

Sent, viewed, accepted, stalled — visible to the people who can act.

Sold-job handoff

Won estimates flow into scheduling and dispatch without re-keying.

Estimate analytics

Win rate, avg ticket, and option mix — by tech, by source, by week.

Stalled-estimate recovery

Quiet quotes don't sit forever; they trigger structured follow-up.

How it works

From scope to signed.

  1. Step 01

    Scope

    Job captured against templated, governed pricing.

  2. Step 02

    Present

    Customer sees clean options, not a hand-written number.

  3. Step 03

    Approve

    Exceptions and discounts route through real approval.

  4. Step 04

    Convert

    Sold work flows downstream cleanly; stalled work gets worked.

In practice
Estimating used to be the part of the operation we couldn't really see. Now it's the part we can talk about with numbers.
Operations leader
Outcomes

What changes.

average ticket
close rate
margin leakage
re-keying into ops
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FAQ

Common questions

Does Solomon replace the tools we already use for estimating?+

No. Solomon governs how work moves through your existing tools and adds the operational layer that's currently missing.

How long does it take to deploy?+

Most operators are running their first workflows within days, focused on the highest-leverage handoff first.

Will the team have to change how they work?+

The interfaces look familiar. What changes is what the operation can see — and what it can act on.

How is success measured?+

Throughput, drift, and rework are the honest metrics. Solomon makes them observable.

Make estimating a real function of your operation.

Solomon is the layer that turns operational intent into operational reality.