What once required seven spreadsheets and up to 15 days of manual work can now be completed in minutes. For Açotubo, a major Brazilian steel supplier and processor, adopting Almacam Quote has transformed the way its teams prepare industrial quotations, analyze manufacturing costs, and share information with engineering.
Interview of Edilson Da Silva, Production Planning and Control (PPC) Analyst at Açotubo
Grupo Açotubo: A Leading Brazilian Steel Tube Supplier and Processor
Founded in 1974 and headquartered in Guarulhos, São Paulo, the Grupo Açotubo is a major Brazilian steel distributor employing 900 people. The group specializes in steel tubes, profiles, and industrial metal processing. Its production capabilities include fiber laser and plasma cutting machines, CNC bending, robotic welding, and welded assemblies. The company supplies metal parts and components for the automotive, agriculture and renewable energy sectors.
When Industrial Quoting Becomes a Complex Process
Preparing an industrial quotation involves much more than calculating a price. Each estimate must account for the different operations, resources, and costs required to manufacture a product.
For Açotubo, this process had become particularly time-consuming.
Before implementing Almacam, the team relied on seven separate spreadsheets, which had to be completed manually, one by one. Information was distributed across different documents, making it difficult to maintain a clear overview of how each quotation had been calculated.
This fragmented approach also created a major limitation: the lack of traceability.
Without a centralized system, reviewing the details of a quotation, understanding the assumptions behind a cost, or tracking the information used during its preparation required additional manual effort.
Implementing Almacam in Açotubo's Quotation Process
To address these challenges, Açotubo chose Almacam Quote, with the support of Alma do Brasil. The objective was to reduce manual work, speed up quotation preparation, and gain better control over manufacturing costs.
The software provides a centralized environment for preparing quotations and managing the information required to calculate manufacturing costs.
Instead of working with multiple spreadsheets, the team can organize quotation data, including materials, operations, resources, processing times and associated costs.
The solution also supports automatic cost analysis charts, process sheet generation and data export to engineering.
These functions connect quotation preparation with the next stages of production planning and product registration.
Faster quotations, clearer costs and better information sharing
The first indicator that changed drastically was the reduction in time. A quotation that used to take us 15 days can now be completed in minutes, provided we have all the necessary information.
- Edilson Da Silva, PPC Analyst at Açotubo
Less manual work, faster quotations
By replacing seven manually completed spreadsheets with a centralized quotation process, Açotubo has significantly reduced repetitive tasks and the time required to prepare estimates.
Greater cost visibility and traceability
Almacam Quote provides detailed information on manufacturing operations, resources, processing times and associated costs. Automatically generated charts show the distribution of costs, including materials and labor, making quotations easier to analyze and review.
Easier information transfer to engineering
The software also generates process sheets and allows quotation data to be exported to engineering. This simplifies product registration and reduces the need to re-enter information manually.