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Answering materials questions from the price list with AI

An assistant that answers materials questions from the price list and catalogues in its knowledge base.

Materials questions (price list) is AI agent in Altramano for operations and planning: an assistant that answers materials questions from the price list and catalogues in its knowledge base.

It works without an external integration, with tables, forms and the Studio in your own environment.

AI agent · department Operations and planning

What it does

Upload your price lists and supplier catalogues to the knowledge base. Engineers ask "what does an X cost" or "which type suits Y" and get an answer with its source. No price known? Then it says so.

What you need

  • No external integration; works with tables, forms and the Studio in your own environment.

How does answering materials questions from the price list work with AI?

An AI agent works with its own instructions and its own sources, which you start in the Studio or from an automation.

Upload your price lists and supplier catalogues to the knowledge base. Engineers ask "what does an X cost" or "which type suits Y" and get an answer with its source. No price known? Then it says so.

No external integration is needed: the data is in a table or form in your own environment, or in the documents you give the AI agent.

Everything runs in your own environment in Amsterdam. You set the limit: what falls within it runs by itself; what falls outside it comes to you first. Every run is there to read back step by step in Runs.

Read what an AI agent does for your team

Who it's for

For operations and planning: work orders, briefings and materials: the back and forth between the office and the field. Those hours go into steering the day when something changes, instead of into sending briefings and work orders around.

This department comes into play in installation companies, construction and contractors, manufacturing, transport and logistics, architects and engineering firms, cleaning and facilities, landscaping and grounds maintenance and car dealers and garages.

How to install it

  1. Choose the template in your environment under Templates.
  2. Give the AI agent its sources: documents, a mailbox or a table.
  3. Try it in the Studio and adjust the instructions wherever you like.

The full manual (what it is for, what you get, what you need, step by step, testing, errors with cause and remedy) sits with the template in your own environment.

Frequently asked questions

What do I need for Materials questions (price list)?

No external integration and a Altramano environment.

Which department is Materials questions (price list) for?

Operations and planning, in industries such as installation companies, construction and contractors and manufacturing.

What is an AI agent?

An AI agent does a task that involves reading, assessing or writing, such as assessing an enquiry or drafting a reply. It puts it in front of you, or does it itself if you want it to. It works with its own instructions, sources and tools. You start it in the Studio or from an automation.

Does it make answers up?

It works only with the sources you give it and refers to them. If something is not in there, it says so.

More for operations and planning

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Approve additional workautomationAdditional work from an engineer goes past the planner first and then to the customer as a confirmation.
Handover checklist → PDFautomationAt handover the engineer fills in a checklist; a PDF appears for the customer and the dossier.
Planning questionsAI agentAn assistant that answers questions about the planning from the Work orders table.
All 11 templates for operations and planning

Templates are updated in your Altramano environment.

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