[SELLING] Reacting on an RFQ with a Quote

When an RFQ has been received, quotes are used to respond, to try to make the best offer to the customer and win the order.

The panel gives an overview of the number of RFQs which need to be answered. A player may choose to respond to a RFQ whenever this is thought to be useful. When a player does not want to respond to a RFQ, simply pressing the "delete RFQ" button is enough to remove it. When a player does want to respond to a RFQ by sending a quote, an evaluation of the RFQ has to take place. Based on the requested delivery dates and amount, a player defines a proposed delivery date. Furthermore a proposed amount is specified, as well as a proposed price. You as a player may respond with a quote event when the proposed amount is not even currently on stock. The only thing you have to do in that case, is to make sure to order enough products on time from your supplier(s). Such a strategy resembles a make-to-order inventory strategy.

To make it easy for players to respond, the information of an RFQ is used to make a default reply possible. The base price of a product is the price you as a player find suitable to use. At the beginning this value is a default one. However, when you change this value, it will be stored. When you open this frame again in a later moment of time, this last used value will be used. The proposed price consists of the base price multiplied with the proposed amount. You are also able to adjust the proposed price, adapting the shown base price. Based on the distance to the customer, and the weight of the products, the transportation costs are calculated. These costs are added to the proposed price, resulting in the total proposed price. The transportation costs are billed to the customer and transferred to the transportation company. You as a player don't receive the money for these costs. When the frame is updated, for example because a new message arrives, or an old message is removed, the RFQ you were working on keeps selected, as well as the filled in parameter values.