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Integrations
Dynamics 365 integration for orders: Business Central, Supply Chain Management and Sales explained, and how AI books email orders after review.
Sean Sdahl, Co-Founder & CTO
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Basics
What is a GAEB file? Format, phases X81 to X89, GAEB 90 to XML 3.3, how to open a file and how suppliers quickly submit an X84 quote.
Sean Sdahl, Co-Founder & CTO
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Comparison
Tendos, Scalera or Mercura? Comparing AI software for BoQ quotes and orders: target group, formats, ERP integration, security and getting started.
Stefan Zheng, Co-Founder & CPO
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Comparison
OCR or AI? What text recognition does for orders and requests, where it ends and when AI with item matching is the better choice. With an example.
Sean Sdahl, Co-Founder & CTO
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Comparison
EDI orders or AI? How EDI works, what a connection requires, and how to still capture orders sent by email and PDF automatically.
Sean Sdahl, Co-Founder & CTO
7 min read
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Comparison
Creating quotes with ChatGPT: a practical check for technical distributors, with a sample prompt and the limits on catalog, pricing, ERP and privacy.
Sean Sdahl, Co-Founder & CTO
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Comparison
Quoting software compared: 8 solutions from basic quoting tools to AI, tested for BoQ, GAEB and ERP. Who each fits and who it does not. With checklist.
Stefan Zheng, Co-Founder & CPO
10 min read
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Comparison
CPQ software or AI quote automation? What CPQ does, where it ends with BoQs and inquiries, and when to combine both. With an example.
Stefan Zheng, Co-Founder & CPO
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Guide
Inside sales in technical distribution: tasks, typical bottlenecks and how AI prepares quotes and orders so your team can handle more inquiries.
Lukas Bock, Co-Founder & CEO
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Comparison
GAEB software compared: Streit, Dangl IT, GAEB-Online and Mercura. When a GAEB program is enough and when AI quote automation for bids pays off.
Stefan Zheng, Co-Founder & CPO
16 min read
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Comparison
Mercura vs. Canals from public sources: supplier price requests, PDF quotes, configurator, ERP, SSO/SCIM, security, pricing and when Canals fits better.
Stefan Zheng, Co-Founder & CPO
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Comparison
Mercura vs. Tendos, Scalera, kinisto, turian, Workist, Conexiom, Esker, Distro, Canals and more: 15 criteria from public sources, and who fits whom.
Stefan Zheng, Co-Founder & CPO
12 min read
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Comparison
Mercura vs. Conexiom from public sources: order entry, quotes from bids, supplier price requests, SAP, SOC 2 vs. ISO 27001, pricing and when to pick which.
Stefan Zheng, Co-Founder & CPO
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Comparison
Mercura vs. Distro from public sources: supplier price requests, manufacturers, ERP, SSO/SCIM, ISO 27001, pricing and when Distro is the better fit.
Stefan Zheng, Co-Founder & CPO
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Comparison
ePlato or Mercura? For electrical and lighting manufacturers: a GAEB platform with a planner network vs. AI processing of every request into the ERP.
Stefan Zheng, Co-Founder & CPO
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Comparison
Esker or Mercura? Compared from public sources: order entry, bids and tenders, supplier price requests, SAP, ISO 27001, pricing and when Esker fits better.
Stefan Zheng, Co-Founder & CPO
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Comparison
Mercura vs. kinisto from public sources: BoQs, supplier requests, order entry, variants, SSO/SCIM, ERP and when kinisto is the better fit for your team.
Stefan Zheng, Co-Founder & CPO
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Comparison
turian or Mercura? Both read GAEB and export X84. This comparison shows the differences in supplier requests, ETIM, BMEcat and multi-branch setups.
Stefan Zheng, Co-Founder & CPO
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Comparison
Mercura vs. Workist from public sources: GAEB, BoQs, supplier price requests, order entry, ERP, ISO 27001 vs. SOC 2, and when Workist is the better fit.
Stefan Zheng, Co-Founder & CPO
9 min read
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