For EMS Quoting, Sales & Operations Leaders

Win More Bids by Quoting Faster Than Your Competition

The fastest quote can often be the difference between winning and losing the job. This playbook shows you how to prove your turnaround, build the business case, and close the gap in 90 days.

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Bids Are Often Lost
Before Pricing Ever Comes Up

EMS teams assume they lose bids just on price. Often, they lose on speed, before any number gets viewed by the customer. The first complete quote sets the tone, and every later bid negotiates against it.

The EMS Speed Playbook makes the case for treating quote turnaround as a revenue lever. It covers why speed wins, how to benchmark your team, what a sub-hour quote really takes, and a 90-day plan to close the gap.

The Numbers Behind the Case for Quote Speed

60%

of RFQs many EMS companies can even respond to, manually

67%

cut in quote time at Lonestar EMS with Breadboard

3 to 5x

more quote volume, same headcount with Breadboard

3 to 5%

average savings on component spend with Breadboard

15 days to 24 Hours

EMS Vendor's quote cycle, before and after with Breadboard

Figures above are drawn from Breadboard customer results and industry benchmarks. See the full playbook for context and sourcing.

What You'll Find in the Playbook

Each chapter is grounded in primary research, translates the technical debate into commercial terms, and ends with a framework you can put to work immediately.

Chapter 01 — Why the Fastest Credible Quote Wins.

 The two reasons speed decides competitive bids, and the quiet cost of RFQs your team never gets to.

Chapter 02 — Benchmark Your Turnaround (and Why You Probably Can't).

A simple method for measuring your real quote-to-cash timeline, segmented by BOM complexity.

Chapter 03 — The Anatomy of a 60-Minute Quote.

A minute-by-minute look at what actually happens on a fast, accurate quote, and an honest account of the BOMs that still take longer.

Chapter 04 — Building the Business Case for Your CFO.

 The three numbers, revenue, efficiency, and margin, that turn quote speed into a funded project.

Chapter 05 — Your 90-Day Speed Roadmap.

 A concrete, week-by-week plan to move from your current baseline to sub-hour quoting, plus a way to test it on your own hardest BOM.

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