Workflow

From pricing inputs to a reusable product in five steps.

Upload the inputs you already have, confirm the recurring pricing logic, approve the analysis plan, activate the model, and keep the workspace maintained as the business changes. Every question, answer, and decision along the way stays in one engagement record.

01

Upload the quote packet.

~5 minutes

Start with your email. A secure workspace link lands in your inbox, with no password setup required.

Upload the price book, SKU catalog, cost workbook, usage export, proposal notes, term sheet, customer context, deck, or prior model. The first source upload accepts up to ten text-based PDF, Word, Excel, CSV, text, JSON, or PPTX files, or one shared Google Doc. Supplemental materials can be added before the delivery window starts.

Customer-specific materials are used only as needed to extract context, run intake, scope the quote model, build deliverables, support the project, maintain audit records, and honor deletion workflows.

02

Complete the guided quote intake.

~12 minutes

A structured conversation captures the economics a pricing operator needs: quote objective, customer segment, product or package, volume, ramp, usage, cost-to-serve, discount rules, approval constraints, and timeline.

The source set is read first, so the prompts can reference your actual pricing inputs instead of asking generic form questions.

Most questions use clickable choices with free-text fallback. You can pause and resume the intake from the workspace.

03

Confirm the pricing-product brief.

~3 minutes

Auriflow generates a scope brief from the intake conversation: product boundary, source inputs, calculation rules, assumptions, scenarios, guardrails, outputs, exclusions, and activation timing.

You review the brief, approve or edit, then choose the template or custom product plan that matches the confirmed scope.

This keeps the work concrete: one defined pricing product, one activation scope, and clear boundaries for ongoing maintenance.

04

Approve the analysis plan.

~4 minutes

Before any modeling begins, the confirmed brief and everything gathered in discovery are turned into a written analysis plan: objective, open questions, which data inputs are available, missing, or assumed, the modeling approach, the scenarios to run, deliverables, and remaining assumptions.

The plan is reviewed, edited where needed, and approved as a numbered version. Modeling runs against that approved version, and regenerating a plan supersedes the old one so there is never ambiguity about what was agreed.

Follow-up questions can be sent from the workspace with an email notification, and the answers are written back into the project record automatically. If your timeline changes, the delivery deadline can be updated with the reason logged and confirmed by email.

05

Activate and reuse the model.

~about 5 business days

Activation includes an editable Excel model and a hosted model summary inside your customer dashboard.

The workbook covers the analysis needed for the quote: assumptions, source inputs, base case economics, pricing scenarios, sensitivities, margin guardrails, decision levers, and methodology notes as applicable.

The hosted summary lets you compare scenarios, adjust key levers, and communicate the recommended quote without opening Excel.

The monthly subscription keeps the workspace available, maintained, and supported, with one consolidated tune-up each quarter.

Common quote model sections.

Executive Summary

Recommended quote, risks, and decision view

Assumptions

Customer, product, cost, volume, term, and ramp inputs

Source Inputs

Referenced pricing rules, costs, and uploaded materials

Base Quote

Core price, cost, contribution, and margin view

Scenarios

Packages, discounts, ramps, and terms side-by-side

Sensitivity Tables

Variables that move price, margin, cash, or NPV

Quote Guardrails

Thresholds for approval, discounting, and risk

Hosted Summary

Interactive web view for the final quote package