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We map your operations across all twelve stages, so you know exactly where design hours and margin are leaking before anything gets automated.
- Operations mapping
- All stages
Designer Services · Spec to Quote
Your workflow has twelve stages. We run the ones where design time disappears.
Avanto works the specification end of the commercial interiors workflow: catalog and fabric research, BOM creation, pricing waterfalls, spec checking, and SIF export. Your designers stay on design.
- Entry Point
- Sales & Specification
- Operations
- Finance & Service
Where Avanto works for you across the specification workflow
Every stage of the industry workflow, in order. Highlighted stages are where Avanto carries the design team's workload today.
Entry Point
Sales & Specification
Lead Generation & Business Development
Firm & rep-led pursuitAvanto service
Design & Specification
We build specs, manage fabric sample requests, and run BOM creation and pricing waterfalls in CET Designer and 20-20 CAP, so your designers work from current, complete manufacturer data every time.
- Spec building
- Fabric samples
- BOM creation
- Pricing waterfall
- AI spec-check
Operations
Avanto service
Quoting, Proposal & PDF-to-SIF Conversion
We handle SIF export with a full audit trail, run spec checks against the quote, and convert PDF documents to SIF (Standard Interchange Format) so pricing moves cleanly from your drawings into dealer systems.
- SIF export
- Spec check
- PDF → SIF
- Audit trail
Stages 4–11 · Order entry through warranty
Dealer, manufacturer, and field-led. Avanto runs these stages for our dealer and manufacturer clients, so the spec data you produce stays intact all the way to closeout.Spec to quote, handled. Zero added headcount.
Avanto combines trained industry specialists with AI-powered automation, so the load of catalog research, fabric samples, BOM creation, pricing waterfalls, and SIF export comes off your design team's desk.
- Workflow stages mapped
- 12
- Stages Avanto runs for you
- 3
- Connected workflow
- 1
Built to work with your systems
Strata sits on top of the tools your team already draws in, including CET Designer and 20-20 CAP, rather than replacing them. Specification data flows between Strata and the dealer's ERP automatically.
One connected network: Strata connects manufacturers, reps, dealers, and installers, so every partner works from the same real-time information.
The result: fewer spec errors, faster quote turnaround, and design hours spent designing.
- CET Designer
- 20-20 CAP
- NetSuite
- e-manage|ONE
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Not sure where to start? Take the Readiness Assessment.
Answer a short set of questions about how your team handles specification, product research, and quote support today. You'll get an instant readiness score and a personalized guide showing which parts of your workflow are ready for automation first.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Avanto do for commercial interiors design teams?
Avanto runs the specification end of the workflow for design teams. That covers catalog and product research, spec building, fabric sample management, BOM creation, pricing waterfalls, AI spec-check simulation, SIF export with an audit trail, and PDF-to-SIF conversion. Designers keep the design work and hand off the data hunting.
What is PDF-to-SIF conversion?
PDF-to-SIF conversion turns a static PDF quote or specification document into SIF, the Standard Interchange Format used across commercial interiors software. Once a document is in SIF, product, quantity, and pricing data can move directly into a dealer's ERP or a design application without anyone retyping line items. Avanto performs this conversion as part of its quoting and proposal service.
What is a pricing waterfall?
A pricing waterfall is the step-by-step calculation from a manufacturer's list price down to the final sell price, applying each discount, multiplier, and adjustment in sequence. Avanto builds and maintains these waterfalls inside the BOM so designers and dealers can see exactly how a number was reached and confirm the margin holds before the quote goes out.
Does Avanto work inside CET Designer and 20-20 CAP?
Yes. Avanto works in the tools your team already draws in, including CET Designer and 20-20 CAP, rather than asking designers to move to a new application. Specification and BOM data flows from those tools into the dealer's ERP automatically through Strata.
Ready to give your designers their hours back?
Let's walk through your specification workflow stage by stage and show you exactly where Avanto plugs in, starting with the work that costs your team the most time today.