Stella Source Modules · AI Module

Sales Assist

Your sales team's AI assistant. Sales Assist works alongside every rep, absorbing the manual work so the same team responds faster, quotes more, and wins more.

Sales Assist
Matched 6 of 7 line items
3.4s
Source · RFQ-from-Hawkeye.pdf
"Please quote 200 ft of 1/2" 304 SS round bar, 40 pcs A36 plate 1/4"…"
304 SS round bar · 1/2"
200 ft · SKU-3041-RB-050
Exact match
A36 plate · 1/4"
40 ea · SKU-A36-PL-025
Exact match
Hex bolt · 3/8"-16 × 1"
120 ea · SKU-HXB-038100
Exact match
Item 7 · "stainless angle"
Best fit: 304 SS angle 1"×1"×1/8" · in stock
Substitution
From inbox → draft quote
Open draft
Why It Matters

The fastest way to respond to RFQs

The average metals rep manually handles 34 price checks each week. Time they could spend selling. Sales Assist takes on the busywork and gives those hours back.

  • 01 Faster response times. The half-day quote build becomes a five-minute review.
  • 02 More quotes per rep. Every inbound request gets a quote. No more triaging which RFQs to chase.
  • 03 Higher win rates. First quote back usually wins. Sales Assist gets you there first, every time.
How It Works

From inbox to quote in minutes

Forward any inbound RFQ. Sales Assist reads it like your team does, matching materials, grades, shorthand, and slang to every line in your catalog. Then drafts the quote inside Stella Source turning hours of manual work to minutes.

Reads & understands any format — PDFs, CSVs, plain text, multiple files. The difference: it knows what they mean in metals.
Returns smart results — Exact matches, smart substitutions, and flagged product gaps — all in one flow, so your rep knows exactly where to follow up.
Substitutes on what matters — Smart enough to flex the right dimension: shape, thickness, length, width, attribute, grade, or material.
Patented AI

The first patented AI trained on metals data*

Generic AI can read an email. It can't read metals. Ours was built on materials, sizes, grades, shorthand, slang, and years of industry knowledge so it understands what any RFQ is actually asking for.

* U.S. Patent No. 12,462,112 B1

"(40) ft sq tube, 2 x 2 x 1/4 wall"
TS-2X2-250 · HSS 2 × 2 × 1/4 sq tube Exact match
"60 ft 3x3 SS angle"
304 SS angle · 3 × 3 × 3/8 Exact match
"(2) 4' x 8' x 1" HR PLATE A36"
Best fit: Carbon Plate A36 · 1" × 48 × 96 Substitution
Closest available size · in stock
See It In Action

An RFQ's life inside Sales Assist.

Inbox to draft quote in minutes. Sales Assist reads the channel, parses every line item, matches your live catalog, and hands a priced draft to your rep. Scroll to watch an email move through.

In their words
We are using Sales Assist to help us introduce our ecommerce platform to customers who are accustomed to or prefer sending email requests for quotes. It is allowing us to automatically build a cart and quote based on their emails, which is saving us clicks and helping us get back to our customers quicker. It is also helping us train these customers to use ecommerce more.
Thomas Woods · Vice President, Central Steel Services
Customer result
2.5 minutes

From the email landing in the inbox to the quote in the customer's hands.

Sales Assist users

Frequently asked questions

What formats can Sales Assist read?

Plain text, PDFs, and CSVs including multiple files in a single email. If a customer can email it, Sales Assist can read it.

Does Sales Assist send quotes automatically?

No. It reads, matches, and drafts; your rep reviews margin, lead time, and line items before anything goes out. The AI does the heavy lifting while your team keeps the judgment call.

What happens when a request doesn't match my catalog exactly?

Sales Assist suggests smart substitutions on shape, thickness, length, width, attribute, or grade, and flags them for your rep to confirm. True product gaps are called out too, so nothing silently drops off a quote.

Is Sales Assist included in my plan?

Yes. Sales Assist is included in every Service Center tier, no add-on required. See Service Center pricing for tier details.

Does Sales Assist require an ERP integration?

No. It matches against your catalog in Stella Source and works alongside your existing systems. No integration needed.

How fast can my team start using it?

Reach out to your Stella Account Executive to get your branded Sales Assist email set up. Most teams are running real RFQs through it within a couple of days.

Same hours. Same team.
More quotes out the door.