# Paperless Parts and Volty > OEM buyers chase an RFQ by email or ask a reorder lead time on WhatsApp, and Volty reads the sent Paperless Parts quote and logs requotes for an estimator. Buyers at OEMs chase an RFQ or ask the lead time on a reorder, and Volty reads the sent Paperless Parts quote, handing requotes to an estimator. Talk to Volty · Free trial Updated 2 Nov 2026 ## A quote on its way Brightline's buyer follows up on aluminum housings. JW Jennifer Walsh Gmail · Buyer Following up on the RFQ for the aluminum housings we sent Thursday. Called Paperless Parts · Quote 4127 · Sent Oct 31 · 3 quantities Volty Hi Jennifer, quote 4127 for the 6061 aluminum housings was sent on October 31. At 100 pieces it is $38.40 each with a 3-week lead time. Thanks. Could you quote 500 as well? Ray Dominguez Hi Jennifer, Ray here. I'll add 500 pieces and send the revision today. Paperless Parts quote Quote 4127 Sent Customer Brightline Medical Devices Part Housing, 6061 aluminum 100 pcs $38.40 ea · 3 weeks 250 pcs $31.10 ea · 4 weeks Sent quote 4127 in Paperless Parts ## What Volty does with Paperless Parts Paperless Parts is a quoting and estimating platform for custom job-shop manufacturers. Volty reads quotes and orders through the Paperless Parts REST API with a token your administrator generates. A buyer chasing last Thursday's RFQ gets the quote number, price breaks and lead times back, and a request for 500 pieces goes to the estimator who owns the quote. - Quote status · Volty reads whether a quote is in review or sent, and who owns it. - Price breaks and lead times · Per-quantity prices and lead times from the sent quote. - Reorders checked · A past quote's terms, with a note that the estimator confirms they still stand. - Requotes to the estimator · A new quantity or material goes to a named estimator. Connects with Paperless Parts REST API token Volty reads Quotes, orders, price breaks, estimator Volty can change Requote requests, Off by default Setup Our team, with a token from Settings Category Industry & regional systems Quote status read while the shop keeps running. ### A lead time question Andre wants to reorder stainless spacers. AJ Andre Jackson WhatsApp · Buyer If we reorder the steel spacers from quote 3988, what's the lead time? Called Paperless Parts · Quote 3988 · Spacer, 304 SS · 1,000 pcs · 2 weeks Volty Hi Andre, quote 3988 has 1,000 stainless spacers at $1.85 each with a 2-week lead time. Shall I ask our team to confirm it is still current? ## As an automation Describe it to Volty in a sentence; it drafts the automation and an admin turns it on. Quote follow-ups - When · Tuesday mornings · Volty's weekly run - Step 1 · Quotes sent last week with no order · From Paperless Parts - Step 2 · A follow-up per buyer · From the estimator's inbox - Step 3 · Replies routed · To the estimator on the quote Quantity changes handed to the estimator with the details. ## How Volty connects to Paperless Parts Paperless Parts lets an administrator create, revoke and regenerate API tokens from Settings. Our team builds Volty's connection on that token, and your admin approves it before buyers are answered. - 01 · Generate a token · An administrator creates it on the Settings page in Paperless Parts. - 02 · Agree the reads · Sent quotes and orders, with prices, quantities, lead times and the estimator. - 03 · Decide on requotes · Whether Volty only hands requests to estimators or also logs them. - 04 · Approve and switch · Your admin approves the connection. Logging requests starts Off. ### The tools Volty gets Each one is a switch on the Sources page in Volty. - Match buyer's company · Reads - Read sent quote · Reads - Read order · Reads - Log requote request · Changes Reading tools can be turned on straight away. Anything that changes Paperless Parts starts Off, and once on it can be set to check with staff, so each change waits for a colleague. ## Common questions ### How does Volty read our Paperless Parts quotes? An administrator generates an API token from the Settings page in Paperless Parts, and can revoke or regenerate it there. Volty uses it to fetch quote and order data over the REST API, limited to the lookups you agree with our team. ### Will Volty change prices or send a revised quote? No. Pricing stays with your estimators. When a buyer asks for a new quantity or material, Volty passes the request to the estimator with the part, quote number and quantities, and the estimator revises and sends the quote from Paperless Parts. ### Can Volty follow up on quotes that went quiet? Yes. A weekly automation can read quotes sent in the past week that have no order, and email each buyer from the estimator's address. Replies come back into Volty, where the estimator can pick them up. ### How much does it cost to connect Paperless Parts with Volty? Every Volty plan includes seats, active contacts and AI credits and starts with a free 7-day trial, and the plan prices are on voltade.com/pricing. 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