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The buyer emailed at 2am their time. You replied at 9am yours.

Distributors and export buyers don't wait for your office hours, and your best spec knowledge sits with a handful of people. NeoMind fields enquiries across every time zone, answers product and spec questions from your real data, captures qualified leads, and puts process knowledge on tap for your own team.

Simon · web Hugo · internal
Enquiries across time zones Product & spec questions Qualified leads captured Process knowledge on tap Grounded in your data Measurable like staff
1 The problem

Demand is global; your answer desk runs one shift.

Export and distributor enquiries arrive overnight, hinge on technical detail, and depend on knowledge held by a few key people. Three gaps quietly cost orders.

Overnight enquiries go cold

A buyer in another hemisphere asks at the wrong hour and waits half a day for a reply. By the time you answer, they're already talking to a competitor who answered first.

Spec questions queue behind the experts

Dimensions, tolerances, materials, compatibility — the answers live in datasheets and a few heads. Every question routes through the same busy people and slows down.

Process knowledge walks out the door

SOPs, certifications, supplier details and "who owns this step" live with long-serving staff. When they're away — or leave — the floor loses time relearning what was already known.

2 The solution

An always-on sales desk and a shared engineering memory.

Simon fields enquiries on your site at any hour; Hugo answers your own team from the inside. Both run on one shared Brain trained on your product data and process docs — so the spec is right, and you update it once.

Answer distributors and export buyers, any time zone

Simon replies the moment an enquiry lands, in plain, accurate terms — so a 2am question from another market is answered immediately instead of waiting for your morning. The opportunity stays warm.

Simon · web

Field product and spec questions from your real data

Dimensions, materials, compatibility, lead times — answered straight from your datasheets and product documentation. When a question needs an engineer or a custom quote, it captures the detail and routes it to a person.

Simon

Capture the lead, qualified and routed

When there's buying intent, Simon captures the contact and the requirement — product, quantity, destination, timeline — and routes a qualified lead to sales. An overnight enquiry is a live opportunity by the time your team logs in.

Simon

Put process knowledge on tap for staff

Hugo answers your team from your own knowledge — SOPs, certifications, supplier details, who owns a step. The floor stops relearning what's already documented, and knowledge no longer walks out with the people who hold it.

Hugo · internal
Overnight enquiry · Simon · illustrative
Do your 50mm valves meet EN 12516 and what's the lead time to Rotterdam for 200 units?
Yes — the 50mm range is rated to EN 12516-1. For 200 units our datasheet quotes a 4–6 week production lead time; shipping to Rotterdam is quoted separately by our export team.
Great. Can someone send a formal quote? We'd order this quarter.
Absolutely. I've logged your requirement — 200× 50mm valves, Rotterdam, this quarter — and routed it to export sales with your details. They'll send a formal quote.
Spec answered · qualified lead captured · routed to export sales
3 The outcome

A number on a desk that used to run on goodwill.

Every enquiry and internal query is scored against the objective you set — qualified leads captured, spec questions answered accurately, staff questions self-served — so you can see what the desk is producing and where to sharpen it.

Overnight enquiries answered before staff log in
Qualified export & distributor leads captured
Staff process questions self-served through Hugo

Real results from a manufacturing pilot land here — published only when we can stand behind the numbers. See how we measure an AI employee.

? Questions

Manufacturers ask us

Yes. Simon works your website around the clock, so a distributor or buyer in another time zone gets an immediate, accurate answer instead of waiting overnight for someone to reply — and the lead is captured either way.

It answers from your own product data, datasheets and documentation — dimensions, materials, compatibility, lead times — so the answers are grounded in your real specs. When a question needs an engineer or a custom quote, it captures the detail and routes it to a person rather than guessing.

Both. When there's clear buying intent, it captures the contact and the requirement — product, quantity, destination, timeline — and routes a qualified lead to your sales team, so an overnight enquiry is a live opportunity by morning.

Yes. Hugo is the internal employee. Your team asks it about process documents, SOPs, certifications, supplier details or who owns a step, and it answers instantly from your own knowledge — instead of chasing the one person who remembers.

No. NeoMind never makes a binding commitment on your behalf. It shares published information and indicative detail, and escalates anything that needs a firm quote, contract or delivery promise to a person.

Related: Meet Hugo · How the Brain works · All industries

Sell around the clock

Answer every market while you sleep.

Spec-accurate answers, captured leads, and process knowledge on tap — grounded in your own data. Live in under 60 minutes — no credit card to start.