Tembo Engineering
Marketing Ops · AI Sales Engine
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Tembo
ENGINEERING
Marketing Ops
Your always-on AI sales engine — capturing, qualifying and booking new work from every enquiry, while your team is on the floor.
Innovate · Engineer · Fabricate

Meet Your Always-On AI Workforce

Six AI teammates working 24/7 — so no enquiry is ever missed and no lead goes cold.

📞
Reception AI
Answers every inbound call and message instantly — even after hours and during plant shutdowns.
ACTIVE 24/7
38 handled today
🎯
Sales AI
Qualifies each enquiry — scope, specs, timeline, decision-maker — and books site assessments automatically.
ACTIVE 24/7
21 qualified today
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Voice AI
Makes natural follow-up calls in seconds, so quotes and RFQs never sit waiting for a callback.
ACTIVE 24/7
14 calls today
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Reviews AI
Requests and responds to reviews after every completed job — building the proof that wins tenders.
ACTIVE 24/7
4.9★ rating
✍️
Content AI
Drafts always-on social posts and email campaigns that keep Tembo visible to buyers and procurement teams.
ACTIVE 24/7
12 posts scheduled
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Workflow AI
Routes every enquiry to the right division — Fabrication, Design, Steel Supply or Match-A-Spec — instantly.
ACTIVE 24/7
100% routed
An AI team that never sleeps, never takes lunch, never misses a call — running your sales front-of-house around the clock.

Always-On Lead Generation

Every channel a buyer might use to find Tembo — feeding one engine.
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Google Search Ads
● LIVE
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LinkedIn
● LIVE
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Website RFQ
● LIVE
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Match-A-Spec
● LIVE
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Referrals
● LIVE
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Tender Alerts
● LIVE
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Tembo Marketing Ops Engine
AI-driven · capture · score · route
→ Every lead is captured, scored and routed automatically — none slip through.
Marketing runs even when no one is at a desk. Leads arrive from everywhere and land in one place.

Request a Quote

Innovate · Engineer · Fabricate

A real buyer — Sipho Maseko, Highveld Colliery — submits a fabrication enquiry. Consent captured for POPIA from the first click.

Enquiry Received

Thank you, Sipho. Your enquiry (Ref #TE-20614) is in — our team will be in touch within minutes.

✓ Captured to CRM · Routed to Fabrication
No buyer ever wonders if their RFQ went through. Confirmation and routing are instant.
9:41📶 5G 100%
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Missed Call
+27 13 656 0042 · Komati Mine
now
Tembo Engineering
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Sorry we missed you
Hi, this is Tembo Engineering. Sorry we missed your call — how can we help with your project? Reply here, or book a callback: temboeng.co/book
Line busy on the workshop floor? The AI texts back in seconds — that enquiry is captured, not lost to a competitor.
9:41📶 5G 100%
Tembo Engineering
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Tembo Engineering
Hi Sipho, thanks for your enquiry (Ref #TE-20614). Our Fabrication team has it. Book your site assessment: temboeng.co/book/sipho
Tembo Engineering
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Quick question
To prepare your quote — is this carbon or stainless steel, and what's your target completion date? Reply here and we'll get straight onto it.
Within 30 seconds of submission, a branded SMS lands — and the qualifying conversation begins. No staff action needed.
A branded Tembo email arrives automatically — capability profile, certifications and a booking link, fully personalised.
The AI qualifies on the buyer's terms, spots the deadline that drives the deal, then routes it — and knows when not to chase.
AI Voice Agent · Live Call
00:00
AI
Hi, am I speaking with Sipho from Highveld Colliery? This is Tembo Engineering — I can get your fabrication enquiry moving. Do you have two minutes?
Sipho
Yes, I just sent the request through.
AI
Great, I have it here — a conveyor gantry, around 18 tons. Before we talk steel: if that gantry isn't in place before your next shutdown, what does a day of stopped production cost the line?
Sipho
A day down is about 900 thousand rand in lost output.
AI
Understood — so the right gantry pays for itself many times over. When is your shutdown window, and who signs off on capital at this size?
Sipho
Six weeks out. Our engineering manager and procurement sign off together.
AI
Perfect. I'm fast-tracking a priority quote, booking a site assessment for Thursday at ten, and preparing the spec pack for your procurement team now.
AI listening · transcribing · scoring urgency, cost-of-delay & sign-off in real time
🔇 Voice not supported in this browser — visuals only
The AI doesn't ask for budget — it asks what delay costs. One question proves the value, finds the sign-off, and lands the booking. Press ▶ Play with sound on.

Book Your Site Assessment

30-min technical consult with a Tembo estimator

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Available times · Thursday 16 May
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The buyer self-books the moment they're ready. Zero phone-tag, zero coordination overhead for your estimators.
Tembo Sales Pipeline
Open pipeline · R8.6M
New Enquiry 7
Highveld Colliery
Witbank · Fabrication
★ Just submitted
Secunda Petrochem
Secunda · Pipe spools
Lowveld Sugar
Mbombela · BMH design
Qualified 5
Witbank Power Station
Power Gen · Failure analysis
R280k
Komati Mine
Mining · Plasma cutting
Site Visit 4
Middelburg Ferro
Smelter · Fire protection
R450k
Delmas Agri Mills
Agriculture · Conveyors
Quoted 6
Steelpoort Chrome
Mining · Steel supply
R1.2M
eMalahleni Water
Water · Pipe fabrication
Won 19
Highveld Smelters
Fabrication contract
+R2.4M ✓
Mpumalanga Coal
Maintenance retainer
Beyond "Won"
recurring revenue →
Maintenance retainersrepeat NDT & repair from won jobs
Repeat fabricationsame client, next project
Match-A-Spec pull-throughspares re-orders, automated
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Sipho just landed in the pipeline — and the engine keeps working after the win, turning one job into a lasting relationship.
⚡ Automation Workflow: Enquiry → Quote
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Trigger
Enquiry Submitted · Request a Quote
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Action 1 · Instant
Send SMS — acknowledgement + booking link
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Action 2 · If missed call
AI text-back fires automatically
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Action 3 · Wait 30s
Send Email — capability profile + certifications
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Action 4
Create Opportunity — Pipeline: Fabrication
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Action 5 · Wait 2 min
AI Voice Agent — qualify urgency & sign-off
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Action 6 · If qualified
Book Site Assessment · Notify Estimator
Every step above happens automatically. Your team only steps in for the highest-value moment — quoting real work.
Conversations ● Live
Highveld Colliery
WSee you Thursday 👍
Secunda Petrochem
SPlease send the spec sheet
Komati Mine
ERe: Plasma cutting quote
Middelburg Ferro
inThanks for the visit
📧 Email · Wed 11:24
Hi Tembo, I submitted an RFQ yesterday — when do I hear back?
Hi Sipho, you're booked for a site assessment Thu 10am. SMS confirmation sent.
💬 SMS · Wed 11:26
Got it. Can we move to 11am?
📱 WhatsApp · Wed 14:02
No problem — rescheduled to Thu 11am. Calendar invite sent 📅
Perfect. See you Thursday 👍
Email, SMS, WhatsApp, LinkedIn — every channel in one thread per client. Your team never loses context or repeats itself.

Tembo Engineering · Reputation

★★★★★
4.9 / 5.0
across 96 verified client reviews
Google
4.9
LinkedIn
5.0
Facebook
4.8
★★★★★
"Tembo fabricated and installed our conveyor gantry ahead of schedule, fully ISO 3834-2 certified. Their failure analysis on our pumps prevented an unplanned shutdown."
— Reliability Manager, Witbank Power Station
Reviews auto-requested after every completed job. Social proof that wins the next tender — built automatically.
Tembo's AI engineering-spares engine · powered by Marketing Ops
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Slurry Pump Impeller — AH 6/4 (OEM-equivalent)
High-chrome alloy · 165mm · suits Warman® 6/4 AH
● In stock · ships from Middelburg
R 12,480per unit excl. VAT
✓ Quote auto-sent · Lead captured to CRM · Buyer added to nurture
Buyers self-serve spares 24/7. Every search becomes a qualified lead and an instant quote — driving spares revenue while you sleep.
Tembo Marketing Ops · Command Dashboard
Qualified Leads (30d)
0
↑ 34% vs prior month
Avg Response Time
41s
↓ from 9 hours
Quote Conversion
0
target: 30% ✓
Open Pipeline
R0
↑ 27% QoQ
Enquiries · last 6 weeks
Lead Source
38%
RFQ Form
● RFQ 38%
● WhatsApp 31%
● Match-A-Spec 19%
● Phone 12%
Pipeline value, response time, conversion, source mix — in real time. The numbers that prove the engine pays for itself.

The Business Case

What an always-on engine is worth to Tembo — in rands.

The break-even is one job

Engine investment
R0
Per year
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One mid-size fabrication job
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Win one extra job a year and the engine has already paid for itself. Everything beyond that is margin.

Conservative annual upside

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Recovered enquiries
leads that go cold after hours, now captured & qualified
+R0
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Match-A-Spec spares
24/7 self-serve quoting → spares revenue while you sleep
+R0
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Repeat & retainers
post-job nurture turns one job into a maintenance relationship
+R0
Conservative annual uplift · ≈ 9× return
R0
Payback
Inside your first won job · ~6 weeks
Illustrative model on conservative SA mid-market benchmarks; engine investment shown excludes media, which is billed transparently at cost. We calibrate every figure to Tembo's real enquiry volume, deal sizes and win-rate in discovery — and only proceed if the numbers work.
You don't need miracle numbers. Win one extra job and it has paid for itself — the rest is upside.
The sales engine that runs behind Tembo Engineering — capturing, qualifying and booking work every shift your team doesn't.
Innovate · Engineer · Fabricate
Proudly South African
B-BBEE Level 1
ISO 9001:2015
ISO 45001
ISO 14001
ISO 3834-2
+27 13 246 1149  ·  WhatsApp +27 81 353 7966  ·  info@temboeng.co.za
Unit 12, 3 Joule Street, Middelburg, 1050  ·  www.temboeng.co.za
Tembo Engineering Marketing Ops  ·  Implemented by WithNova | Digital