Configuration is a key part of the front-end selling process. Its proper execution is critical to the customer ultimately obtaining the correct equipment for the conditions of service, and the supplier meeting that commitment while maintaining reasonable margins. But the configuration process can also be very lengthy and prone to errors. Companies have historically used price books and a salesman’s experience to properly configure and price equipment. This process is slow, restrictive and prone to errors.

The Intelliquip Configurator™, directly addresses both the time to configure, and the accuracy of the results, with the ability to configure equipment that may have thousands of options, rules, constraints, and relationships. As an Internet enabled application, it can be easily deployed to your sales force, application engineers, distributors and alliance customers. Full integration with the Intelliquip Selector™ and Quote Manager™ allows for seamless, quick, and accurate configuration, pricing, and automatic generation of detailed construction datasheets, general arrangement drawings and final proposal documents. Integration with legacy ERP systems is also an option.

Some of the more standard configuration features are described below. Full details on advanced features can be provided upon request.

Features

Profile System

• Secure access to product configuration through user authentication.
• Access privileges and pricing personalized according to user, group, and organization roles.
• Globalization capabilities including language, currency, and units of measure.

Configuration Process

• Provides direct input regarding customer requirements
• Automatically uses technical data and constraints from the Intelliquip Selector
• Configures product through a rich set of rules validation, including:
• Application guidelines
• Component interface rules
• Product selection constraints
• Quick configuration available via supplier defined defaults
• Additional information available at any option level
• Capability to display an option’s constraint logic
• Option type categorization
• Data driven interface minimizes the requirement for customization of the user interface

Pricing support

• Supports complex pricing structures
• Price by percent of total
• Control discounts on individual items
• Price option as a function of product characteristic
• Currency support
• Customer specific discounts per product line

Deliverables

• Customer Proposal Price Pages
• Internal Price Make-up Pages
• Comprehensive construction datasheets populated based on specific configuration
• Fully dimensioned General Arrangement drawing based on specific configuration
• Bill-of-Material generation basis configuration scope of supply

Configuration Knowledge Builder

• Advanced configuration knowledge builder for building and maintaining product databases
• Product option definitions
• Application guidelines
• Component interface rules
• Pricing generation and maintenance

For additional information or to schedule a personalized demonstration, please contact us at: info@intelliquip.com