Advan­ta­ges of vari­ant con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on with SAP® VC/IPC

and CREALIS® CPQ

Con­vin­ce yours­elf of the advan­ta­ges of a com­pre­hen­si­ve SAP® con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on solu­ti­on

Within the sales pro­cess, the SAP® Vari­ant Con­fi­gu­ra­tor opti­mi­ses the cus­to­mer’s requi­re­ments ana­ly­sis, the sel­ec­tion of the most sui­ta­ble pro­duct, the pre­pa­ra­ti­on of quo­ta­ti­ons and the opti­mal cal­cu­la­ti­on. Even wit­hout tech­ni­cal pro­duct know­ledge, it beco­mes pos­si­ble to con­fi­gu­re com­plex pro­ducts in a fea­si­ble way, to cal­cu­la­te pri­ces pre­cis­e­ly and to pre­sent a cor­rect offer.

The direct link to the SAP® ERP sys­tem and the use of SAP® vari­ant con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on in the sche­du­ling and pro­duc­tion pro­cess ensu­res that the quo­ta­ti­on data is trans­fer­red secu­re­ly to pro­duc­tion. This inte­gra­ti­on leads to a reduc­tion in through­put times and increased trans­pa­ren­cy of pro­duct know­ledge in all busi­ness units. Depen­ding on the imple­men­ta­ti­on, the ATO (assem­ble-to-order), CTO (con­fi­gu­re-to-order) and also ETO (engi­neer-to-order) pro­duc­tion types are being sup­port­ed.

How can SAP® vari­ant con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on opti­mi­ze your com­plex pro­duct con­fi­gu­ra­ti­ons?

SAP® Vari­ant Con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on offers a wide ran­ge of fea­tures spe­ci­fi­cal­ly desi­gned to hand­le com­plex pro­duct con­fi­gu­ra­ti­ons. With powerful logic struc­tures, even the most sophisti­ca­ted models can be effi­ci­ent­ly repre­sen­ted, pro­vi­ding users with a pre­cise and relia­ble foun­da­ti­on for pro­duct con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on. The modern, user-fri­end­ly SAP® IPC (Inter­net Pri­cing and Con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on) appli­ca­ti­on signi­fi­cant­ly sim­pli­fies ope­ra­ti­on and ensu­res con­sis­tent use of the same models across both sales and manu­fac­tu­ring pro­ces­ses.

Seam­less inte­gra­ti­on into the exis­ting SAP® sys­tem archi­tec­tu­re ensu­res con­ti­nuous data flow throug­hout the enti­re value chain and enables smooth col­la­bo­ra­ti­on across various depart­ments. In addi­ti­on, SAP® IPC is based on modern web tech­no­lo­gies clo­se­ly ali­gned with the J2EE stan­dard, deli­ve­ring not only sta­bi­li­ty but also easy inte­gra­ti­on into exis­ting cus­to­mer sce­na­ri­os and appli­ca­ti­on envi­ron­ments. For com­pa­nies loo­king to go bey­ond stan­dard pro­duct con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on, the SAP® SSC (Solu­ti­on Sales Con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on) appli­ca­ti­on extends func­tion­a­li­ty to sys­tem and solu­ti­on con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on, offe­ring grea­ter fle­xi­bi­li­ty and expan­ded capa­bi­li­ties.

Bene­fit from the advan­ta­ges of vari­ant con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on with SAP®:

  • Effec­ti­ve map­ping of com­plex models through powerful logi­cal struc­tures
  • Pro­vi­si­on of a modern SAP® IPC appli­ca­ti­on for a user-fri­end­ly ope­ra­ti­on of the con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on soft­ware
  • Con­ti­nuous data flow through the use of a model in sales and pro­duc­tion
  • Uni­form, homo­ge­neous sys­tem archi­tec­tu­re along the value chain
  • End-to-end sys­tem inte­gra­ti­on of the mar­ket lea­der SAP®
  • Modern web-based tech­no­lo­gy for ope­ra­ting the Inter­net appli­ca­ti­on SAP® IPC (tech­no­lo­gy stan­dard clo­se to J2EE)
  • Inte­gra­ti­on of the SAP® IPC in cus­to­mer sce­na­ri­os and appli­ca­ti­on envi­ron­ments
  • Exten­si­on to sys­tem and solu­ti­on con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on with the appli­ca­ti­on SAP® SSC (Solu­ti­on Sales Con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on)