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Pro\u00adduct Con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon and Vari\u00adant Con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon<\/h1><\/span>
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An over\u00adview of the basic tasks of a CPQ solu\u00adti\u00adon<\/h2><\/span>
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Pro\u00adduct Con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon and Vari\u00adant Con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon \u2013<\/h1><\/span>
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an over\u00adview of the basic tasks of a CPQ solu\u00adti\u00adon<\/h2><\/span>
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Con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon \u2014 An over\u00adview<\/h3><\/span>
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Con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon in the sen\u00adse of pro\u00adduct con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon<\/a> or vari\u00adant con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon<\/a> includes pro\u00adces\u00adses that con\u00adsider the assem\u00adbly of parts and modu\u00adles into indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal pro\u00adducts or the fin\u00adding of vari\u00adants in a pro\u00adduct ran\u00adge.<\/span> Con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adtor soft\u00adware has found its way into many are\u00adas of life: in the B2C sce\u00adna\u00adrio, end cus\u00adto\u00admers con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adre their indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal pro\u00adducts with visual\u00adly ela\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adte 3D con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adtors; in the B2B sce\u00adna\u00adrio, manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring com\u00adpa\u00adnies sell com\u00adple\u00adte plants and fleets with sales con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adtors. In pro\u00adduc\u00adtion, con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adtors also help with the cor\u00adrect fil\u00adling of parts lists or with the crea\u00adti\u00adon of com\u00adple\u00adte work plans.<\/p>\n

In sales and mar\u00adke\u00adting, the term CPQ (Con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adre \u2014 Pri\u00adce \u2014 Quo\u00adte) has been estab\u00adlished for con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adtors that pri\u00adma\u00adri\u00adly sup\u00adport the sales pro\u00adcess. The\u00adse are appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons which con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adre pro\u00adducts or ser\u00advices (Con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adre), deter\u00admi\u00adne a pri\u00adce for the con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adred pro\u00adduct in par\u00adal\u00adlel or down\u00adstream (Pri\u00adce) and final\u00adly crea\u00adte a quo\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon docu\u00adment with this infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon (Quo\u00adte). Howe\u00adver, the use cases of an ele\u00adgant CPQ solu\u00adti\u00adon are cer\u00adtain\u00adly broa\u00adder. A con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adtor can be ope\u00adra\u00adted as a sales tool for sales and dea\u00adlers and at the same time as an online con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adtor for the end user. It can be inte\u00adgra\u00adted into the pro\u00adcess land\u00adscape and thus sup\u00adport the enti\u00adre sales pro\u00adcess or it can map ETO (Engi\u00adneer-To-Order)<\/a> pro\u00adces\u00adses becau\u00adse it invol\u00adves all depart\u00adments in the com\u00adplex pro\u00adduct fin\u00adding and pro\u00adduct deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adre<\/h3><\/span>
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Con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adre (con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon, pro\u00adduct con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon, vari\u00adant con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon) includes all pro\u00adces\u00adses that mana\u00adge the assem\u00adbly of parts into indi\u00advi\u00addua\u00adli\u00adsed pro\u00adducts or the fin\u00adding of vari\u00adants in a pro\u00adduct ran\u00adge. This is used in are\u00adas with mul\u00adti-vari\u00adant pro\u00adducts on the basis of super bills of mate\u00adri\u00adal as well as for pro\u00adducts and ser\u00advices that requi\u00adre expl\u00adana\u00adti\u00adon. The more com\u00adplex the com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon of a pro\u00adduct or the need for expl\u00adana\u00adti\u00adon, the grea\u00adter the requi\u00adre\u00adments for the CPQ solu\u00adti\u00adon used. For Con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adre, the pos\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty of arbi\u00adtra\u00adry depen\u00adden\u00adcy defi\u00adni\u00adti\u00adon, i.e. the defi\u00adni\u00adti\u00adon of all rele\u00advant rules and con\u00adtexts, cons\u00adtraints and exclu\u00adsi\u00adons, is an indis\u00adpensable func\u00adtion. Based on this, an engi\u00adne is requi\u00adred that hand\u00adles the enti\u00adre depen\u00adden\u00adci\u00ades com\u00adple\u00adte\u00adly and wit\u00adhout errors.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Around 200 users from fif\u00adty count\u00adries use the mul\u00adti\u00adl\u00adin\u00adgu\u00adal pro\u00adduct con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adtor from Otto Christ AG \u2014 Wash Sys\u00adtems to design vehic\u00adle wash sys\u00adtems in a know\u00adledge-dri\u00adven way.<\/h4><\/span>
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Otto Christ AG \u2014 <\/a>Wash <\/a>Sys\u00adtems<\/a> offers the right gan\u00adtry wash sys\u00adtem for any requi\u00adre\u00adments.<\/span> With curr\u00adent\u00adly around 200 users from fif\u00adty count\u00adries, about 30 to 50 con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons are gene\u00adra\u00adted per day. The high accep\u00adtance is explai\u00adned by the com\u00adfort offe\u00adred. Clear for\u00admu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adons, free\u00addom from errors and over\u00adco\u00adming pos\u00adsi\u00adble lan\u00adguage bar\u00adriers play an essen\u00adti\u00adal role in this. The clear and intui\u00adti\u00adve user inter\u00adface enables the con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adtor to be used wit\u00adhout time-con\u00adsum\u00ading trai\u00adning. The pro\u00advi\u00adsi\u00adon of a strin\u00adgent sel\u00adec\u00adtion of the desi\u00adred com\u00adpon\u00adents at any time great\u00adly faci\u00adli\u00adta\u00adtes the work and pro\u00advi\u00addes secu\u00adri\u00adty with regard to fea\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty. Gene\u00adral\u00adly, enorm\u00adous time savings are recor\u00added con\u00adcer\u00adning the ent\u00adry of purcha\u00adse orders. The sim\u00adpli\u00adfied pro\u00adcess flow struc\u00adtu\u00adre in order pro\u00adces\u00adsing con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtes to this signi\u00adfi\u00adcant\u00adly.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Pri\u00adce<\/h3><\/span>
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Pri\u00adce (pri\u00adcing, pri\u00adce cal\u00adcu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon, pri\u00adce set\u00adting) includes all pro\u00adces\u00adses and infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon that deal with pri\u00adce struc\u00adtures and cal\u00adcu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon sche\u00admes of the mul\u00adti-vari\u00adant pro\u00adducts and ser\u00advices. Pri\u00adces can be com\u00adpo\u00adsed of indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal part pri\u00adces and pri\u00adces can play a role in com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon with other parts. The type of pri\u00adcing can be expan\u00added through cal\u00adcu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon sche\u00admes in which, for exam\u00adp\u00adle, mar\u00adket and coun\u00adtry-spe\u00adci\u00adfic fac\u00adtors, pri\u00adce sca\u00adles or dis\u00adcount struc\u00adtures influence the final pri\u00adce. If no indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal parts or assem\u00adblies are available as a basis for BOM-based pri\u00adcing, the pri\u00adces are defi\u00adned on the basis of other struc\u00adtures such as pro\u00adduct requi\u00adre\u00adments or deploy\u00adment sce\u00adna\u00adri\u00ados. In addi\u00adti\u00adon to pure pri\u00adcing, other pri\u00adce-rela\u00adted con\u00adtent can also be map\u00adped. This includes cal\u00adcu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adons such as lea\u00adsing, finan\u00adcing or hire purcha\u00adse and mar\u00adket-depen\u00addent pri\u00adce struc\u00adtures and tem\u00adpo\u00adral vali\u00addi\u00adty, always taking into account the roles of the users and their mar\u00adket affi\u00adlia\u00adti\u00adon.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Toyo\u00adta Mate\u00adri\u00adal Hand\u00adling Deutsch\u00adland opti\u00admi\u00adses the quo\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon pro\u00adcess for the three sales pil\u00adlars by intro\u00addu\u00adcing the sales con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adtor: Direct sales, key account and inde\u00adpen\u00addent dea\u00adlers<\/h4><\/span>
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With the CREALIS\u00ae pro\u00adduct con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adtor, Toyo\u00adta <\/a>Mate\u00adri\u00adal <\/a>Hand\u00adling Deutsch\u00adland<\/a>\u2019s dai\u00adly busi\u00adness shows a clear impro\u00adve\u00adment regar\u00adding the qua\u00adli\u00adty of offers and orders.<\/span> Cus\u00adto\u00admers recei\u00adve a flaw\u00adless offer in the shor\u00adtest pos\u00adsi\u00adble time. Queries regar\u00adding the fol\u00adlow-up order pro\u00adces\u00adsing have also drop\u00adped rapidly. In addi\u00adti\u00adon, the pre\u00adpa\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of a quo\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon for seve\u00adral units, inclu\u00adding their finan\u00adcing, yields time savings of around 94 %. Pri\u00adce manage\u00adment and the cre\u00addit appr\u00adoval pro\u00adcess are ful\u00adly map\u00adped within the con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adtor, taking into account the dif\u00adfe\u00adrent requi\u00adre\u00adments of direct sales and retail\u00aders.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Quo\u00adte<\/h3><\/span>
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Quo\u00adte (offer docu\u00adments, cal\u00adcu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adons, pro\u00adduct bro\u00adchu\u00adres) sum\u00adma\u00adri\u00adses the pos\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty of crea\u00adting an offer for a spe\u00adci\u00adfic, indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal\u00adly con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adred pro\u00adduct or ser\u00advice, which can be made available to inte\u00adres\u00adted par\u00adties. The neces\u00adsa\u00adry map\u00adping of cor\u00adrect pri\u00adcing in the docu\u00adment is also a fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal task. An offer can be sup\u00adple\u00admen\u00adted with a wide varie\u00adty of docu\u00adments deri\u00adved from the indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon. This includes, for exam\u00adp\u00adle, data sheets on spe\u00adci\u00adfic assem\u00adblies of the indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon, instal\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon ins\u00adtruc\u00adtions, coun\u00adtry-spe\u00adci\u00adfic regu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adons for use or CO2 effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy class cer\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtes and much more. By lin\u00adking the con\u00adtents of the con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon to the cor\u00adrect docu\u00adments, all infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon in the offers is cor\u00adrect.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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ORISA Pro\u00adduct Con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adtor CREALIS\u00ae as a Cloud Edi\u00adti\u00adon<\/h4><\/span>
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Rol\u00adlo Solar\u00ae <\/a>Melich\u00adar <\/a>GmbH<\/a> suc\u00adcessful\u00adly uses the ORISA pro\u00adduct con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adtor CREALIS\u00ae as an ele\u00adgant cloud edi\u00adti\u00adon to effi\u00adci\u00adent\u00adly sup\u00adport the sales of cus\u00adto\u00admi\u00adsed pool covers in the pre\u00adpa\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of quo\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons.<\/span> The con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adtor met with a gre\u00adat respon\u00adse due to its simp\u00adle intui\u00adti\u00adve ope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon, rapid deploy\u00adment and the high degree of per\u00adfec\u00adtion regar\u00adding the out\u00adput. Rol\u00adlo Solar\u00ae reco\u00adg\u00adnis\u00aded that the\u00adre is defi\u00adni\u00adte\u00adly fur\u00adther poten\u00adti\u00adal for auto\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon. For ins\u00adtance, it is being con\u00adside\u00adred to offer main\u00adten\u00adan\u00adce con\u00adtracts along with the quo\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon in the future. A fur\u00adther step could be to auto\u00adma\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly gene\u00adra\u00adte pro\u00adduc\u00adtion orders with the bills of mate\u00adri\u00adals resul\u00adting from the con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Pro\u00adzess inte\u00adgra\u00adti\u00adon and fle\u00adxi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty<\/h3><\/span>
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The func\u00adtions that a CPQ appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon can map depend on the pos\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties and free\u00addoms of the solu\u00adti\u00adon used. Natu\u00adral\u00adly, the tech\u00adni\u00adcal basics play an important role in order to be pre\u00adpared for future requi\u00adre\u00adments. Tech\u00adni\u00adcal secu\u00adri\u00adty in the cloud com\u00adbi\u00adned with maxi\u00admum usa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty on all devices is only one aspect that needs to be con\u00adside\u00adred. The fle\u00adxi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty of data main\u00adten\u00adan\u00adce and model\u00adling and the pos\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties of inte\u00adgra\u00adting fur\u00adther sys\u00adtems are topics that play important roles in a CPQ appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon. ORISA has been a soft\u00adware pro\u00advi\u00adder for vari\u00adant con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon and know\u00adledge manage\u00adment for over 30 years and has a wide ran\u00adge of expe\u00adri\u00adence due to the lar\u00adge num\u00adber of pro\u00adjects with the most diver\u00adse solu\u00adti\u00adon approa\u00adches. Many aspects and ide\u00adas from the various cus\u00adto\u00admer pro\u00adjects have been included in the in-house pro\u00adduct CREALIS\u00ae CPQ<\/a>, resul\u00adting in a com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsi\u00adve port\u00adfo\u00adlio of func\u00adtions. If you like to know more about pro\u00adduct con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon, vari\u00adant manage\u00adment and CPQ, plea\u00adse cont\u00adact us. We glad\u00adly advi\u00adse you!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":12258,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13959","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orisa.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orisa.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orisa.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orisa.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orisa.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13959"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.orisa.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45991,"href":"https:\/\/www.orisa.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13959\/revisions\/45991"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orisa.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orisa.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}