Building on CPQ: Sales, R&D, and Manufacturing

Increased operating and market variables bring increased complexity in managing products. The data kept on each product can be complex and wide-ranging too, including: marketing material, items and product structures, pricing, wiring diagrams, mechanical drawings, end-user and maintenance instructions. All this means that product data management practices must be excellent to keep companies agile and competitive.

But personnel might have different ideas of what the product is, depending on which department they’re working in — for example, in sales, manufacturing or product development. This is the silo effect in action.

Siloed systems can result in delays, missed opportunities and inefficiency through:

• Quotations that take a long time to create, because the sales team needs support and information from other departments.
• Extended delivery times, when products are sold that the manufacturing department does not have in stock.
• Uncoordinated roll-outs of new products and product features.

CPQ connects the dots

Configure Price Quote systems provide a single source for product information between business departments and the IT systems they are utilizing. Having the right CPQ product — and having it set up correctly — can revolutionize business operations: 

• Accurate quotes can be created without product experts — even junior sales personnel can confidently handle this task.
• The need for sales support is minimized.
• Factory orders are specific and clear — no uncertainty over how to build the product.
• Product quality is maintained with standardized solutions.
• Lead times for sales and manufacturing is reduced.
• Smooth control over roll-out and wind-down of products and product features.

Fluido is here to help

At Fluido, we’ve seen first-hand the benefits that CPQ can bring: it makes doing things the right way become the easy way. CPQ offers out-of-the-box comprehensive features, which can be further tailored to meet any company’s requirements.

The Fluido CPQ team has broad experience in delivering consistent quality and better efficiency to our international manufacturing customers. We can create a working proof of concept to demonstrate the possibilities of CPQ. Contact us to get started!

Want to learn more before implementing a CPQ project? Tune in to our next webinar already this Wednesday!