Variant Configuration

CRM For Complex Manufacturers Revolves Around Configuration ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Error elimination and productivity increase -- Configurators should preempt errors by confirming that the quoted variant is a valid configuration and no wrong ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Crm/2002/11/research_notes/TU_CR_PJ_11_08_02_1.asp - 26k - 2002-11-08 Summary: While pundits have been debating whether the configuration software deserves to be a CRM module on its own, it is certainly a part of the much broader CRM class of products, which typically includes front-office applications for sales force automation (SFA), marketing automation, and field service/call c

The Essential Components of Quote-to-order Application Suites

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Bundled with guided selling is product configuration, which translates features, dependencies, and options into a product variant that can be built and ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/CRM/2007/11/research_notes/TU_CR_PJ_11_14_07_1.asp - 27k - 2007-11-14 Summary: Modern quote-to-order suites provide customers and suppliers access to design, planning, and material data. This enables users to proactively understand various aspects of a project, as well as reduce planning time, document activities, and promote communication throughout the engagement cycle.

Can We Intelligently Use Part Numbers to Configure and Order the ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Most systems that feature product configuration capabilities, such as enterprise resource ... the configurator and selected this choice or product variant at least ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/CRM/2007/06/research_notes/TU_CR_PJ_06_20_07_1.asp - 17k - 2007-06-20 Summary: In the industrial automation industry, an overlooked, fatal flaw of sales configurator solutions is their inability to simultaneously configure part numbers and products. A greater concern is their inability to

Getting It Right: Product, Quality, Timing, and Price

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... to the above CRM modules is the Jeeves Sales and Product Configurator, which aims at helping users find the optimal configuration or product variant for their ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2006/04/research_notes/VN_ER_PJ_04_19_06_1.asp - 29k - 2006-04-19 Summary: The most important factor in industry is no longer the mere price of the product. Increasingly, the purchaser's task has become to obtain the right product of the right quality at the right time—and for the right price.

Is There a Way to Avoid Lengthy Catalog Numbers?

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... asp" target="_blank">CRM for Complex Manufacturers Revolves Around Configuration Software ... master data can become overcrowded because each product variant has to ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/CRM/2007/06/research_notes/TU_CR_PJ_06_22_07_1.asp - 15k - 2007-06-22 Summary: A sales configurator needs to be able to

ERP Systems and the ETO Manufacturing Market Part Two: ETO versus ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... of high variation, have complex features and options, and vary in end user configuration. ... of the newly configured end item (called the variant product), tests ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/05/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_05_04_04_1.asp - 19k - 2004-05-04 Summary: ETO-oriented (engineer-to-order) systems must facilitate the near real time transfer of information and complex product knowledge for collaboration across the extended enterprise. It should especially be suited to organizations that seek to maintain complex selling relationships, such as businesses whose

How to Achieve Lean Manufacturing

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... sequence flows, which allows, for instance, the ordering of a configuration of cables ... or automatic packing of call-off demands according to a variant of the ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2006/02/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_02_15_06_1.asp - 22k - 2006-02-15 Summary: Lean manufacturing is a transformational exercise that requires an organization to cast aside long-held beliefs and business processes. The five main steps to achieving lean transition are defining value, mapping the value stream, making the activities flow, responding to customer demand, and continuous

Vendor Articulates Message and Vision for Product Lifecycle ...

by Michael Bittner ... and maintenance structure management, and change and configuration management. ... structures, configurables, maintenance structures, and variant configurations. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/PLM/2006/04/research_notes/VN_PL_MB_04_21_06_1.asp - 15k - 2006-04-21 Summary: SAP has developed some crucial themes as it moves forward with their PLM vision and solution strategy. Product development lifecycles are shrinking, and managing the innovation process is becoming a broader requirement of manufacturers and retailers alike.

Lilly Software - Product Enhancements Remain Its Order 'Du Jour' ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... it is plausible that the recently introduced two new variant products -- VISUAL ... by contract and project, change-order and configuration management, production ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/02/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_02_20_03_1.asp - 15k - 2003-02-20 Summary: Contrary to most of its competitors that had opportunistically pursued their customers randomly, and whose latest vertical initiatives stem from the sudden epiphany that a certain percentage of their customers come from certain industry, Lilly’s recent vertical initiatives are indeed a further sharpeni