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10 Ways Agile CPQ Strategies Deliver More Revenue

The greater freedom customers have to customize products, the greater the opportunities to grow sales. Providing them the freedom they want starts with an Agile CPQ strategy integrating CAD, CRM, ERP and PLM systems on a single configuration thread. The single greatest roadblock to driving more ... Read more

The Three Biggest Organizational Changes That Remove Purchase Barriers

What if, instead of showing a customer a few products that meet a few needs, you provided a comprehensive solution that met all their needs? This is the essence of the Internet of Things (IoT): thinking beyond a single product purchase to become an integral part of the customer’s life. Take, fo ... Read more

Closing The Product Configuration Gaps In Your Selling Strategies

Capture more revenue from your selling strategies by finding and fixing the product configuration gaps between sales, engineering, and production using five key metrics to see what’s working and what needs to improve. One in five customers is willing to pay up to a 20% premium for a product cu ... Read more

10 Strategies For Revolutionizing Customer Relationships with Configuration Lifecycle Management

Real-Time Product Collaboration Is Revolutionizing Customer Relationships Closing the gaps between what sales sells and production can deliver takes more than a sell-side CPQ app. Managing products as platforms is the future, and it’s coming faster than many realize Solving the many disconnects ... Read more

The Secret To Being Customer-Driven Is A Scalable CLM Strategy

Gartner predicts the CPQ market will continue to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20% through 2020 in the Market Guide for Configure, Price and Quote Application Suites. Cloud-based CPQ revenue is now approaching the majority of the market and will accelerate through 2020, redef ... Read more

Ten Signs Its Time To Grow Your Sales Strategies Up From Configure-Price-Quote (CPQ) And Quote-To-Cash (QTC)

83% of sales professionals are using Configure-Price-Quote (CPQ) applications today according to a recent study by Accenture Interactive in the Accenture study Empowering Your Sales Force: It’s Not Just Automation, It’s Personal. 81% of sales teams are using technology-based tools to identify ... Read more

How ERP Systems Are Enabling New Business Models With Configuration Lifecycle Management

Driving greater revenue from new product introductions is more achievable when product knowledge permeates every aspect of manufacturing. Incomplete, inefficient and obsolete systems are the cause of many product and service quality problems today. 70% of a new product’s cost is defined before ... Read more

5 Strategies For Enriching Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) With Greater Configuration Intelligence

Creating a self-sustaining, high-performance innovation engine is the goal many companies adopt PLM systems to accomplish. Gaining greater customer insights from CRM systems and breaking down internal barriers with real-time ERP integration is revolutionizing manufacturing today. By 2025, 75% ... Read more