QAD Configurator
Gary Wasserman
MaryAnn Guthrie
11-October-11
Configure to Order
Agenda
• Introduction to Configurator
- Business drivers
- Manufacturing strategies
- Configurator
• Configurator at work
- Product demo
• The Future of the Configurator
• Question and answers
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Customers Demanding
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Lower prices
Higher quality
Faster delivery
Customized products
“Mass Customization Is (Finally)
The Future Of Products”
Forrester, April 15 2011
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Manufacturer’s Pressures
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Standardize, reduced margins
Reduce supply chain costs
Improve order lead times
Reduce quote and order errors
Improve customer service
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Manufacturing Strategies
Variety
Delivery Lead Time
Design
Purchase
Manufacture
Assemble
Ship
Engineer-to-Order (ETO)
Ship
Make-to-Order (MTO)
Delivery Lead Time
Inventory
Manufacture
Assemble
Delivery Lead Time
Manufacture
Inventory
Assemble
Ship
Configure-toOrder (CTO)
Assemble-to-Order (ATO)
Delivery Lead
Time
Manufacture
Assemble
Inventory
Ship
Make-to-Stock (MTS)
Volume
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What is QAD Configurator?
QAD Configurator provides the tools to
easily configure complex products during
order entry without the need for technical
knowledge of the product or system being
configured.
- adds mass customization capabilities
- maintains business rules that define product variations
offered
- guides sales reps through the steps of configuring a
product without the intervention of an engineer
- significantly reduces order entry time and error rates
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Intuitive, Informative, Intelligent
• Guided sales
- Flexible questionnaire design
- Powerful price calculations
• Instant conversion of customer requirements
into manufacturing requirements
- Product configuration rules
- Seamless integration
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Your Competitive Advantage
• Meet customers’ specific requirements
• Streamlined order and quotation process
- Reduced error rates
- Reduces lead time to fulfill orders
• Bridge knowledge gap
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Recent Product Enhancements
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Forecast consumption for planning items
Configuration rebuild
User defined warning messages
Oracle database support
New browses and browse collections
And much more...
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Demonstration
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Simple reorder for complex configurations
Step-by-step questionnaire
Comprehensive rules
Easy rule definition & modification
Order configured products
Add options & accessories
Suggest additional products
Review & accept configuration
Demonstration
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Ordered item variant
Order-specific product structure
Order-specific routing
Configured work order
Display rule logic
Change product configuration rules
Change configuration structures
Create new selection rule
The very near Future
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QAD CSS and Configurator Integration
Customer Self Service - CSS
CSS - Sept 2011
Full “Configured Products” support
CSS - March 2012
Support of QAD Configurator
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QAD CSS and Configurator Integration
Customer Driven
• Configurator Advisory Group defined
priorities including CSS integration
• Current CSS customers that expressed this a
high priority
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QAD CSS and Configurator Integration
What you and your customers want…
• Usability
- Simplicity, visibility, performance
• Scope
- Full product configuration
capabilities in CSS
- Visibility of configurations
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Customer Self Service
• View Product Configuations
in CSS
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Catalog
Shopping Cart
Sales Order Review
Reports
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New Concept: Standard Configurations
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Five Simple Steps
CSS /
Configurator
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Select Configurable Product
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Step 2
CSS /
Configurator
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Review “Promoted” Configurations
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Step 3
CSS /
Configurator
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Select or Change Configuration
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Step 4
CSS /
Configurator
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Add to Cart
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Step 5
CSS /
Configurator
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Check Out
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When can I have I have it?
• Release planned for March 2012
• eB2.1 SP4 and higher, including EE
• No additional charge
- CSS and Configurator need to be licensed and
on maintenance
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Licensing and Pricing
• No additional charge
- CSS and Configurator need to be licensed and
on maintenance
- There may be a requirement for additional CSS
bandwidth
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Closing
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Streamline processes
Improve customer experience
Reduce time & cost
Eliminate errors
Focus on your business, not your software!
www.qad.com
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