More Customized Solutions for Manufacturers
By CXOtoday Staff
Mumbai, May 7, 2008

Software provider, Cincom Systems, has added deeper integration with SAP solutions to Cincom Socrates version 8.3. The company claims this will help companies that provide complex products and services. Cincom Socrates is a knowledge-based modeling system that supports SAP solutions and provides guided-selling, product-configuration, and proposal-management capabilities for configure-to-order and engineer-to-order manufacturers.

The sales process in configure-to-order and engineer-to-order businesses requires information collaboration over and above standard sales cycles. The Cincom Socrates allows text and custom fields from Socrates to be inserted into a quote generated within an SAP solution.

"Cincom's additional business connectors (APIs) have been designed to address some very specific needs for complex manufacturers," said Ken Noll, SAP practice manager for Cincom, "Complex sales proposals often evolve as knowledge is gained in the sales process. By maintaining a connection to the company's investment in SAP solutions, Cincom helps companies guarantee they are building customer solutions based on proven company capabilities."

Cincom claims it has helped manufacturers reduce proposal generation time from 5 days to 15 minutes, decrease time to close a sale by 80 %, and cut lead times from 14 weeks to 6 weeks.


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