Why use CPQ?

As the product portfolio grows many companies choose to use a CPQ system. A typical CPQ-user works for a company that offers a very wide range of products or services. The sales representatives (and to be honest usually others in the staff as well) have a hard time managing product prices and product dependencies. The products sold often have many options with critical technical/commercial dependencies.

CPQ software is useful by companies that need to quickly calculate prices. If a sales representative needs to quickly prepare a quote for a customer, the CPQ software automatically sums up all important information. This means that the representative can produce the quote and come back to the customer far quicker. Time is an important differential factor for all companies, regardless of whether the company works in faster or slower markets. Speed ​​is always important.

Global companies, large and small, use CPQ to quickly and effectively send pricing information to partners and customers. This means that customers can get the information right when they need it.

CPQ software is an effective way to unify how the products are presented to the customer. By using an automated tool for quote documents product can be presented in a consistent way and critical information is never missed due to human errors.

Studies show that the companies that respond the fastest have the greatest chance of finally winning the deal. This means that the speed offered by a CPQ system can have a major impact on the company's bottom line results.

In the past only large corporations could afford to use CPQ, but nowadays we see a big expansion of CPQ in small and medium sized business.

Publicly available CPQ examples

Configurators built using CPQ software :

Bennington Marine (Verenia)
Bürkert (Tacton)
Demag (Camos)
Ebara (Intelliquip)
Festo (Camos)
Grundfos (Configit)
John Deere (FPX in the old version, Configit in the new version)
Maxon motor (Camos)
Mercedes-Benz Trucks (CAS Software / SAP)
Piab (Tacton)
Scania (Tacton)
Tuff Shed (KBmax)

Demos by vendors:

8-queens problem (Configit)
Bike/Lawn Mower/Etc (e-Con Solutions)
Cabinet Configurator (Configure1st)
Hi-tech, SaaS and IT/Managed Services (CallidusCloud CPQ)
Scissor lift/Cupboard/Etc (DriveWorks)
Sudoku (Tacton)

Notable configurators built in-house:

Aritco
DAF Trucks
International Trucks
MAN Trucks
Montech AG
Renault Trucks
Schindler
Siemens AG
Volkswagen

Other configurators may be found in the configurator database, however most of them are very simple B2C (Business to Consumer) products.