CPQ Outlook 2018 As in the last two years I am providing my expectations about where I think the CPQ (Configure-Price-Quote) and QTC (Quote-to-Cash) market will go in 2018. While 2017 was an interesting year with lots of interesting events [...]
Conclusions for improving the Quote-to-Cash Process In the previous four Blog Posts we went into some detail by looking at The interactions of CPQ (Configure-Price-Quote), QTC (Quote-to-Cash) and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) / Order Management Solutions IT Considerations when an [...]
Successfully selecting your Front Office (CPQ/QTC) Solution By now you know the general capabilities of the Front Office and Back Office Systems from my first Blog Post . We also looked at Integration Considerations between Front Office and Back Office Systems [...]
Segmenting Solutions that improve the Quote-to-Cash Process In the first Blog Post of this Series I provided an overview of the different Quote-to-Cash Process Steps and the capabilities that the Front Office and Back Office Systems offer. In the second Blog [...]
IT Considerations when designing an end-to-end QTC Solution In the first Blog Post of this Series I provided an overview of the different Front Office and Back Office Process Flows and the capabilities that these Systems offer. In this Blog [...]
Considering the interactions of CPQ, QTC and Order Management Solutions As Configure-Price-Quote (CPQ) Vendors provide more capabilities that go beyond the traditional confines of CPQ it makes sense to take a closer look at the processes and capabilities covered by [...]
Dreamforce 2017 – CPQ Impressions Dreamforce is big and I mean really big! There are lots of people everywhere and I had to run quite a bit between the Moscone Center and the different Hotels where I had most of [...]
Is It Easy for your Customers to do Business With You? Most people intuitively know that quick and efficient responses to customer requests increase the chances of satisfied customers who will come back for more business. The question is why [...]
Stop fumbling with spreadsheets! Configure and quote in minutes, not days By John Mignardi, CPQ and Industry Applications Specialist, Javelin Technologies Ah, the 1980s. A time for Rubik’s cubes, Pac-Man…and spreadsheets. Personal computers started showing up on desktops and “apps” [...]
By: Patrik Skjelfoss, Tacton September 20, 2017 There are plenty of CPQ solutions on the market today, but not many can claim to be powered by an intelligent constraint solver. In this post, we’ll explain what a constraint solver is [...]