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Putting Product and Pricing Modeling in the Hands of Field Sales Reps
Latest version of Selectica's Simplexity Configurator lets field sales personnel load models from hard drives to address order changes on-the-fly and close sales faster
San Jose, CA — June 30, 2008 — Contract management specialist Selectica has released the latest version of its Simplexity Configurator solution, adding features intended to boost the performance of complex configuration and support pricing in the field.
With version 9.2 of Simplexity Configurator, Selectica said, field sales personnel can load models they require for customer meetings right from their hard drive rather than having to access the corporate server, improving performance fivefold and helping them address order changes on-the-fly in order to close sales faster.
According to Selectica, version 9.2 of the solution includes a number of performance enhancements. It can load sales and product models five times faster and only requires users to load 28 percent of the product model knowledge base to operate, the solution provider said. If information is missing on the local hard drive, the configurator engine stores the information for synchronization later.
The new release also has been optimized with multithreading to improve performance on machines with dual-core processors. And the new version now supports Microsoft's Vista, making it easier for Selectica's reseller partners to support their field sales staff using the latest Vista-enabled laptops, the solution provider said.
The new release supports both dynamic and parallel loading of product model knowledge bases so field sales now can import model information as needed and request loading a knowledge base using multiple threads asynchronously. This new capability enables sales representatives to tap the power of Selectica's declarative constraint engine on their laptop, using stored attributes and constraints to create product and sales models in the field.
Because field reps operate in "disconnected mode," they now can make adjustments to product configurations and sales orders without a connection to the configurator server, loading specific models as required. This allows for real-time pricing and can accommodate configuration or parts changes on demand.
With version 9.2 of Simplexity Configurator, Selectica said, field sales personnel can load models they require for customer meetings right from their hard drive rather than having to access the corporate server, improving performance fivefold and helping them address order changes on-the-fly in order to close sales faster.
According to Selectica, version 9.2 of the solution includes a number of performance enhancements. It can load sales and product models five times faster and only requires users to load 28 percent of the product model knowledge base to operate, the solution provider said. If information is missing on the local hard drive, the configurator engine stores the information for synchronization later.
The new release also has been optimized with multithreading to improve performance on machines with dual-core processors. And the new version now supports Microsoft's Vista, making it easier for Selectica's reseller partners to support their field sales staff using the latest Vista-enabled laptops, the solution provider said.
The new release supports both dynamic and parallel loading of product model knowledge bases so field sales now can import model information as needed and request loading a knowledge base using multiple threads asynchronously. This new capability enables sales representatives to tap the power of Selectica's declarative constraint engine on their laptop, using stored attributes and constraints to create product and sales models in the field.
Because field reps operate in "disconnected mode," they now can make adjustments to product configurations and sales orders without a connection to the configurator server, loading specific models as required. This allows for real-time pricing and can accommodate configuration or parts changes on demand.
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