Whether you are considering adoption of a quoting tool and need some requirements and analysis help or if you've already decided on an approach and need some qualified consulting, integration and implementation help on either Salesforce.com or BigMachines,we are well qualified to support your needs
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26. Most Customer SuccessesA New World “BigMachines has delivered a first rate application to enable our company to modernize our quoting and pricing process… They have moved us into the new world.” Huw Lloyd, Global Pricing Manager, Enterasys Networks End the Quoting Nightmares! “Creating a quote at our company was a nightmare. We had a configuration tool for each of our products and trying to create a quote with more than one product was time consuming. BigMachines solved this problem. It made our quoting process easier and much faster.” Eduardo Mata, Project Manager, NEC Corporation of America
30. BIGMACHINES Annual Conference Drives real-time innovation Keynote Speaker:Steve Levitt Co-author of the bestselling business books FREAKONOMICS and SUPERFREAKONOMICS October 24-26 BigIdeas is the Largest SaaS event of its kind! Join hundred of industry leaders to discover innovative strategies and best practices to sell more and sell faster. Featured Speaker:Gene AlvarezVice PresidentGartner Research Sponsors include: Celebrate 10 Years of BigMachines at House of Blues Chicago www.bigmachines.com/bigideas
31. Product Configuration Best PracticesTop 5 Things You Should Know Lisa Hamann BigMachines Consultant, hiSoft
32. Pre-Project Knowledge Documents Product Process Mapping Product Knowledge Rules, Exceptions and Constraints Parts/Price List New App/Quoting Tool Implications
34. Thank you! Salesforce.com Tyler Ziemann tziemann@salesforce.com BigMachines Vinesh Vis vvis@bigmachines.com (650) 403-6335 hiSoft Lisa Hamann lisa.hamann@hisoft.com (847) 772-8118
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Well, now, I’m happy to announce that quotes has been delivered as a standard, free, application, built natively into our tool. With Real-Time quotes, you can easily create a quote from an opportunity, automatically populate your quote with key information from the account, contact, and opportunity, update the primary quote quickly and easily with the click of a button, leverage our lightning fast and robust analytics tools, and make quotes work for you and your business process with our workflow and approvals engine.
Points to Hit:The biggest event in this space, anywhere in the world where the thought leaders in this space gatherI want to work with you on how to get you there. If you are still evaluating then this is the best reference call with as many companies as you want without management by us. If you are a customer then this is a must attend for best practices, which can save you lots of time and money.DETAIL CALL SCRIPTBigMachines hosts our BigIdeas conference to put all our customers, partners, and prospects in the room for 2 days- to learn from each other and share best practicesWe have leading industry speakers and analysts, such as GartnerA full series of training sessions on our newest features, tailored for both NEW and EXPERIENCED usersAnd our customers vote on our product roadmap and enhancements- to tell us what they want us to deliver in our future productsFor prospects- this is a 2 day reference call on our company and our product
5 Best Practices formulated over 2 years experience with product configuration tools:Range from simple product – 2 weeks to complicated multiple product lines – 6 months + for design.