IBM Sterling Configure, Price, Quote Features

CRM integration is flexible and easy to maintain

System provides API's that can be used to easily integrate to financial and other 3rd party systems

System support multiple currencies and languages to enable business in multiple countries

Provides ability for very large quotes, number of products, users, rules, required by enterprise level customers

Easily generate desired reports and dashboard on configurations, pricing, and quoting

ERP integration is flexible and easy to maintain

Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities

Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes

Easily build and maintain configurator; flexibility to easily embed all desired business logic

Can easily build and maintain pricing logic required by business

Easily build and maintain workflows, misc commercial fields, commercial rules

Ability to easily build, update, customize, and maintain quotes, contracts, and other document outputs

Manage, organize, and store contact information

Track products that are for sale at a reduced price or part of coupon promotions

Create and manage digital catalog of products/services with their details, specifications, and price

Track, store, and access client contracts or licenses

Manage and track the renewal process for various services, subscriptions, contracts, or licenses

Track and manage the profit margin between the cost of a product and its selling price.

Manage and track customer orders for goods, investments, or any other purchases

Calculate rule-based prices for a product/service

Graphical representation of data

It is a logic or a condition that executes business rules in a runtime production environment

Receive data and information in real time

Generate quotes or estimates for customers

A record of all activities within the system, including user access, changes made, etc.

Assemble applications and processes by dragging over and arranging pre-built components

Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems

Automate processes to manage leads, contacts, opportunities and sales activities

Store and organize documents in a centralized system

A virtual assistant that uses AI to pursue goals and complete tasks on behalf of users

Built-in customer relationship management (CRM) capabilities or integration with a third-party CRM system

Pre-designed layouts that can be customized to match preferences and requirements

Customize the specifications of a finished product to meet the particular needs of a customer

Online portal through which end users can access the system, manage tasks, or obtain information

Form predictions based on past and present data/trends

Material list of manufacturing parts and associated costs

Manage and handle various international currencies

Use AI to generate content in the form of text, images, videos, etc.

Add customized logos and colors to align with company branding

Digitally sign online documents

Customizable sample documents that contain placeholder text or a standard layout that can be repeated for each new file

Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns

Ability to support multiple pricing models for one-time, recurring, and other items

Ability to manage discounts at quote and line level; ability manage discounts based on volume and customer agreements

Allows rules to be written in commercial process so that users don't make errors in pricing, terms, and other commercial considerations

Ensure that users automatically include the right terms based on items being quoted

Users can submit quotes, contracts, etc for approval and obtain appropriate approvals quickly

Allows users to renew existing contracts based on contracted pricing and existing assets already owned

Monitor invoices and payments per product, customer, or contract.

Match invoices with sales orders, quotes, and contracts.

Perform revenue recognition to ensure that pricing or payment terms are accurate.

Ability to create custom quotes based on customer requirements.

Allows users to configure products and revise quotes accordingly.

Provide standard pricing options that can be customized by customer.

Allows users to search, filter, sort and select items to be added to quote

Based on answering questions about customers the configurator automatically selects the best fit products

Rules ensure that users select only compatible options and that all required items are included

Pricing is displayed during configuration process so that users can quickly see how configuration changes impact the price

Images can be displayed of options to enable users to visualize product options as it is being configured

Supports users working on a mobile devide (phone and/or tablet)

Provides functionality for channel partners to configure, price, quote and buy products in a self service environment

End customer users can configure, price, and buy products in a self service environment online

Ability to easily group items on quotes; apply and manage discounts and pricing by group

Provides abilty for versions to expire, allows users to create new versions, revert to old versions and track changes from version to version

Generate professional proposals with desired branding, product descriptions, pricing, terms, and visuals in desired format (pdf, xls, word)

Enables users to seemlessly convert quotes to orders with appropriate validations, workflow, and integration

Ability to convert accepted quotes into contracts; set up of required assets and contracts

Manage the process of evaluating documents or requests submitted for approval

Deliver standard contract templates that can be modified by users.

Track contract changes made by all parties during negotiation.

Implement the final version of the contract, including SLAs.

Generate personalized quotes and proposals that corresponds with each customer's tailored preferences and buying behavior

Analyzes data to suggest price adjustments instantly based on competitor pricing, demand, market prices, production costs, and other factors

Enhances guided selling by learning customer preferences and suggesting the most suitable products and services based on their individual needs