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Terminology

The product configurator industry can be a confusing place – and your search for the appropriate product to meet your objectives can be no less confusing. We've attempted to assemble a list of common industry terms so you can better understand the various technologies & terminology that is in use in the market. Of course, your selecting a partner to help you achieve your vision regarding product configurators will certainly require more information than can practically be offered on one web site. We invite you to become familiar with our philosophy and offerings, and when you're ready, contact us to arrange for live web-based demos.

Assemble to order
Automated Quoting System
Bill of material (BOM)
Bill of material configurator
Bill of material generator
Build to order
CAD Configuration
CAD Configurator
Configuration
Configurator
Configure to order
Configured Bill of Materials
Configured orders
Cost Configurator
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Design to order
Drawing Configurator
Engineer to order
Engineering configurator
Enterprise configurator
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Guided Sales
Guided Sales Systems
Guided Sales Systems
Guided Selling
Interactive Selling System
Make to order
Manufacturing configurator
On-line configurator
Order Configurator
Order Management System
Product Configuration
Product Configurator
Product data management
Product Data Management (PDM)
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Proposal generator
Quote Management
Routing Configurator
Rules based configurator
Sales Configurator
Sales Force Automation
Sales Force Automation (SFA)
Supply chain management (SCM)
Web based configurator
Web configuration


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