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Check out the DriveWorks Live Integration Module.

DriveWorks Pro is made up of different license types: DriveWorks Administrator, DriveWorks Autopilot and DriveWorks Live. Companies that want to integrate DriveWorks as a configurator in to an external website, can use the integration module functionality in DriveWorks Pro Live to do this.

This webinar will show you how to use the integration functionality to pass values into a specification from the URL itself, or by embedding your DriveWorks forms using DriveWorks Live in a frame or iframe, on your existing website. We will cover how to start using the integration module to pass data to the specification through the URL as well as more advanced options such as how to Auto Login to your DriveWorks Group and even how to automatically start a specification.

If you are taking your forms and putting them inside your own website then you will want to think about using the functionality of the integration module and the features it brings.

This is a value add event for DriveWorks Customers with an active subscription support contract and all Authorized Value Added DriveWorks Resellers.

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That New Years glow is well and truly over, and after the chaos of December it is a relief to settle in to the New Year.

If only things were so easy.

Picture this.

Your company did particularly well last year and you hit all your sales targets! Awesome. Now what happens next?

Well, I cant speak on your behalf, but exceeding last years sales targets is the usual order for the day. No rest for the wicked! Or should that be no rest for the inefficient?

That is where DriveWorks comes in.

Using DriveWorks and its powerful rules engine, its possible to increase your sales productivity and turn more prospects in to customers.

Want to learn more? Then read on to see our top 4 reasons for implementing a Sales Configurator.

1. Sending out quotes early in the Sales Process

Anyone in sales knows that receiving a Request for Quotation from a lead doesnt guarantee that you will actually be selling any products. The problem is, your potential customer has probably been looking at other companies and can even use your quote to leverage an offer from a company they would prefer to do their business with. That is why speed, detail and differentiation are so important.

With a Sales Configurator like DriveWorks, your prospect will be greeted by an absorbing and dynamic experience, building their products and receiving detailed quotes quickly. This means you aren’t wasting time with dead end RFQs. Instead DriveWorks helps you win more business and save you time.

2. Simplify complex quotes

Selling configurable products can mean considerable complexity in knowing what product combinations are viable. Custom or configurable products will often require calculations of size, tolerances, and costs. This means the complexity rises with each variation and responding to customer requests in an accurate and timely manner becomes unfeasible. This problem can be intensified in larger companies where information may not be as easily accessible.

If you are tired of searching endlessly through pricing and specification lists to find the conditions to apply then you might consider using a rules based Sales Configurator. Using DriveWorks Pro, the rules in the background allow companies can connect their pricing, with product specifications, allowing customers to configure new variations, with pricing, detailed product information and even 3D visualisations.

3. No pressure – No errors

In any sales environment, pressure can be high. This pressure combined with product complexity can lead to mistakes. Without some sort of filter, orders can be submitted with impossible product combinations. This can incur significant costs for the error and delays in delivery. With Sales Configuration this problem is eliminated. Creating rules for each product and its possible variation ensures that only what can be made is sold.

4. Save Time – Save Money

Any salesperson spending time working with ad hoc documentation, searching for proposal lines to copy and paste, and wondering whether their order is currently in the ERP system is wasting time that they could be spending selling. With a Sales Configurator, all this documentation can be automatically generated, so there is no time wasted. This way time can be spent building strong customer relations and selling products.

To find out more about DriveWorks Pro, just visit www.driveworkspro.com and to try out our example product configurator just visit www.configuremyproduct.com

Can I use DriveWorks with our company’s CRM system?

Yes!

This is a question that comes up quite often and the good news is that DriveWorks Pro Configurator projects can be integrated with many other company systems, including CRM systems.

The architecture of DriveWorks software is very open and this means that DriveWorks Pro can take inputs from many data sources, use it, perform operations and calculations, and then pass information on to other systems.

In the case of CRM, this means that your DriveWorks Configurator can use data directly queried from your CRM records. This information can then be displayed in your configurator interface (DriveWorks forms), perhaps as a customer list with billing and delivery addresses or other business relevant options. And because DriveWorks is a rules-based system, you can then set the rules that are to be applied to the information entered and decide what happens to it.

This type of integration is a great time and money saver. Information does not need to be manually re-entered on the form and this in turn helps to cut down the potential for costly errors caused by mis-typing.

As well as using data from CRM programs such as Microsoft Dynamics and Salesforce, DriveWorks Pro can also pass data directly in to other company systems such as Product Data Management Systems (PDM). There is an out of the box integration for DriveWorks Pro to SolidWorks Enterprise PDM which is also used by many companies using DriveWorks for Design Automation.

These are just a few examples of what can be done with DriveWorks through the flexiblity of the underlying rules engine and form design capability. Such customizablity means that you can impelement DriveWorks to work alongside almost any company system.

To find out more about DriveWorks integration email us at info@driveworks.co.uk