Planware CPQ

Planware - an innovative and modern CPQ system

The CPQ system (Configure Price Quote) Planware supports the sales of manufacturers of variant-rich machines and plants in the preparation of quotations. The software includes all important components and functions for mapping a company-wide configuration. Planware configuration software supports simple, fast and correct quotation generation in any language. The use of CPQ software is an important building block on the way to digitizing the company, especially in B2B sales. The software solution efficiently supports finding the best solution variant for the respective requirements. All important information is available regardless of location and time.

The benefits:

• technically verified offers
• fewer queries and thus shorter processing time
• precise calculation of the sales price
• clean text output
• integrated into the entire sales business process

Planware CPQ offers the following functions:

1. Design of a plant on the basis of customer requirements
2. Revision of the configuration with technical check for correctness and completeness
3. Rules for completeness and correctness (constraints)
4. Standard configuration for budget offer
5. Price calculation with surcharges/discounts
6. Commissions
7. Contribution margin calculation
8. Prices
9. Text assembly for different documents (offer, order confirmation, operating order)
10. Multilingual texts
11. Maintenance systems for components with variants
12. Same-part maintenance with where-used list
13. Version management for master data
14. Connection to sales information systems (customer data) and ERP system (order data)
15. Certified SAP connector

The core of the software solution is a central database and the provision of functions. Adaptations to operating systems, databases or new browsers are made centrally, so that trouble-free operation is guaranteed even if the system environment changes. The software has a modular structure.