CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
2 May 2007
Implementation Investments
Tacton Streamlines Product Configuration for FlexLink Customers
Tacton Systems announced that FlexLink AB , a global supplier of process automation technology for industrial manufacturing, has implemented Tacton Configurator to enable its customers to configure their own industrial conveyor solution via the FlexLink website.
FlexLink supplies a wide range of products and technologies to meet assorted handling requirements and enhance the production flow within many different kinds of today's industries, from automotive and electronics to food and dairy, medical and pharmaceutical, and paper converting. The new web-based system replaces a labour-intensive system of manual catalogues and sales visits, and has been market-developed over the past two years.
Using Tacton Configurator integrated with their Enterprise Resource Planning system, the company has replaced conventional salesrep-based techniques with a web application, where the user selects a conveyor design from a digital catalogue. They are then presented with different input requirements and options in order to configure a model. Once these configuration requirements have been specified, the Tacton Configurator will propose a solution, complete with delivery information. Customers can also generate and download a 3D CAD model of their selected design. The web-configurator system is available 24/7.
Klas Orsvärn, Executive VP, R&D, Tacton Systems, says: "An important aspect is the Configurator's integration with FlexLink's Enterprise Resource Planning system, so it can gather and present all the information that a client will require at a moment's notice."
Johan Wester, Engineering Tools Driver at FlexLink, says: "The Configurator solution dramatically reduces the amount of time and administration necessary in putting together a quotation - both from the customer's point-of-view, and that of FlexLink."
For more information, contact:
Tacton Systems
Klas Orsvärn, Executive Vice President, R&D
Telephone: +46 (0)8 690 07 50
Cell: +46 (0)70 657 58 70
FlexLink
Johan Wester, Engineering Tools Driver
Telephone: +46 (0)31 337 31 04
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