CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
8 November 2007
Implementation Investments
Tacton Configurator Cuts Quotation Time From Days to Hours for Siemens
Tacton Systems announced that its Tacton Configurator technology has been implemented at Siemens Power Generation - Oil & Gas and Industrial Applications division.
Siemens Power Generation - Oil & Gas and Industrial Applications is a leading global producer of systems and solutions for power generation within key industrial markets, such as oil and gas, chemicals, manufacturing, metals, and pulp & paper. The complex nature of its technology has traditionally meant a highly-specialized quotation process involving large amounts of sales and engineering input and, consequently, lengthy lead times in the tendering process.
With the integration of the Tacton Configurator, Siemens Power Generation will now empower sales personnel within its Turbo Machinery division to deliver rapid and accurate proposals for projects, at the same time as providing project engineers with detailed and correctly-itemized plans. The local sales force will now be able to compile a budget offer in a matter of minutes. The same tool will be used by Proposal Engineers for creating firm bids in hours, rather than days.
In the Siemens Power Generation solution, Tacton has implemented the TCserver, the server-based engine in the Configurator solution; the TCstudio, the graphical maintenance tool used to define how products can be combined into solutions; and the TCsite, the sales web interface. Tacton has also developed from scratch a back-end system database containing product data. Proposals can be generated automatically by selecting components from the product structure and then simply adding cost data and text. The solution will also simplify maintenance procedures once the system is in place.
"From a Siemens' customers perspective, they will meet a Siemens supplier who can deliver a much more detailed offer in a much shorter time than competitors in the marketplace," says Jan Nilsson, Project Manager, Siemens Power Generation - Oil & Gas and Industrial Applications. "Since the configurator always selects a valid solution, it's no longer necessary to have an in-depth knowledge about the products in order to produce a quality-assured bid."
"The logic engine that we provide assists sales people in the market by enabling them to generate a correct bid in a short time, says Christer Wallberg, CEO, Tacton Systems.
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