CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
19 February 2007
Implementation Investments
Tacton Configurator Streamlines the Quotation Process for Metso Lindemann
Tacton Systems, a global vendor of configuration software, announced that Metso Lindemann GmbH has implemented the Tacton Configurator to support its sales force and streamline the process of generating quotes.
Metso Lindemann is a leading manufacturer and supplier of machines and plants for the recycling of metal scrap and residual materials. The company's technological capabilities can be found in a wide range of solutions for shredding, shearing and baling of scrap metals and residual materials. For example, it has delivered around 30% of all the large auto body shredder plants around the world.
The company will use the Tacton technology to support its sales force in creating accurate and rapid quotations while reducing the present-day load on its back office. The new package will enable the sales force to work directly with the Sales Configurator, no matter where they are in the world. Sales staff will be able to access the system through a web browser to open the quote with either Acrobat Reader or Word.
With Tacton Configurator, technical engineering knowledge is made available to sales - reducing the need for technical sales support and empowering the sales force to configure optimal solution for the customer's need.
"The big benefit for Metso Lindemann is the worldwide quoting capability that the new applications will bring," said Olaf Thyssen, IT Manager at Metso Lindemann in Düsseldorf, Germany. "It will reduce the time spent in compiling quotations, while ensuring their accuracy."
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