Configure Products or Projects and Services: In addition to configuring complex products by describing product attributes, WebSource Product / Sales Configurator can be used for configuring complex services too. For example, automatically creating a project charter for developing a marketing plan based on customer needs.

Compare Products: WebSource Sales Configurator keeps track of multiple configurations of a given product (attributes, prices, availability, etc.) enabling easy product comparison to determine the best product to satisfy the application requirements - before making a purchasing decision.

Reverse Product Configuration: In addition to assigning part numbers by description, WebSource Product / Sales Configurator supports reverse configuration requirements. This enables users to input a part number to find out the characteristics of that product. WebSource determines the product attributes corresponding to the part number. Reverse configuration is possible even if the specific part number was not previously configured. This functionality is particularly important in some industries, such as industrial automation, where each digit in a part number typically has significant meaning. Reverse configuration is useful when the part number is known for a basic device but options need to be added or features/ratings must be verified.

Automatic Generation of Quotes and Proposals: WebSource Product / Sales Configurator can automatically generate quotations and proposals. Product configurations, along with corresponding proposals and quotes can be saved for future modifications. They can also be downloaded, automatically forwarded by e-mail for approvals, and/or turned into orders.

Integrated Shopping Cart Module: WebSource Product Configurator has a built in shopping cart (optional module). This allows a collection of configurations to be passed on to a built in order-processing system (optional module) or to a third party order-processing module. Credit cards can be accepted for payment too.

Product configurators power e-commerce initiatives in many industries:

Intelligent Part Numbering Scheme: WebSource Configurator supports an automatic, rules based assignment of part numbers. It uses an intelligent part numbering scheme, preventing assignment of different part numbers for the same configuration, or the same part number for different configurations.

Automated Dynamic Pricing: WebSource Product Configurator supports two pricing models. One is "base price plus options" pricing, where each selection or group of selections determines the price.  The price is calculated with each mouse click during the configuration process. The other pricing model is "cost based" pricing.  The price is determined from the total labor and material cost from the bill of material.  Contract, discount, and "special offer" pricing levels can also be established for different customers (distributor, reseller, end user, etc.).

Bill of Material Generation: WebSource Sales Configurator supports automatic generation of a bill of material. Bills of materials are rules based. Any combination and any number of attribute selections can be used to specify how individual items in a bill of material will be selected.

Web Based Administration: WebSource Configurator web based administration provides the ability to instantly add new options, obsolete old options, change pricing, etc. Product administration is done through on-line HTML forms or Java applets. Administration is extremely intuitive and does not require the skills of IT professionals in order to model products.

Multiple Sales Channel Support: WebSource Product / Sales Configurator has been developed to work efficiently and effectively across multiple sales channels including direct sales over the Internet to internal use by sales personnel and channel partners, such as distributors.  Products and best sales practices can be modeled once and deployed to all sales channels. This ensures that customers access product and service information consistently and in the exact same way, no matter who or what their preferred channel is.

WebSource Configurator - full featured to make your job easier:

• Unlimited Number Of Products: WebSource Configurator supports an unlimited number of products. Products can be conveniently organized into product categories or subcategories using a built-in on-line catalog.
• Unlimited Number Of Attributes: Each product can have an unlimited number of attributes. Attributes are product characteristics like color, material, shape, voltage, horsepower rating, etc. Each attribute can have an unlimited number of choices or selections, such as blue, red, purple for color, or 120V, 240V, 480V for voltage.
• Global Attribute Definition: Attributes are defined globally, enabling the same attribute to be used by different products.
• Interactive Guidance: "Help" bullets and suggestions are available at all times.
• Click-By-Click Updates of product, price, and availability information.
• Point and Click Product Modeling simplify and speed the development of models, rules, and constraints.
• On-Line or Off-Line Functionality: When access to the Internet is not available, WebSource Configurator can be used off-line as a standalone application and synchronized with the on-line system at a later time.
• Rules Based Configuration: Configuration rules are defined for each product. Configuration rules prevent a customer from specifying invalid configurations, significantly decreasing order entry errors.
• Graphical, Appealing User Interface that can be easily customized to match your company image.
• Database Support: WebSource Product / Sales Configurator works with MS SQL or Oracle. All the product information, such as attributes, rules, pricing, bill of material components, etc., are stored in a database. This is a significant improvement from proprietary text or binary files which are often used by other product configurators.