BigMachines Releases Lean Front-End Version 6.0 with Web Services Connector for Its Online Product Configurator.CHICAGO & MUNICH, Germany -- Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. connector allows fast and affordable way to integrate BigMachines' online product configurator into other applications using SOAP BigMachines, Inc., a provider of web-based configuration and proposal generation software, today announced the release of Lean Front-End (LFE LFE Low Frequency Effects LFE Lean Front End (software) LFE Laminar Flow Element LFE Learning From Experience LFE Large Final Emitter (environment) LFE Leicester, Forest, East ) version 6.0 featuring a web service API (Application Programming Interface) A language and message format used by an application program to communicate with the operating system or some other control program such as a database management system (DBMS) or communications protocol. for BigMachines on-demand product configurator and a powerful new administration interface for BigMachines Commerce Process engine. With BigMachines LFE 6.0, customers will be able to easily tie BigMachines' product configurator into other applications using the Standard Object Access Protocol (SOAP) and rapidly model and automate To turn a set of manual steps into an operation that goes by itself. See automation. front-end business processes including quoting, ordering, pricing, collaboration, and approval processes. The BigMachines' LFE is a complete lean front-end solution designed to meet the unique selling requirements for providers of complex products and services. The software's proven capabilities help manufacturers to quickly and affordably automate and integrate all customer-facing processes from inquiry to order. The full support for Web Services, a set of programming standards used to make different types of software talk to each other over the Internet, introduced in LFE v6.0 provides BigMachines' customers fast and affordable integration of applications and systems across the enterprise. This extends the proven web service integration capabilities that BigMachines offers to applications such as its Sforce-certified integration to salesforce.com's on-demand CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. solution. "The release of BigMachines LFE v6.0 supports our ongoing development of a flexible, easy-to-use, service-oriented architecture See SOA. (SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records. (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. ) that caters to organizations with complex products and sales processes A sales process is a systematic approach for performing product or service sales. The reasons for having a sales process include seller and buyer risk management, achieving standardized customer interaction in sales and scalable revenue generation. ," said Godard Abel, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of BigMachines, Inc. "We listened to our customers' needs and upgraded the offering to provide our most robust, easiest-to-implement and flexible solution to date. Current and prospective customers will benefit from the added functionality designed to improve everyday operations and yield greater business returns," added Abel. Additional new features and functionality for BigMachines' customers include, but are not limited to:
Configuration API with SOAP enables customers to easily call
BigMachines' configurator from another application using XML
and SOAP.
Improved File and Document Manager makes it easy for admin
users to manage an organization's key selling and marketing
documents online and to provide them to their users at the
optimal point in a guided selling process.
Commerce Admin Navigation enables an organization's processes
to rapidly adapt to a changing business environment by
streamlining commerce process set-up and administration. A new
deployment center allows the admin users to quickly deploy
their processes at a scheduled time.
Commerce Process Document Generation without Line Items
enables users to create a commerce document such as a quote or
order without having to first pick or add a line item from the
catalog or configurator.
Aftermarket Serial Number Search Enhancements enables
customers to easily search for and find aftermarket parts and
services by providing custom search fields and allowing
wildcard search options.
Customer Search Filters make it easy to find the right
customer record when generating a quote or order, by using all
single-select customer attributes to filter customer master
search results.
Improved Global Table Management enables system administrators
to easily organize and sort their company's data tables.
Global tables can be assigned to folders and sorting is
possible on the table name, date modified and date deployed
columns.
To further enhance the LFE user experience, a host of additional technical and functional improvements have also been incorporated relative to displays, navigation, image flexibility, configuration arrays, commerce functions and much more. Fore more detailed technical specifications, please visit http://www.bigmachines.com/LFE6.0.htm About BigMachines, Inc. and BigMachines AG BigMachines, Inc. founded in 1999 (www.bigmachines.com) provides web-based configurator and quoting software and services to help manufacturers and other sellers of complex products to streamline their selling processes from customer inquiry-to-order. BigMachines' Lean Front-End (LFE) solution digitizes complex selling processes and captures an organization's tribal knowledge Tribal knowledge is any unwritten information that is known within a tribe but often unknown outside of it. Further reading
See: Secondary market. aftermarket See secondary market. parts. BigMachines' LFE provides in-depth sales reporting capabilities and easily integrates to existing ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. , CAD CAD: see computer-aided design. (Computer-Aided Design) Using computers to design products. CAD systems are high-speed workstations or desktop computers with CAD software. , and CRM systems. BigMachines, the BigMachines logo, and the Lean Front-End(SM) are trademarks of BigMachines, Inc. All other product or service names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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