Today's manufacturing industry finds itself struggling with a growing number of product variants in order to fulfill customer demands. At the same time expectations to deliver the customized products quickly at competitive prices are increasing. The traditional way of managing and selling products can no longer deliver desired efficiencies. Product Configurator stands at a confluence of sales, design engineering and manufacturing. With this vantage position, it becomes a powerful tool for the management to exercise control over these core/strategic operations while at the same time benefiting all the participating business functions.

iGATE brings extensive knowledge of business processes and system implementation in 'x-to-Order' (Engineer, Make, Assemble or Configure) products environment and strong experience in multiple sub-verticals of manufacturing such as Medical Devices, Consumer Products, Industrial equipment etc. We have deep expertise in COTS product configurators from leading providers like SAP Variant Configurator, Oracle Configurator and BaaN Configurator across industries. We have developed web-based bespoke applications completely integrated with ERP, document management and CAD systems. The bespoke applications are built with third party rules engine as well as custom-built rules engine based on specific customer needs and preferences. Such applications are deployed in both the online and offline version to facilitate offer creation right at the customer's desk.

iGATE provides a complete suite of services for varied Product Configurator system environments:

• Consulting in developing product models and extraction of configuration business rules
• Evaluation and selection of right product configuration system and components
• System architecture definition
• Implementation of 'off-the-shelf' configurator
• Development of custom configuration system
• Web and mobility enablement of the legacy configurator
• Ongoing application management including master data and rules maintenance.

In addition, we has developed a proprietary unique customizable solution framework based open-source rules engine. Key features include:

• Rules-modeling by design engineers with no intervention from IT
• Runtime demand shaping features to promote standard configurations
• Dynamic user-interface generation for sales configuration
• Order workflow and subsequent change control through penalty definition
• Connected and disconnected modes of operation
• Drawing generation with engineering drawing systems
• Flexible interfaces with back-end ERP
• Internationalization

Solution Benefits

• Drastic reduction in 'inquiry to quote' cycle time, with a single meeting closure of sales
• Right product meeting exact customer needs with accurate pricing
• Minimizing number of interactions between engineering, costing and sales during a sales cycle
• Realistic lead times and meeting of schedules
• Elimination of any communication gap between sales and manufacturing about product sold
• Promotion of standardized sub-assemblies while offering enough end-product variety
• Minimization of obsolescence

Select Success Stories

High precision medical equipment manufacturer leverages product configurator to enable "Single Meeting Closure of Sales"
The smart sales tool developed and deployed by iGATE reduces costs involved in rework, automated manual and iterative processes, and significantly increases the client's profit margins

Leading manufacturer of windows and patio doors reduces Quote-to-cash cycle time with global rollout of BaaN product configurator
iGATE with its deep domain expertise and in-depth software knowledge helps the client rollout a uniform business process for product configuration across its facilities

High technology bioscience company implements Oracle Configurator to reduce its 'Configure-to-Order' cycle time
iGATE leverages its knowledge of Oracle Configurator to exploit its major features and offers a best-fit solution to the client thereby helping it considerably reduce its Configure-to-Order cycle time

iGATE provides leading Italian manufacturer of bulk material handling equipments a complete solution to address its business needs Inquiry-to-Order process integrated with intelligent product configurator
iGATE develops and deploys a grounds-up, low-cost and scalable solution to reduce 'Design-to-Market' time for introducing new machines with a dynamic product configurator that is integrated with customer's back-end ERP