Press release

eSpline is now offering a revolutionary software application for SAP Variant Configurator users to run their VC models outside SAP  [2008-09-12]

eSpline LLC announces the general availability of an exciting software solution that permits the SAP Variant Configurator [VC] user to display and deploy SAP VC product models on the internet or on mobile devices. 

The VC product model behavior is replicated through a robust extraction technology developed by eSpline and via a robust rule logic translation SAP VC users have a capability not available before.

Key elements provided from and to SAP

eSpline has been a strategic partner with Configit Software since early 2007 and provides the technology to extract from the SAP configuration knowledgebase, transform it into readable XML and provide this to the Configit Quote software application.   eSpline also developed the bi-directional integration of quotes and orders created in the "Configit Quote" or "Configit Distiller Suite for SAP" back to SAP ERP.  This bi-directional integration creates the quote or order inside SAP, provides the acknowledgement and inquiry of the transaction and provides the mechanism to change the quote or order and update SAP.

A Radically Different Approach Enables Sales Professionals to Use the SAP Variant Configurator in an Interface Very Similar to Their Microsoft Outlook (TM)

The Danish Software Company, Configit, Releases Configit Quote - the Sales Configurator for SAP Organizations Selling Complex Products.

Configit announces for an October release of Configit Quote, a very different type of sales configurator for manufacturing companies using the SAP Variant Configurator.

"Just imagine the power of SAP and the usability of Microsoft in one solution," says Henrik Reif Andersen, CEO at Configit and professor at the IT University of Copenhagen. "All too often SAP and the models built in the SAP Variant Configurator are not utilized to the full extent by the organization. With Configit Quote you effectively expand the footprint of your SAP system by enabling many more people to benefit from it."

Quote with confidence

Configit Quote using eSpline's "Avenue from VC" extracts all the data and functionality from the SAP Variant Configurator knowledgebase and makes it available in a quote software application that sales professionals can use offline on their laptops. When online, it synchronizes with SAP to ensure that prices, options, business logic and constraints are always up to date.  

"It is very user-friendly with a modern look and feel. Most impressive, however, is Configit Quote's ability to capture and use the SAP Variant Configurator outside the system and to feed quotes back into SAP," says Robert Isler, CIO at Netstal, a Swiss manufacturer of plastic molding machines, and continues "Configit Quote has given us much shorter sales cycles and a considerable drop in flawed machine specifications."

Take you SAP configured products [VC] on the road - looking much like Microsoft Outlook(TM)

Sales professionals can be confident that quotes are correct with valid specifications without repeatedly having to check with product specialists. The result is a faster, more efficient and consistent quoting process and a significant reduction of errors, omissions and re-iterations. The outcome is shorter sales cycles and a sales force that confidently exploits the full manufacturing potential while quoting.

 The solution is designed to increase productivity for mobile sales teams and is based on Windows Vista User Experience Guidelines. Consequently, users will feel right at home and be able to use the sales configurator with only limited training. It runs on standard laptops and you can produce reliable quotes anytime and anywhere, even with the customer and in collaboration with other sales professionals.

Configit Quote will be released in October 2008.

About eSpline LLC

About Configit

Configit Quote is developed and sold by Configit A/S - a member of the SAP Partner Edge Program. Headquartered in Copenhagen and with a branch office in Palo Alto, Configit has in excess of 10,000 users in more than 50 countries. The core technology in the software is based on more than 10 years of research in formal verification of hardware and software.

eSpline is the only reseller/distributor in North America for "Configit's VT Distiller for SAP" and "Configit Quote for SAP".