VT Distiller for SAP Implementation - Continued

A typical VT Distiller for SAP implementation may include some or all of the following:

Product Model Health Check – determine what changes, if any, should or must be made to the SAP VC product models for optimum distillation and high-performance runtime configuration.   For example, variant functions in SAP ERP or R/3 may need be translated from ABAP.

Runtime Integration – design, develop, and test the integration of the configurator within for example an existing or new Order Management system, a web portal, a CRM system, etc.

Data Migration – extract product data, relations, and configurator rules from existing data sources, either one-time or ongoing.

User Interface – design, develop, and test user experiences that match the business processes around the configurator.

Sales Order and Quote Integration – once the Configit Configuration Solution has produced a customer’s configuration, the quote or order is to be uploaded to other components such as SAP ERP or R/3 for further processing (create production order, routings, fulfillment…).

Staff Training– knowledge transfer to product modelers and IT staff who will be responsible for running the VT Distiller

Integration and Acceptance Testing – verify that the distilled Configit Configuration Solutions run the same way as its SAP VC counterpart.

Deployment – define a process to distribute the distilled Configit Configuration Solution to the target users, whether via the web, CDs or DVDs, PDAs, and on one or more platforms including Microsoft .NET, J2EE application servers,  Microsoft Pocket PC, and Linux.