A configurator is a software tool that is used to help the customer or seller to carry out a purchase. The users gives a possibility to choose a product from different parts and their properties. The configurator makes sure that the chosen parts are compatible with each other.
Configurator, sales configurator and product configurator are often used to describe the same thing. Configurator is the broad term that includes both sales configurator and product configurator. The difference between the sales configurator and the product configurator are their main focus. COMBINUM is a configurator that incorporates the functionality of both a sales configurator and a product configurator.
The term sales configurator aims on a configurator with its focus of creating order. The sales configurator uses the made configuration to create complete order documents for the order depertment. COMBINUM generates all the needed order documents from a ready configuration. COMBINUM can also be connected with the companies business application to create order there.
