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Do you remember WordPerfect in the early nineties? You edited documents in a text editor that showed commands like [Center] in clear text. Today, no one would dream of using a word processer without WYSIWYG - what you see is what you get.

This trend is now coming widely to CPQ. You have probably seen it already in tailormade configurators for consumer products like cars, furniture, or villas. The same trend now comes to B2B markets. Customers expect to see what they will get as they pick among the product’s options.

A configurator can solve many challenges related to mass customization products. Challenges exists all along the road from request to delivered product and therefor the configurator often acts as a central connection point.

But to act as a central connection point places great demands in the ability to communicate. If the quoting and order processes shall be efficient, integrations to surrounding systems are required.

Breakthrough technologies are moving the frontiers of software development forward again and again. In recent times several of the brightest technologies have sprung from Google, Facebook and Microsoft and in COMBINUM 3.0 we make use of them.

We are using smartphones and tablets for an increasing number of tasks in our in our everyday lives. Could this be possible for CPQ tasks with complex configuration models?

The standard COMBINUM/CRM integration is now compatible with the redesigned Pivotal CRM 6.5. Pivotal CRM 6.5 features a completely redesigned sales automation user experience that enables secure, mobile access from any laptop, desktop or tablet. User adaptation key to CRM success Pivotal CRM is a modern CRM system built on the innovative Microsoft .NET platform as is COMBINUM. ...

We are proud to announce that COMBINUM Architect has undergone and passed all technical tests to become Windows 10 Compatible. This means that COMBINUM Architect meets Microsoft's high requirements on stability and security. The certification for Windows 10 desktop apps includes requirements in the following areas: Compatibility and resiliency Adherence to Windows security bes ...

We are happy to introduce the new module COMBINUM Customer Management that makes COMBINUM a complete CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) system. This module lets you manage your customers along with related information like contacts, addresses, prices and delivery terms in COMBINUM. When it's time to create a quote you select a customer from the register and related data is pulled in ...

With COMBINUM you are totally free to have the report design your way. No more design choices forced by the application! The reports in COMBINUM are built up with the same elements as in the Microsoft Word format which gives you full freedom in the design. But that's old news... What's new is that you can import Word styles to COMBINUM and thereby save a lot of time. You simply ...

It's almost five years since Aberdeen Group published it's much talked about study about the challenges faced by companies delivering tailored products. Since the study was published, the competition has intensified and the globalization increased, which adds to the conclusions in the report. Among the companies in the study, the ones with the highest ranking on certain crite ...

We are proud to announce that COMBINUM Architect has undergone and passed all technical tests to become Windows® 8 Compatible. This means that COMBINUM Architect meets Microsoft's high requirements on stability and security. The certification for Windows 8 applications includes requirements in the following areas: Compatibility and resiliency Adherence to Windows Security ...