New Cincom Acquire Sales and Product Configurator Extends Microsoft Dynamics AX with Guided Selling and Complex Product Configuration

CINCINNATI, Ohio―March 9, 2009 -

Worldwide software provider, Cincom Systems, introduces the newest version of its Cincom Acquire™ Sales and Product Configurator (http://www.cincomacquire.com), which enables Microsoft Dynamics® AX users to capture and deliver critical application, product, pricing, and process knowledge to the point of sale in real time — ensuring the optimal fit between product offerings and customers’ needs.

The Cincom Acquire Sales and Product Configurator can be launched directly from within Microsoft Dynamics AX providing a familiar workflow for existing users. These same models can be extended to the web or mobile environments with a tailored user interface designed specifically for sales reps, channel partners, and customers to configure, price, and quote products without assistance. 

Microsoft Dynamics CRM users can also use the Cincom Acquire Sales and Product Configurator to integrate directly into Dynamics AX regardless of deployment:

• On customer premise deployment
• Microsoft hosted
• Third-party hosted

“The Cincom Acquire Sales and Product Configurator puts selling and product knowledge into the hands of those who need it,” says Gregor Newland, Partner Channel Manager, Cincom. “It empowers your sales reps, channel partners, and customers with the expert knowledge required to help them to win more profitable business.”

The Cincom Acquire Sales and Product Configurator provides:

• Guided Selling – Help your customers “get the right product” to meet their needs.
  
• Product and Solution Configuration – Automate complex rules and calculations associated with configure-to-order and engineer-to-order products to “get the product right.”
  
• Pricing and Proposal Automation – Automate pricing and proposal generation including product configurations, contracts, drawings, and other business-specific documents required to “enable the customer to buy.”

·        Cincom Acquire has helped companies with complex engineer-to-order or configure-to-order products successfully streamline their sales, design, and proposal processes by delivering critical product and sales knowledge to the point of sale, while significantly reducing “quote to cash” time. Cincom has helped customers reduce proposal generation time from five days to 15 minutes and decrease time to close a sale by 80 percent.

Today’s announcement was made at Microsoft Convergence, Microsoft’s premier Microsoft Dynamics event. For more information about Cincom’s products and solutions for complex manufacturers, visit www.cincomacquire.com. 

About Cincom

For 40 years, Cincom's problem-solving software, services, and people have helped thousands of companies all over the world grow and manage their businesses. For more information about Cincom's products and services, contact Cincom at 1-800-2CINCOM (USA only), send an e-mail to info@cincom.com, or visit the company's website at www.cincom.com.