CPQ software standardizes and speeds up the quoting process by automating tasks like looking up prices and performing calculations. It generates quotes that consider all possible configurations, prices, discounts, and customer details. Approval workflows can also be automated to further accelerate quote creation and delivery. CPQ facilitates collaboration between departments to reduce errors and ensure feasible product combinations are pitched. Integrating CPQ with CRM gives sales easy access to customer data to have better conversations and move deals through the pipeline faster. Overall, CPQ solutions help sales teams work more efficiently and confidently by removing errors and allowing them to focus on meeting customer needs.

1. The Main Advantages of CPQ
Software

2. Introduction

3. The distribution of quotes is slowed down by manual processes when the prospect needs
alternatives or configurable products. To prepare a quote, sales representatives must first
go through numerous spreadsheets in search of price guidelines, then perform the
necessary calculations.
By setting explicit, pre-programmed criteria, CPQ application standardizes and clarifies the
quoting process across the enterprise.
An appropriate sales quotation can be generated with the help of a CPQ solution since it
considers every potential configuration, price, discount, customer catalog, pricing, etc., and
provides the sales rep preparing the quote with alternatives, which can be added to
individualized quote templates.
Approval procedures in the online CPQ software allow the quotation to be automatically
routed for approvals, speeding up the quote creation and sending processes even more.

4. COLLABORATION IS FACILITATED, LEADING TO MORE PRECISE SALES
QUOTES
When CPQ is properly implemented, it facilitates cooperation between departments such as sales,
procurement, accounts, and finance. By including all departments, integrated systems reduce the
likelihood of salespeople pitching infeasible product combinations. By introducing rules into the
CPQ system, IT SMEs (subject matter experts) can help lead your sales teams toward a solution-
focused mindset as they work to design product configurations or bundles that meet the needs of
your clients. Every department in a VAR company, not just sales, gains from using CPQ software.
facilitates your company's shift toward a customer-centric focus by facilitating smooth
communication and eliminating informational silos.
INSTANT ACCESSIBILITY
BOOSTS THE EFFICIENCY OF THE SALES TEAM
Integrating your CPQ system with your CRM software gives your sales team easy access to vital
information like customer orders, purchases, preferences, etc., so they can have more in-depth
conversations with leads and customers. When a customer has faith in your VAR firm, they are
more likely to move quickly through the sales pipeline, which is facilitated by automated rules and
approval workflows. Your sales team will be more effective thanks to CPQ applications, which will
help your VAR business expand. Integration with a powerful eCommerce platform for VARS makes
it possible.
AN EFFECTIVE CPQ SOLUTION CAN HELP YOUR SALES STAFF ACHIEVE
GREATER SUCCESS
Your sales teams will be more confident in their ability to meet the needs of prospects and
customers thanks to the aforementioned benefits of a CPQ platform. It takes a lot of time and
effort on the part of sales representatives to manually price configurable products and come up
with correct bids. Since human error is removed thanks to automation, you can rest assured
that the solutions your salespeople present to customers are of the highest quality and are
being offered at the most competitive prices. They know the price they're being quoted
complies with margin requirements and brings in money for the company. After a quote has
been generated, the integrated approval procedure further shortens the sales cycle, allowing
deals to be closed rapidly without compromising on quality. By making use of this automation,
your sales team will be able to present themselves in a more reputable and authoritative light.