Revolutionizing Custom Product Sales with DriveWorks Sales Configurators
A product configurator can be a real game-changer for any industry; it needs to be equally flexible to meet the changing user demand. A sales configurator helps bridge the gap between user requirements and commercial successes, without having risks of running into errors. The thin line of defence a sales configurator creates between the final output and testing is robust, to say the very least. If the product configuration is not up to par, the project itself can get jeopardised or even shut down. Here is where business customisation and selling points come into the equation to add to the overall product’s value.
One key offering that sales configurators bring to companies is a transformation in selling approaches. Previously, the industry norm was standardised product templates scheduled for mass production. Automation has brought the trend of delivering custom-designed products that fulfil end-users’ requirements. Sales configurators make it easier to consider consumer choices and requirements. Recently, there has been an increase in demand for more customised products, when tailored via configuration to meet your end users’ requirements.
Customising Product Profitability with Sales Configurators
We live in the era of individualised personalisation, which makes it difficult for companies to keep up with the changing demand. However, with SolidWorks and DriveWorks, companies are now able to configure custom products for the end-user. This customisation proposition is quick and easy to execute. It allows research and development to locate areas where customisation can create value for the end-users. Moreover, the sales configurator makes it possible to bring a swift transition in product design to achieve your customers’ desires.
With DriveWorks Solo, cost structures become manageable while decreasing manufacturing complexities. Sales configurators allow companies to seize the opportunity to offer a vast array of options to the end-user through mass customisation. It can help companies build loyalty among their user base, increase revenue, gain a competitive advantage in the market, and accelerate the product cycle. With this offering, as a design engineer or company owner, you can stay ahead of the market by showcasing products demanded by the end-user.
Leveraging Sales Configurator Capabilities with DriveWorks
The advances in sales configurators and product visualisation have contributed significantly to the overall adaptiveness of the practice throughout the industry. Each configuration has a singular goal: to make the end product user-friendly and engaging. DriveWorks Solo has significantly contributed to the overall project’s success because of its capability to create and configure custom products. With the help of its DriveWorks design automation functionality, it eliminates errors and expensive design changes. Moreover, it offers the following benefits to companies:
Eliminating Redundancies and Errors
With sales configurators, reducing errors becomes the norm. DriveWorks rules help filter out your commands and reduce costly mistakes and time-consuming changes. When redundancies and errors are removed from the equation, design engineers can meet deadlines more effectively and free up the workforce to perform other tasks.
From a managerial point of view, product innovation is one of the main attributes of sales configuration. Alongside showcasing the end product, this makes it logical to invest resources in this niche. With DriveWorks Solo, companies can reduce redundant duplications and allocate their human capital better. As a result, you will generate more output and significantly reduce unnecessary expenditures.
Powerful SOLIDWORKS Automation Setup
DriveWorks Solo is easy to set up, maintain, and deploy. It executes commands with great accuracy and does not require the use of complex macros, codes, or design tables, and gives the output as per the requirement. The sales configurator requires keeping the output in mind; the end product needs to satisfy users’ and investors’ interests. That is why powerful automation and features can cement the road to project success. By controlling dimensions, properties, advanced feature parameters, formats, and more, greater control can be exercised over the product configuration.
Sales Transformation with DriveWorks Pro and CPQ
While DriveWorks Solo is powerful for internal automation, companies aiming to truly revolutionise custom product sales should explore the capabilities of DriveWorks Pro and DriveWorks Live. These solutions support full Configure-Price-Quote (CPQ) functionality, allowing users, sales teams, or distributors to generate quotes in real-time through interactive web interfaces.
This level of sales automation means customers can configure a product online, receive instant pricing, see visual previews, and submit orders directly, without back-and-forth emails or design delays. When integrated with CRM or ERP systems (like Salesforce or Microsoft Dynamics), DriveWorks Pro becomes a seamless part of a broader digital sales strategy.
Real-World Example: Custom Furniture Manufacturer
Imagine a company that designs bespoke office furniture. Before DriveWorks, every order required manual CAD edits, back-and-forth with sales, and multiple quote revisions. Now, with DriveWorks Pro, customers simply log into a web portal, choose their dimensions, colours, materials, and add-ons, and receive an instant price. The system auto-generates manufacturing drawings and BOMs, ready for production, all within minutes.
This eliminates quoting delays, reduces design errors, and dramatically shortens the lead time from inquiry to production, increasing customer satisfaction and conversion rates.
Embracing the Era of Sales Configurators
Understanding market dynamics and mapping them with the features offered by the software makes it clear why sales configurators can be a game-changer in the greater scheme of things. Not only do they replace the traditional quotation method, but they also provide a more effective solution.
Previously, numerous quotation tools were used. They were either too complicated or too simplified to make a quotation based on the product’s design. Fortunately, the leap into the future required the use of smart algorithms to create a complete interface that offers all the standard features.
From the customer’s perspective, you will be able to bring their ideal purchase to life. Doing so is as simple as adding custom design requirements in the sales configurator. This includes parameters like composition, dimension, and even the product cost. Thus, sales configurators become a complete solution for enhancing a business’s customisation capability to meet customer demands, a real game-changer.
See the online staircase sales configurator we created for a client.
