| Benefit | Reasons to Believe |
1 | 105% Increase in Deal Size | Rules automate upselling to quote all options the customer could use and not just the options the salesperson is familiar with |
2 | 28.8% Shorter Sales Cycle | Automated approvals for technical and pricing reviews reduce sales cycle |
3 | 25% Decrease in Costs of Sale | Decreasing the number of technical resources tied to supporting sales process |
4 | 49% More Quotes | Automated generation of proposal/quote |
5 | 16% Increase in Win Rate | By getting quotes to customers faster and being more responsive to their requests |
6 | 40% Reduction in Order Errors | Rules prevent incorrect product configurations |
7 | Eliminates Waste in Operations in the Making of the Product | Eliminates checking and re-checking of product configurations for manufacturability |
Statistics from 2013 Aberdeen Group study and a Gartner Research study