Configurator-based Guided Selling and Quoting for Kitchen and Bath Cabinet Manufacturers

Streamline the selling process for kitchen and bath cabinets and other storage systems

BuyDesign® provides an intelligent catalog for AutoCAD layout, and a comprehensive guided selling solution for cabinets and other storage systems.

The commercial and residential cabinet and storage solution industry is highly competitive, with constant pressure for innovative new products that come with great service and affordable prices.

With an ever increasing range of styles, sizes, finishes, and options required to meet the desires of consumers, designers, and builders, the introduction of a new product line can be daunting. Product information for thousands of SKUs must be provided for catalogues and dealer systems, as well as internal order entry and manufacturing systems. And no matter how broad your product lines, the ability to produce specials and exact size units is still often required to provide customers with exactly what they want.

The Internet is providing additional opportunities along with competitive challenges. As the popularity of on-line do-it-yourself kitchen and bath design web sites and e-catalogues increases, cabinet manufacturers are recognizing the opportunity to have their products chosen early in the design process if they can provide consumers, retailers, and remodelers with easy-to-use layout capabilities as well as product content in a variety of formats.

At the same time, manufacturers must be equipped to work collaboratively with builders, dealers, and distributors on larger projects. Deals are won when you make it easy for your direct and indirect sales channels to rapidly produce winning layouts and bid packages. Dealer loyalty is maintained when you quote prices that are both competitive and profitable, and when you consistently enter and deliver accurate orders. Builders and remodelers come back when you deliver the right products ready for installation within the right time window(s) for the job.

Taken together, these factors require that you strive to streamline every aspect of your operations, from product design, through sales, production, and customer service.

BuyDesign for Kitchen and Bath Cabinet Manufacturers

BuyDesign provides kitchen and bath cabinet, and other storage system manufacturers with:

• Instant access to product information for dealers and sales reps
• Configuration of custom cabinet units
• 3D & 2D visualization
• Bid documents with thumbnail images
• Rapid order placement
• Generation of detail drawings and manufacturing instructions
• An AutoCAD electronic catalog for layout designers
• Web-based catalog and ‘build your own’ product visualization tools for end customers

BuyDesign also offers:

• Online and/or distributed deployment options
• Easy integration with your existing business systems
• Fast implementation

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