December 2009 --Long-time MAC-PAC users Link-Belt Construction Company (Link-Belt) and The Ruskin Company (Ruskin) are in the final stages of migrating from MAC-PAC Expert Configurator (EC) to BuyDesign Configurator for MAC-PAC XE for all of their respective product configuration functions. Both companies are using TDCI’s EC rules migration tools and services, and both plan to fully replace EC with BuyDesign Configurator for both Order Entry and MO generation.
For both Link-Belt and Ruskin, the primary reasons for moving from EC to BuyDesign Configurator within MAC-PAC are:
- Utilize BuyDesign’s graphical rules development environment, making it easier to maintain rules and train new rules developers
- Utilize BuyDesign’s graphical configuration environment; again making it easier to train order entry personnel
- Leverage BuyDesign’s far richer rules capabilities to improve configuration processes and the configurator user interface over time
- Capture configuration, pricing and manufacturing rules within a platform that can be used well into the future with MAC-PAC as well as with other applications and ERP systems.
“We’re excited about moving to the BuyDesign rules development environment,” says Dan Rau, VP of Engineering at Ruskin. “And once we’ve made the move, we’re looking forward to using the new capabilities BuyDesign gives us to make our whole process – from rules development through order entry – more intuitive for everyone involved.”
For Link-Belt, the move also gives them a common product configurator for use within their planned dealer quoting and ordering system which will be based on BuyDesign Channel Sales.
Bruce Kabalen, Marketing Communications Manager at Link-Belt says: “Utilizing the Channel Sales component in concert with the BuyDesign Configurator, will put our distributor sales force and our sales management team on the same page. Are goal is continuous improvement and excellent customer service in all areas of our company, and this is a major step in that direction.”
To request a datasheet on BuyDesign Configurator for MAC-PAC XE, and to discuss how it could help your company modernize and extend your company’s product configuration processes, contact Shelley Horn at 614-781-2325 x1119 or shorn@tdci.com.
