Universal Electric Corporation Selects TDCI’s BuyDesign® Configurator-based Guided Selling Software
Growing Manufacturer of Customizable Power Distribution Products to Use BuyDesign as Integral Part of New ERP System
(August 2010) TDCI Inc. (TDCI), the leading provider of configurator-based software solutions, announced today Universal Electric Corporation (UEC), a rapidly growing manufacturer of customizable power distribution products, has selected TDCI’s BuyDesign Channel Sales along with the Infor ERP SyteLine business system to be supplied by Infor partner, Decision Resources Inc. (DRI). BuyDesign Channel Sales is a web-based quoting, proposal generation, and ordering solution for use by a company’s direct and direct sales channels. It is one of a family of BuyDesign Guided Selling solutions built around BuyDesign Configurator, which is the foundation of the product configurator within SyteLine.
“We selected BuyDesign Channel Sales along with Infor ERP SyteLine because it provides a comprehensive guided selling solution that utilizes the same product configurator we will use for order entry and manufacturing within SyteLine,” said Bob Swanson, UEC Materials Manager. “Many of our products are highly configurable, so the ability to deploy a common product configurator throughout the quote-to-delivery cycle is very important to us. We want to make it as easy as possible for customers to buy our products, and BuyDesign will help us achieve that by enabling sales people to quickly and accurately configure, quote, and order products that meet exactly the customer’s needs. This will be an important capability as we continue to grow.”
UEC will use BuyDesign to support sales and manufacturing of the company’s STARLINE Track Busway product line.
About Universal Electric Corporation
With headquarters and manufacturing operations in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, Universal Electric Corporation (UEC) has been a power distribution industry innovator for over 85 years. Today, UEC markets customizable power distribution products through a network of manufacturer’s reps and direct sales personnel throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. UEC’s award-winning STARLINE systems are the only fully flexible products available that allow access to power anywhere it is needed. Designed to meet the changing electrical power needs of any business requiring ultimate flexibility, STARLINE products have revolutionized electrical power distribution in data centers, industrial manufacturing facilities, retail chains, and grocery stores worldwide. Visit www.uecorp.com to learn more.
About TDCI and BuyDesign
TDCI (www.tdci.com) specializes in helping manufacturers and their distributors streamline the buying process for customized products. TDCI’s BuyDesign® software is a comprehensive web-based product configurator and guided selling solution developed to help companies increase sales by becoming ‘easy to do business with’ while improving profitability by reducing order processing time, cost, and errors. Built using a powerful product configurator, BuyDesign provides modular applications for guided product selection and configuration, product visualization, quoting and ordering, drawing and data generation, consumer interest creation, and more.
