1. Industrial Machinery CPQ
  2. Process
  3. Machine configuration review
Process · Machine configuration review

Machine configuration review

Submit a machine requirement, decide it independently and complete the approved configuration without changing quote economics.

Step by step

  1. Prepare the machine request Quote Specialist

    Quote Specialist records the power supply, cycle rate, safety option and required date in a Draft configuration linked to the quote. Check the selling organization and current configuration revision. Attach the customer's supporting requirements to the parent quote for the reviewer to read.

    • Record the Draft requirement and supporting material
    • Updates Machine configurations, Quotes, Record attachments
  2. Submit the current revision Quote Specialist

    Quote Specialist submits the configuration through the guarded action. The request checks scope and expected revision before moving the configuration from Draft to Submitted. Preserve the request's revision so the decision can address the same operating requirement.

    • Move Draft to Submitted with the guarded request
    • Updates Machine configurations, Operation receipts
  3. Decide the configuration Pricing Reviewer

    Pricing Reviewer examines the submitted requirement independently and approves or rejects it. A valid decision records the decision date and moves the configuration to Approved or Rejected. The preparer cannot supply the independent decision on their own submitted request.

    • Record independent approval or rejection
    • Updates Machine configurations, Operation receipts
    ApprovalA person approves before the work moves on.
  4. Complete approved work Quote Specialist

    Quote Specialist follows the approved configuration through its guarded completion action. The configuration moves from Approved to Completed. Its completion leaves the quote's commercial status and net USD amount unchanged; the pricing process handles commercial line changes separately.

    • Complete the configuration while preserving quote economics
    • Updates Machine configurations, Quotes, Operation receipts
  5. Trace the result Quote Specialist

    Auditor checks the configuration revision, decision date and operation evidence. Quote Specialist follows any rejected requirement through the authorized correction procedure before requesting another decision. Keep the resulting configuration connected to the offer the customer will receive.

    • Read the decision and completion evidence
    • Updates Machine configurations, Operation receipts

Where it usually breaks

And how to keep it from happening.

  • Different requirements under one request. Changed power supply or safety details need an authorized revision before the next decision.
  • Self-review. The preparer must arrange an independent Pricing Reviewer for the submitted configuration.
  • Price expectations. Configuration completion does not calculate option prices. Put the required commercial inputs into the draft quote lines and use the pricing action.
Quote Specialist
, Pricing Reviewer, Auditor.

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