1. Industrial Machinery CPQ
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Process · Pricing and independent approval

Pricing and independent approval

Calculate the draft's USD line values and obtain an independent decision on the current commercial revision.

Step by step

  1. Check draft inputs Quote Specialist

    Quote Specialist confirms that the offer is Draft and checks the price book revision, expected quote revision and commercial lines. Each line needs usable quantity, USD price and discount inputs for the calculation. Resolve input errors before asking the guarded pricing action to proceed.

    • Confirm the commercial input and pricing context
    • Updates Quotes, Quote lines
  2. Calculate and submit pricing Quote Specialist

    Quote Specialist requests pricing for the explicit draft. The action validates scope and revision, calculates quantity times USD unit price less the USD line discount, writes net line values and sums the quote's net USD amount. Successful pricing moves the quote from Draft to Review.

    • Write net USD values and move Draft to Review
    • Updates Quote lines, Quotes, Operation receipts
  3. Read the commercial request Pricing Reviewer

    Pricing Reviewer reads the customer, machine context, line amounts, validity date and supporting attachments. Confirm that the offered configuration and priced options describe the customer's request. The reviewer needs an understandable offer at the revision submitted for decision.

    • Inspect the offered machine and commercial evidence
    • Updates Quotes, Quote lines, Machine configurations, Record attachments
  4. Decide the current offer Pricing Reviewer

    An independent Pricing Reviewer approves, rejects or returns the commercial request through the guarded action. Approval moves Review to Approved; rejection moves Review to Rejected. Return retains its reason and follows the authorized correction path. The decision records the source revision and reviewer.

    • Record the independent decision on the reviewed revision
    • Updates Quotes, Review decisions, Operation receipts
    ApprovalA person approves before the work moves on.
  5. Check readiness for acceptance Quote Specialist

    Quote Specialist checks the Approved offer and its validity before recording customer acceptance. Auditor can trace the priced lines and review decision. A change to the offer needs an authorized correction and a fresh decision on the appropriate revision.

    • Confirm the approved and still-valid offer
    • Updates Quotes, Review decisions

Where it usually breaks

And how to keep it from happening.

  • Outdated revision. A request from an earlier draft must stop before overwriting the current commercial offer.
  • Wrong discount meaning. The calculation uses a USD line discount. Check imported values against that convention.
  • Expired offer. Review and acceptance must respect the quote's validity date; resolve an outdated offer before proceeding.
Quote Specialist
, Pricing Reviewer, Auditor.

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