iBaan Sales to Provide Unassisted Selling and Online Access to Price, Product, Availability and Order Status Information
LONDON /PRNewswire/ -- Baan, a global leader in enterprise business solutions, has announced that Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH (SAT, Erlangen/Germany, has selected the new iBaan family of Internet-enabled value web solutions as part of the Siemens subsidiary's innovative 'e-Sie' E-Business programme. SAT is the leading manufacturer of hearing aids worldwide, and its new iBaan-based e-sales solution will provide comprehensive online access for hearing aid acousticians.
SAT's e-sales project will focus on the management and development of sales relations with hearing aid acousticians in Germany, who -- using the new Baan solution -- will be able to submit their orders electronically via the Internet. In addition, Siemens dealers can use the e-sales solution to gain online access to price, product, availability and order status information at all times. The system is scheduled to go live in April 2001, and SAT will then develop the project to integrate dealers and customers worldwide.
SAT selected the Internet-enabled iBaan solution because of its strong functionality and the close integration -- via standard connectors -- between the company's existing iBaanIV ERP solution and iBaan Sales.
The decision follows an intensive evaluation phase in which Cap Gemini Ernst & Young drew up a comprehensive strategy and solutions concept for the project and advised the Siemens subsidiary in the selection of software. Cap Gemini Ernst & Young has now been commissioned with the project implementation. The licensing agreements were signed in late October 2000.
iBaan Sales is an integrated business-to-business web selling system that delivers product information to customers and channel partners through multimedia catalogs. With iBaan Sales, users have 24x7 access to negotiated pricing, inventory availability, accurate order estimates, order placement and tracking, tax and freight and transport calculations. For complex product sales, iBaan Configuration provides additional functionality, allowing users to configure and purchase products online according to specific business rules.
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