I just returned from Smart Manufacturing Week UK (where Aleran exhibited, and I had the opportunity to present as well). I met a wide variety of manufacturing leaders — in sales, operations, IT, and executive leadership, and interestingly they shared a common concern:...
If you search "best B2B eCommerce platform for industrial manufacturers," you'll get a list of names you recognize. Shopify Plus. BigCommerce. Magento. OroCommerce. WooCommerce. And for simple B2B use cases — fixed pricing, standard catalog, straightforward checkout —...
Ask a sales rep at a mid-sized manufacturer what they think of their CPQ system, and you'll likely hear one of three answers: they barely use it, they've built workarounds around it, or they're still waiting for it to go live. That's not a coincidence. It's a pattern...
The latest Institute for Supply Management ISM® Manufacturing PMI® Report has some genuinely encouraging news: manufacturing is growing. Yet, at the same time, input prices are surging. The Manufacturing PMI registered 54 percent in May, 1.3 percentage points...
Why Digital Quoting and Selling Is the Conversation UK Manufacturing Needs Right Now Smart Manufacturing Week UK is the right place for this discussion. The event's themes — AI, connected factories, digital transformation — are exactly the backdrop manufacturers need...
Manufacturers evaluating digital quoting and product configuration tools often run into confusion around two categories that sound similar — but solve very different problems: Sales CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) CAD configurators and engineering configurators In many...
Manufacturers running Epicor are under increasing pressure to modernize how customers, dealers, distributors, and sales teams quote, order, reorder, and self-serve online. For many, Epicor Commerce Connect (ECC) was an early step toward digital commerce. But as...
Manufacturers using Infor SyteLine often reach the same turning point: Their ERP works well operationally. But dealers, distributors, and customers still struggle to do business with them digitally. Quotes take too long. Order visibility is fragmented. Customer...
With Epicor Insights around the corner, here’s what manufacturers are asking. As Epicor Insights approaches this May, one question keeps coming up in conversations with manufacturers: “What’s the best way to integrate Epicor ERP with eCommerce—and actually make it...
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