In a world where customers expect fast, accurate answers—and sales teams are judged by speed and reliability—the way you create quotes for configurable products can make or break deals. For manufacturers who sell engineered-to-order or highly configurable products, quoting is often the slowest, most error-prone step in the buyer’s journey: manual rule checking, back-and-forth with engineering, inconsistent pricing, and rework on drawings and BOMs add days (or weeks) to each opportunity.
DriveWorks is designed to change that. By automating configuration, design, and downstream document generation, DriveWorks turns a traditionally lengthy, specialist-driven quoting process into a fast, repeatable, auditable flow that sales teams, dealers, and customers can use with confidence. Here’s how companies can speed up quoting—often dramatically—by adopting DriveWorks.
What DriveWorks does (briefly)
DriveWorks is a rules-based configuration and design automation platform that ties product logic, CAD model automation (SOLIDWORKS), pricing, and document generation together. Key components and capabilities that matter for quoting include:
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A rules engine that captures product design and business logic
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Form-based user interfaces for guided configuration (DriveWorks Pro, DriveWorks Live)
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Automatic generation of 3D models, drawings, BOMs, and manufacturing data
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Document/quote template generation (Word, PDF, Excel) with populated pricing and parts lists
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Integration points for ERP/CRM/PLM systems and databases
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Scheduling and batch automation to run tasks unattended
These capabilities let you move from manual, ad-hoc quoting to a reliable, auditable CPQ (configure-price-quote) workflow.
