Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20SUMMER EDITION ENGINE ROOM 13 “Standard costing, product structuring, combined purchasing and new operational processes were initially identified as required to accommodate this new business model. As such, we discovered that a tool to assist in the management of communication between remote demand and a centralised supply was crucial. Enter the Configure Price Quote (CPQ) software, which is a sales tool that helps produce automatic, accurate and highly configured quotes from complex, centralised product, pricing, and business rules available in real-time. Boris Nguyen, Product Engineer reveals the path taken to support the EPSA business decision to consolidate distribution for efficiencies. And after several investigations, Gary Humphreys’ suggestion to consider PerfectForms as the platform resulted in an internally-developed data sharing breakthrough to generate an algorithm string within PerfectForms. In December 2014, Michael Wickham from EPSA’s Head Office created the first CPQ for engine sales and a month later, the Central Distribution Centre dual facility (Hallam and Larapinta) went live with the initial CPQ. New major additions in late August 2016 to the EPR and Industrial Engine were implemented with new workflow OUR JOURNEY TO THE PERFECT CPQ management and will benefit product standardisation in the long-term. Plans are in place to introduce Marine products in a standard configurable way in 2017, and as newer improvements are available we’ll continue to roll them out continuing the CPQ evolution to cover all the fundamental and customised requirements within the EPSA business.” The stars that illuminate the incredible night sky above the Red Centre played host to Tourism Central Australia’s Tourism Awards in Alice Springs. EPSA’s Darwin branch helped bring this event to life with the rental of a 100kVA generator, 32amp and 240amp distribution boards and powerlock cables.