- BigMachines
Infobox_Company
company_name = BigMachines, Inc.
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = 2000
location_city = Deerfield, Illinois
location_country = USA
key_people = cite web|url= http://www.bigmachines.com/management_team.php#godard|title=Godard Abel|, Co-founder & CEO | industry =Computer software IT Services
products = Sales Configuration Proposal Generation eCommerce CRM Integration
homepage = cite web|url=http://www.bigmachines.com|title=http://www.bigmachines.com|BigMachines, Inc. supplies
product configurator ,quoting , andproposal software to companies that sell complex products. The company's software aims to streamline theinquiry-to-order process for companies with large sales teams or distributor/VAR networks .The company was founded in
2000 byGodard Abel andChristopher Shutts . BigMachines, Inc. is headquartered inDeerfield, Illinois with development offices inSilicon Valley (San Mateo, California )andHyderabad ,India . The company also has European operations center located inMunich ,Germany . BigMachines, Inc. currently serves customers in the Industrial, Hi-tech, Medical, and Software industries. The company's software is designed to integrate with existing ERP (Enterprise resource planning ), CRM (Customer relationship management ), and other business systems.The company has partnered with
Salesforce.com andOracle Corporation CRM On-Demand to provideproduct configurator ,quoting , andproposal software applications as a compliment to these CRM systems.The company has received industry recognition for its application suite, including:
* [http://www.sdcexec.com/print/Supply-and-Demand-Chain-Executive/2007-Supply-and-Demand-Chain-Executive-100/1$9672 Top 100 Supply Chain Solutions Providers] (Supply and Demand Chain Executive, 2007, 2006, 2004)
* Top 40 Emerging Software Vendor (Manufacturing Business Technology, 2007, 2005)
* Technology Enabler, Progressive Manufacturing 50 (Managing Automation, 2007)External links
* [http://www.bigmachines.com BigMachines Product Configurator]
* [http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange/detail_overview.jsp?NavCode__c=a0130000006P6IoAAK-13&id=a0330000001GDyTAAW AppExchange - BigMachines]
* [http://solutions.oracle.com/partners/bigmachines Oracle PartnerNetwork - BigMachines]References
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