US software leader Configure One Inc. has set up a United Kingdom base from which to target new European and Asian markets.
Image above:UK team – Austin Roche, left and Jon Lidbury
US
software leader Configure One Inc. has set up a United Kingdom base from which to target new European and Asian markets.
Configure One’s CONCEPT™ enterprise configurator software is a top seller in the US and the company is expanding its presence in other world sectors.
CONCEPT™ is web-based software which enables client companies to design, sell and manufacture product variation with ease. It dramatically reduces the time from customer request to full quotation from weeks to just hours. It means the manufacturer reduces costs, streamlines processes and can offer highly-competitive delivery times.
The Configure One Europe team is being led by General Manager Jon Lidbury from offices in a specialist technology and innovation centre at Ongar in Essex. Jon Lidbury and Project Manager Austin Roche are spearheading the expansion into Europe. Between them they offer around half a century of IT and process improvement experience and have joined Configure One from an automotive company which was the first UK customer for CONCEPT™.
Jon Lidbury said: “There is considerable potential for our products in Europe and Asia and immediately after setting up the European office for Configure One we are seeing a great deal of interest. “Our customers, who offer products which can be varied and customised, are finding time and costs involved in quoting and engineering are slashed significantly. “CONCEPT™ is very much about the lean office that today’s business ethos demands and can be very quickly cost-justified. Implementation of CONCEPT™ usually results in 100% return on investment inside 18 months.
“We are very excited about the prospects in Europe and the UK in particular.” CONCEPT™ offers particular benefits to manufacturing companies but it is also being utilised by the service industry. Among business sectors where it is proving successful are automotive, aviation and telecommunications.
US-based Configure One President, Business development Ron Mouw said: “The interest from Europe and beyond in configurator technology has grown significantly and a European presence for Configure One has already proved critical in enabling us to win a major contract.”
CONCEPT™ offers:
Quotation turnaround time reduced by 40-80%
Order lead time slashed by 10-50%
Cost reductions of 10-40%
Market share growth
Orders’ mistakes reduced by 40-80%
Staff time freed up considerably by allowing the configurator program to handle tedious and repetitive tasks
