SAN MATEO, Calif. & CHICAGO--BigMachines, Inc., the leading provider of on-demand configuration and quoting software, announced today that Caliper Life Sciences, a leading provider of drug discovery and life sciences research solutions, has selected the BigMachines CPP (Configure, Price, Propose) solution through the salesforce.com AppExchange. Specifically, Caliper will use BigMachines integrated with salesforce.com to generate sales quotes and manage product configurations.
Caliper Life Sciences provides a unique suite of proprietary molecular imaging, microfluidics, automation technologies, reagents, and outsourcing solutions through its Discovery Alliances & Services division. Caliper’s products and services help customers in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries bridge in vitro and in vivo experimentation and enhance the clinical relevance of drug discovery and development.
BigMachines LFE will be tightly integrated with Caliper’s salesforce.com customer relationship management (CRM) system to provide a single view of customer data, in addition to automatically updating sales forecasts as quotes and orders are created and changed.
Godard Abel, CEO of BigMachines, stated, “Caliper is a clear leader in the life sciences field and we’re delighted that they have selected BigMachines. We look forward to a rapid implementation with our new version 7.1 product release— to return a fast ROI to Caliper.”
About BigMachines, Inc. and BigMachines AG
BigMachines, Inc. founded in 1999, provides web-based configurator, quoting, and proposal software and services to help companies streamline their selling processes from customer inquiry-to-order. BigMachines Lean Front-End® (LFE) solution digitizes complex selling processes and captures an organization's tribal knowledge to provide online product selection, configuration, quoting, and ordering capabilities for new products and aftermarket parts. BigMachines LFE provides in-depth sales reporting capabilities and easily integrates to existing ERP, CAD, and CRM systems. Please visit www.bigmachines.com for more information.
