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About Complex Quotes and Orders

Siebel Consumer Sector applications automate the process of creating quotes and orders that meet the needs of industries with more complex products or product delivery needs, for example, the apparel and footwear industry.

You can create a single quote for the product needs of multiple retail outlets within a company. A quote can include multiple delivery dates and ship-to accounts (addresses). Size-specific quantities can be automatically allocated based on pre-defined size distribution models. You can edit these quantities to suit the needs of individual accounts.

After a quote has been assembled and approved by the necessary parties (for example, the buyer for your customer and your manager), you can convert it to an order that can be submitted to back office applications for order fulfillment.

If your company uses one of the Siebel Consumer Sector customer and partner applications, buyers for your customer companies can generate quotes and convert them to orders as well. This chapter covers the procedures for generating quotes and converting them to orders in all Siebel applications. For information on allowing customers and partners access to the functionality, see Customer and Partner Applications Administration Guide for Industry Applications.


 Siebel Consumer Sector Guide 
 Published: 18 April 2003