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Configure, price, quote: How to empower your sales team

In today’s fast-paced business environment, sales professionals face numerous challenges when it comes to configuring, pricing, and quoting complex products and services. The complexity of today’s offerings, rising customer expectations, and the uncertain state of the economy present challenges that sales teams must overcome daily.

That’s where Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) technology comes into play, revolutionizing the sales process by streamlining and automating critical sales tasks. In this white paper, you’ll learn about the challenges facing manufacturers and the benefits of CPQ for sales representatives.

Read on to learn more.

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