System Software Associates (SSA) and Trilogy Software have announced the formation of a worldwide alliance to bring Trilogy`s products, integrated with BPCS Client/Server Version 6.0, to SSA`s customers.
Through this new partnership, SSA will deliver Trilogy`s front-office suite, which includes configuration, pricing, sales compensation, and opportunity management capabilities, as out-of-the-box components integrated with SSA`s BPCS Client/Server Version 6.0.
This partnership will enable SSA`s customers to deliver the efficiencies and benefits of BPCS Client/Server Version 6.0 directly to customers at the point of sale.
SSA will resell Trilogy`s front-office offering integrated with SSA`s products using the BPCS Electronic Commerce Manager and messaging technology. Trilogy`s suite is packaged to be the most complete, easiest-to-use front-office suite that requires less installation work, less customisation, and lower total cost of ownership than traditional front-office enterprise software packages.
Moreover, the suite is designed to plug directly into ERP systems such as BPCS Client/Server Version 6.0, allowing companies to deliver the efficiencies of ERP to the point of sale. Clients implementing solutions based on BPCS Client/Server Version 6.0 and Trilogy`s front-office offerings can now share customer data across the enterprise, enter orders, and check availability and time to ship, all at the point of sale.
SSA customers to benefit
The comprehensive functionality and integration will deliver a complete, front- and back-office solution, allowing SSA`s customers to realise concrete benefits, such as maximising their return on investment. According to an April 1998 report from AMR Research, "The real objective of front-office software is to close business faster, improve sales efficiency and provide better customer service. The only way to accomplish these goals is through seamless integration between front-office and back-office systems."
"The new partnership with Trilogy offers our customers tremendous benefits," says Robert Nussbaum, VP of product management at SSA. "In addition to providing SSA customers with all of the benefits of a tightly integrated front- and back-end has to offer, this new capability will deliver important new efficiency and effectiveness gains throughout the enterprise."
"Front-office solutions designed and implemented to meet industry requirements hold enormous opportunities for growth and profitability. We expect this offering to be well received in the market and we firmly believe SSA`s clients will significantly benefit from the integration of Trilogy`s front-office and SSA`s back-office solutions," says Naren Nath, VP of Trilogy`s Indirect Business Unit. Trilogy has a team of developers, pre-sales and marketing people working on integrating the offerings generating deals with SSA.
SSA products are distributed in South Africa by Armada/SSA.
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