2001 Press Releases
Glovia in the news
Glovia Rolls Out a Powerful, Web-enabled Configuration Solution.
eConfigure Combines the Point-and-Click Ease of Online Shopping with the Power to Configure and Order Complex Manufactured Products
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - May 16, 2001 - Glovia International, the business-to-business e-commerce subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited, today announced the global launch of eConfigure, the first easy-to-use Web solution for configuring and ordering complex engineered products. With eConfigure, manufacturers can strengthen their customer relationships, and accelerate the business cycle by providing accurate, real-time specifications via any Web browser.
eConfigure delivers both dimensional and engineering functionality, offering manufacturing customers a virtually limitless number of configuration options. eConfigure's integration to sales and engineering systems calculates pricing in real-time as the customer "shops". When the customer is finished, eConfigure generates a bill of materials and routing data. The result is a user-friendly shopping experience - and a stronger customer relationship.
"The ability to offer self-service over the Internet is essential if a manufacturer wants to succeed in today's competitive climate," said Matt O'Malley, president and CEO of Glovia International. "eConfigure's flexible and customer-friendly functionality is a competitive advantage. It enables manufacturers to strengthen their customer relationships to boost top-line revenues, while concurrently slicing bottom line costs."
eConfigure also helps customers to find catalog items without the trouble of searching through an extensive list. Instead, intelligent agents guide the customer through a series of choices. As the customer answers the questions, eConfigure asks for additional details, or generates product pictures. And, through integration with the glovia.e suite, eConfigure can suggest cross-sell and up-sell items.
eConfigure is an integrated component of glovia.e, the only solution that seamlessly connects enterprises with their customers, employees, partners and suppliers. With its multi-ERP, multi-currency and multilingual capabilities, glovia.e acts as an intermediary at every juncture of the network, allowing information to flow across the enterprise, and beyond.
Rapid Implementation
Rather than requiring customers to re-architect their legacy systems, eConfigure delivers direct,
instant communication to existing networks and business applications. This eliminates the business
rule conflicts, data inaccuracies and delays that plague middleware and other integration techniques.
The result is rapid, secure deployment and immediate ROI.
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About Glovia International
Headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., and with offices worldwide, Glovia International, Inc. is the leading
provider of e-commerce solutions and world-class services for the digital marketplace. It is the only
company to deliver a robust suite of business-to-business "transaction applications" that are fully
scalable and seamlessly integrate with existing enterprise systems. With customers like Dell
Computer Corporation, Ericsson and Caterpillar, Glovia International's technology enables Fortune 1000
companies to build and run the most advanced digital enterprises that boost their competitiveness in the
rapidly evolving global digital economy. Glovia is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited, a 5.48
trillion yen leading provider of Internet-based information technology solutions for the global marketplace.
For more information, visit www.glovia.com or call (800) 223-3799 or (310) 563-7000.
About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is a leading provider of Internet-focused information technology
solutions for the global marketplace. Its pace-setting technologies,
best-in-class computing and telecommunications platforms, and worldwide
corps of systems and services experts make it uniquely positioned to
unleash the infinite possibilities of the Internet to help its customers
succeed. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported
consolidated revenues of 5.48 trillion yen for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2001. Internet: http://www.fujitsu.com/
