Strategic partnership: ORBIS and FACTON combine automotive capabilities

The aim of this cooperation is to provide automotive suppliers with the best possible support in the implementation of consistent, standardized and transparent inquiry, product costing and quotation processes. This is an important prerequisite for meeting the requirements of the automotive manufacturer (OEM) in terms of cost breakdown (CBD) for new components as well as for Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP).

For this purpose, ORBIS has combined the CRM industry package ORBIS AutomotiveONE on the basis of Microsoft Dynamics 365 with the FACTON EPC suite - with the focus on FACTON EPC Solution Cost Management. For automotive suppliers, this integration represents a real added value because they benefit from the cumulative advantages of an integrated CRM overall solution for their request-for-quotation and costing processes. ORBIS AutomotiveONE covers the specific process requirements of the automotive supply industry, such as processing new component inquiries, quoting and pricing, and working with OEMs in product development. The costing of new components is calculated in FACTON EPC Cost Management - consistent, fast, secure and of high quality.

The entire process from inquiry to costing to quotation is controlled from the ORBIS CRM solution. In practice it works as follows: If a request for new components including the commercial and technical information has been created in the CRM software, the data required for a cost calculation is transferred to the FACTON solution at the touch of a button. Once the calculation is completed, the result is immediately transferred to the CRM industry solution. Alternatively, the calculation can also be started by entering the CRM request number in the FACTON software because employees from the costing department often do not have a CRM user license.

“The synergies created by the cooperation with FACTON will allow us to provide customers in the automotive supply industry with a high-performance integrated solution for CRM and product costing processes, thus opening up additional sales potential,” explains Hendrik Preis, Product Manager Automotive, Manufacturing & Smart Services ORBIS AG. Alexander M. Swoboda, CEO of FACTON GmbH, also sees great potential in the partnership: “In the area of supply management and costing, the CRM solution ORBIS AutomotiveONE and our FACTON EPC suite complement each other perfectly. The integrated solution offer and the concentrated expertise of our companies significantly reduces the time and effort involved in the preparation of quotations, also because sources of error are reduced to a minimum, and speeds up the turnaround times enormously. This gives the customer important time for the core tasks. We are looking forward to a successful cooperation. “ ORBIS and FACTON have already successfully completed their first projects with customers in the automotive sector. Joint actions are also planned for the near future.

About FACTON GmbH
The FACTON EPC Suite is the leading enterprise product costing (EPC) solution for the automotive, aerospace, engineering and electronics industries. Their specific solutions comprehensively meet the requirements of the top management and the individual departments in the company. Through a company-wide, cross-location and cross-departmental calculation, FACTON EPC ensures maximum transparency in product costs across all phases of the product life cycle. Companies accelerate their costing, achieve high cost accuracy and thereby secure their profitability. FACTON GmbH was founded in 1998 and has offices in Potsdam, Dresden, Stuttgart and Detroit (USA). Since 2006, the innovative company has been supported by Hasso Plattner, the founder and chairman of the supervisory board of SAP SE. Its international customer portfolio includes Airbus, Mahle Behr, Deutz, MANN + HUMMEL, Porsche, Ford and other well-known OEMs.

Further information on FACTON can be found at facton.com

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