Name: CAS Merlin
Author: CAS Software AG

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Web and Video Conferencing

Customer Support

Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST)

Kubernetes Monitoring

Software Repositories

WebOps

Development

Academic Advising

Classroom Management

Education

Business Intelligence (BI)

Collaboration

File Sharing

Workspace Planning

Enterprise

Accounting

Invoicing

Finance and Accounting

Applicant Tracking

Background Check

Corporate Learning Management

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

HR Management

Payroll

Talent Intelligence

Talent Management

Workforce Analytics

Workforce Management

Human Resources

Business Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

Cloud Storage

Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)

Configuration Management Databases

Content Delivery Networks (CDN)

Data Collaboration

Data Observability

Database Load Balancing

Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)

Enterprise Architecture Management

Fraud Detection

IT Operations Analytics

Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

Internet Security

MLOps

Network Monitoring

Network Performance Monitoring

Release Management

SOA Application Gateways

Secret Managers

Technology Scouting Software

Threat Intelligence

WiFi Hotspot

Workload Automation

Information Technology

A/B Testing

AI Writing Assistant Software

Ad Serving & Retargeting

All-in-One Marketing

Content Management

Digital Asset Management

Digital Content Creation

Email Marketing

Landing Page

Marketing Automation

Online Proofing

Retail Media Advertising

Search Engine Marketing (SEM)

Social Media Management

Social Media Marketing

Survey & Forms Building

Swag Management

Video Collaboration

Web Analytics

Marketing

Project Management

Professional Services

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Social Commerce

Sales

Video Surveillance

Security

Oil and Gas

Real Estate

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CAS Merlin is a CPQ solution from CAS Software AG headquartered in Karlsruhe.

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CAS Merlin

Price Quoting/Configuration software (CPQ) is designed to optimize sales processes such as configuration, opportunity management, bid and quote generation, and order confirmation.

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Features related to configuring and pricing products and delivering quotes to customers.

Quote sharing/sending

Salespeople can share quotes and quote details with customers, via email, a customer portal, a personalized URL, or some other means.

Credit approvals

Allows customers to input credit information, which can be checked and approved or declined. Credit score may factor into the quote.

E-signature

Includes electronic signature functionality so that proposals can be approved and signed digitally.

Product configuration

Allows users to configure products and services by selecting bundles, constraints, options, preferences, etc.

Configuration options

Supports a robust, comprehensive level of detail around configuration options, including product features, services, quantity, etc. Options take into account availability and compatibility of selections.

Pricing rules

Determines price based on rules and hierarchies. Rules may consider customer demographics, availability, and/or product configuration.

Price adjustment

Sales users can adjust or override prices, based on coupons, discounts, markups, etc.

Purchase history and open contracts

Provides information about a customer’s previous purchases and current purchase/service agreements, which may factor into new sales or need to be modified to account for new sales.

Guided selling/Sales portal

Provides salespeople with tips, recommendations, or question sequences to help with product configuration and quoting, and/or to assist with cross-sell and upsell.

Self-service CPQ

Includes an interface for customers to select product options and generate their own quotes; this is particularly relevant to eCommerce.

CPQ reporting & analytics

Users can report on and analyze CPQ processes. Metrics may include quoting cycle time, proposal acceptance rates, revenue, etc.

Proposals

Allows users to generate/automate sales proposals.

Excel integration

Integrates with Excel so that quotes can be generated on spreadsheets using underlying CPQ rules.

CPQ-CRM integration

Integrates to the company’s CRM to update the customer record.

Attachments to quotes

PDFs, contracts, videos, etc can be attached to quotes and/or proposals.

Renewal management

Includes features for managing renewals and recurring (subscription) payments.

Order capturing

Allows the capture of orders of complex services and across multiple customer interaction channels such as - direct sales, contact center, point-of-sales, resellers, and customer self-service.

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