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Why DriveWorks is the Ultimate CPQ for Manufacturing Solution


DriveWorks CPQ for manufacturing enables you to build and manage your own custom configure, price, quote solution that automatically generates documents and data for sales and manufacturing.

As part of our commitment to enabling manufacturers of custom products to be more efficient, we provide resources to help you leverage CPQ technology effectively. Whether you’re just starting your CPQ journey or looking to optimize an existing solution, our blogs offer a wealth of knowledge to guide you every step of the way. We’ve compiled a roundup of our recent blogs to help you learn more about and understand the benefits of CPQ, and to demonstrate why DriveWorks is the ultimate CPQ for manufacturing solution.


Our guide to CPQ

CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) solutions automate and streamline sales processes by providing customized product configurations, accurate pricing, and efficient quoting, helping businesses across industries reduce cycle times and improve conversions.

DriveWorks CPQ for Manufacturing solution includes all the features of standard CPQ tools but can also automatically create the documents and data required for manufacturing.

CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) solutions automate sales processes, offering customized product configurations, accurate pricing, and efficient quoting. CPQ can be used by businesses of any size in any industry to streamline sales, reduce cycle time, and boost lead conversion rates.

CPQ for Manufacturing (CPQM) enables businesses to streamline and optimize the sales and manufacture of configurable products. From customer inquiry through to production and delivery, CPQ for Manufacturing delivers smarter quoting, selling, and manufacturing.


A wide range of businesses use design automation tools to streamline their product design workflows. Design automation speeds up the design of custom products, cuts costs, and helps reduce errors. Unlike other CPQ solutions, DriveWorks seamlessly integrates with SOLIDWORKS to enable rules-based design automation.

DriveWorks best-in-class SOLIDWORKS automation and CPQ for Manufacturing technology builds the ultimate digital bridge between design, sales, and production. By automating repetitive design tasks and streamlining the product configuration process, manufacturers increase sales, accelerate time-to-market, and minimize errors.

Intelligent SOLIDWORKS®  automation combined with CPQ technology

DriveWorks integrates with SOLIDWORKS to provide rules-based design automation and CPQ for Manufacturing, creating a digital bridge between design, sales, and production. By automating repetitive design tasks and streamlining product configuration, DriveWorks enables manufacturers to increase sales, reduce errors, cut costs, and accelerate time-to-market for custom products.


Design, sell, and produce complex custom products with ease

DriveWorks CPQ for Manufacturing helps businesses to improve efficiency, accuracy, and customer satisfaction by reducing bottlenecks and optimizing processes. For manufacturers of configurable products, incorporating product visualization tools within a visual CPQ solution improves the purchase process for sales teams and customers, supporting a more effective sales strategy and boosting key performance metrics.

Digital tools empower businesses to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and customer satisfaction. DriveWorks CPQ for Manufacturing is a powerful tool for reducing bottlenecks, optimizing processes, and driving success in manufacturing. Businesses using it have reported improvements in a range of performance metrics.

For manufacturers specializing in configurable products, enabling pre-production visualization for both sales teams and customers offers significant benefits. Manufacturers of custom products are using product visualization tools, as part of a visual CPQ solution, to drive their sales strategy.


DriveWorks CPQM offers a powerful, flexible, and scalable solution for businesses of all sizes across all industries, all over the world. Our CPQ software is trusted by businesses worldwide to streamline customized sales and quoting processes and stay ahead of the competition.

Why settle for one-size-fits-all CPQ solutions? With DriveWorks technology, manufacturers build and manage their own scalable CPQ solution. Manufacturers using DriveWorks to build their own CPQ solution have achieved faster quoting and increased productivity.

A bespoke CPQ solution that works for your business

DriveWorks CPQ for Manufacturing provides a flexible, scalable solution for businesses of all sizes, streamlining customized sales and quoting processes to maintain a competitive edge. Manufacturers build and manage their own DriveWorks CPQ solution, integrate it with CRM, ERP, and e-commerce systems, and control workflows with custom permissions. Designed to be user-friendly for both engineers and sales teams, it’s easy to set up and manage a tailored and scalable solution, that works for your business.

DriveWorks CPQ seamlessly integrates with other business systems, applications, and platforms. CPQ integrations enhance the functionality of your CPQ solution enabling connections with other business-critical systems such as CRM, ERP, and e-commerce platforms. Integrating CPQ with your other business systems enables you to maximize value with streamlined workflows, improved accuracy, and enhanced business efficiency.

With custom workflows and permissions in DriveWorks CPQ for Manufacturing you’re in control of what happens, when it happens, and who can make it happen. You have complete control over the process a new order goes through from initial inquiry through to manufacturing. Implementing a CPQ solution with the flexibility of custom workflows and permissions is an investment that pays off by transforming how your teams operate.

DriveWorks CPQ for Manufacturing is easy to set up for design engineers – with no coding or programming skills required – and intuitive for sales teams and customers, with 3D product visualization and guided selling features. In this blog we explore how DriveWorks CPQ for Manufacturing transforms how manufacturers configure, price, and quote their custom products, enabling their design engineers, sales and manufacturing teams to work more efficiently.


Improving business metrics with DriveWorks CPQ for Manufacturing

DriveWorks technology enables you to build the right CPQ solution for your products, your teams, your customers and your business. It’s flexible, scalable, and versatile, making it an ideal choice for businesses of any size and across all industries.


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