Turbine Blade Manufacturing Plant (Global 500 Division)
Client Challenge
Quote accuracy, margin, and turnaround needed dramatic improvement for blade manufacturing
Industry-standard turnaround for complex quotes was approximately 3 weeks
Client Solution
CPQ Application: Designed and developed a Configure-Price-Quote application integrated with the JDE ETC process
Heuristics-Based PDM: Built heuristics-driven Product Data Management with Unit of Measure conversions
Operating Model: Replicated and tailored the Turbine Repair operating model; executive engagement, Gemba Walks, BPR, and master data taxonomy design
Client Impact Results
Competitive Win: Within 2 weeks of CPQ launch, the client won a multi-million-dollar contract by turning a complex quote in under 2 hours — competitors quoted ~3 weeks
Client Technologies
JDE World 7.3 (Financials, Distribution, Manufacturing, PDM, BOMs, Routing, Product Costing, MRP)
Custom CPQ application
Heuristics-based PDM
