BigMachines

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BigMachines, Inc.
Type Private
Founded 2000
Headquarters Deerfield, Illinois, USA
Key people "Godard Abel". http://www.bigmachines.com/management_team.php#godard. , Co-founder & CEO
Industry Computer software
IT Services
Products Sales Configuration
Quoting Software
Proposal Generation
eCommerce
CRM Integration
Website "http://www.bigmachines.com". http://www.bigmachines.com. 

BigMachines, Inc. supplies product configurator, quoting, and proposal software to companies that sell complex products. The company's software aims to streamline the inquiry-to-order process for companies with large sales teams or distributor/VAR networks.

The company was founded in 2000 by Godard Abel and Christopher Shutts. BigMachines, Inc. is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois with development offices in Silicon Valley (San Mateo, California)and Hyderabad, India. The company also has European operations with offices in Frankfurt, Germany, and London, UK. BigMachines, Inc. currently serves customers in the Industrial, Hi-tech, Medical, and Software industries. The company's software is designed to integrate with existing ERP (Enterprise resource planning), CRM (Customer relationship management), and other business systems.

The company has partnered with Salesforce.com and Oracle Corporation CRM On-Demand to provide product configurator, quoting, and proposal software applications as a compliment to these CRM systems.

The company has received industry recognition for its application suite, including:

  • 2009 Inc 5000 Award Winner - 240% 3-Year Revenue Growth
  • 2009 Codie Awards Finalist (Best Software as a Service Solution, Best Relationship Management Solution)
  • 2008 Gartner 1 to 1 Marketing Award Winner [1]
  • 2008 Inc 5000 Award Winner - 287% 3-Year Revenue Growth
  • Top 100 Supply Chain Solutions Providers (Supply and Demand Chain Executive, 2007, 2006, 2004)
  • Top 40 Emerging Software Vendor (Manufacturing Business Technology, 2007, 2005)
  • Technology Enabler, Progressive Manufacturing 50 (Managing Automation, 2007)

BigMachines hosts an annual user conference called BigIdeas [2] . This event provides a forum for customers, partners, industry experts, and interested companies to discuss business strategies and best practices to increase revenues, improve sales efficiency and reduce costs. Ideas and suggestions discussed at BigIdeas are used to help plan the roadmap for the development of the company's products.

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