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OracleSellingPointDeveloper4.2OracleSellingPointDeveloperisanintuitive,drag-and-dropconfigurationmodelingenvironmentthatgivesproductspecialiststherangeandflexibilitytomodelallproducts,servicesandsystems,fromsimpletocomplex.OracleSellingPointDeveloper’sbreadthofmodelingcapabilitiesenablescompanieswithmultipleproductlinesandglobalsalesforcestoeffectivelyselltheirfullrangeofproducts.Today,companiesthatsellcomplexandcustomproductsarerecognizingthatinordertomeetsalesobjectives,theymustrapidlyimplementsalessolutionswithguidedsellingandconfigurationcapabilities.ToleveragetheInternetasaviablesaleschannel,companiesmustalsobeabletodeploythesesolutionsovertheWeb.Traditionally,client-serverbasedenterprise-sellingsystemshavetaken6-12monthstoimplement.Inaddition,web-basedconfiguratorshaverequiredcompaniestodevelopcustomuserinterfacesthataddtimeandcosttotheoverallproject.Toincreasetoplinegrowthwithoutsignificantlyaddingtothecostofownership,thesesolutionsneedtoworkfromexistingERPdata,providerichconfigurationmodelingcapabilitiesthatcanbeusebybusinessmanagersandgeneratedynamicuserinterfaceswithoutcustomprogramming.OracleSellingPointDeveloperallowsbusinessmanagerstoquicklyrepresentbothwhatandhowtheysellinaunifiedconfigurationmodel.OracleSellingPointDeveloperstreamlinestheprocessofbuildingandmaintainingOracleSellingPointapplications,deliveringsolutionsintimetoimpactsalesresultsinthefollowingquarter.TheintegratedrapiddevelopmentfunctionsinOracleSellingPointDeveloper,combinedwithOracleSellingPoint’smulti-tiereddeploymentarchitecture,lowertheoverallcostofapplicationownershipbysignificantlyreducingapplicationdevelopmentandmaintenancecosts,andbydeliveringsalesconfigurationsolutionstoallsellingchannelsfromacentrallymaintainedconfigurationmodel.OracleSellingPointDeveloperisamemberoftheOracleSellingPointfamily.TheOracleSellingPointfamilyincludes:§OracleSellingPoint—providesguidedsellingandconfigurationcapabilitiesforsellingcomplexandcustomproductsandservices.§OracleSellingPointInternetEdition—providesguidedbuyingandconfigurationcapabilitiesforsellingcomplexandcustomproductsandservicesovertheInternet.§OracleSellingPointDeveloper—thegraphicaldevelopmentenvironmentforbuildingandmaintainingOracleSellingPointapplications.ORACLESELLINGPOINTDEVELOPERCAPABILITIESOracleSellingPointistheonlysolutionthatisscaleabletoacompany’sneedsastheproductline,salesforceandbusinessgrow.OracleSellingPointDevelopermodelsindividuallyconfiguredunitsasreadilyasitmodelstheinteractionofmultipleunitswithinnetworksorassemblies.OracleSellingPointDeveloper’sbreadthofmodelingcapabilitiesenablescompanieswithmultipleproductlines,product/servicepackaging,rangesofproductcomplexityanddiversesellingchannelstomoreeffectivelyselltheirentirerangeofofferings.OracleSellingPointDeveloperwasdesignedtoreinforcearapidapplicationimplementationprocessandcontainsintegratedfunctionsforquicklydeployingcomplete,high-impactsellingsystems,whichinclude:§UtilizingproductdatafromERPorotherenterprisesystems§Modelingconfigurationsandproduct,service,andsystemrelationships§Applyingbusinessrulestoproductdata§Specifyingcustomizeduser-interfacelayouts§TestinganddebuggingOracleSellingPointapplicationsOracleSellingPointDatabaseOracleSellingPointapplicationsrelyonastandardschemaforconfigurationdatareferredtoastheOracleSellingPointDatabase.TheOracleSellingPointDatabasestorescustomerinformationandallinformationrequiredtosupporttheconfigurationmodel—productdata,projectstructure,configurationrulesanduserinterfacelayouts.ThefollowingcustomerandproductdatafromOracleManufacturingandOracleFinancialscanbeintegrateddirectlywiththeOracleSellingPointDatabase:§BillsofMaterial(BOM)structure§AssociatedItemMasterdata§Contact/Customer§Addresses§PriceListIdsAgenericimportmechanismisalsoprovidedforlegacydataresidinginnon-OracledatabasesorOracledatabeyondthatcitedpreviously.ThisgenericimportmechanismutilizesasetofimporttablestoloadenterprisedataintothefollowingOracleSellingPointDatabasetables:§ItemMaster§Contact/Customer§SalesReps§ListPriceProductdata,contact/customerinformation,salesrepresentativedata,andpricingareextractedfromlegacydataaccordingtoqueriestheDBAwritestosatisfytheformatrequirementsoftheimporttables.IntegratedDataSchemas-OracleSellingPointandOracleApplicationsModelStructureTheModelstructureisbuiltupfromItemMasterdatastoredinOracleSellingPointtables.TheModelstructureisspecifiedintheformofahierarchicaltreemadeupofproducts,components,featuresandoptions.WhenBOMdataisintegrateddirectlyfromOracleBillsofMaterial,allitemsintheOracleItemMasterassociatedwiththeOracleBOMareautomaticallyaddedtotheOracleSellingPointDatabaseItemMastertable.AdefaultModelstructuretree,whichmirrorstheOracleBOMstructure,isgenerated.ThisportionoftheModelstructurecannotbemodifiedwithinOracleSellingPointDeveloper,howeveradditionalstructuremaybeaddedaroundit.GenericallyimportedItemMasterdatafromlegacyorotherERPsystemscanbemanuallybuiltupintoaModelstructurebydragginganddroppingcomponents,featuresandoptionsintohierarchiesthatrepresentproductandservic