1. iBusway – Product Selector

2. Content Objective Way Additional support
To have an overview of the software « Product Selector V3.1 » in the iBusway solution allowing to discover more about it
Way
To make a round of the software Product Selector V3.1.
To Present the main functionalities
Additional support
The file HelpDoc.doc maintained by CS explaining what the software can do
At the beginning of December, this file is not finalized but shows nevertheless the main functionalities of the tool
To be come at the beginning of 2010
It is located at this directory : “C:\Program Files\Schneider Electric\iBusway for data center V3.1 alpha 3\Help\en-GB”
The product Selector objectives
Define a solution according the 3 existing one : supervision module with communication, measurement module with communication or basic module without communication
For the chosen solution, follow different steps to obtain the content of the solution
Add references to the shopping cart
Define the prices of each references or group of references
Obtain a bill of materials
Export or print the bill of materials

3. Overview of the software
Decomposition of the tool into 3 parts :
The Catalog part : The user can choose references or macro-references (a set of references) according to the customer’s need and these collections of references can be added into the shopping cart
The BOM (Bill Of Materials) part : the content of the shopping cart is displayed into 2 ways : The « list » view that displays the list of references without knowing if they belong to a macro-reference, the « structured » view that shows the references and the macro-references. In each view, the information displayed by column can be chosen. A list of them is displayed by default
The « Project » part : Information on the project and on the customer can be entered, as well as the choice of creating a report with or without price
The settings window
This window is dedicated to the management of prices and discount, and allows to enter information on the user of the software
It is accessible at every time in the software
Presentation of the main functionalities
Choose a solution and add additional references
Add references or macro-references to the bill of material
Search a reference
Update the prices of references
Update the prices by product family
Update the price of one reference
Add additional references not provided at the catalogue
Export the BOM to Excel, or print them

4. Choose a solution and add additional references
Information
The way is to select a solution among 3 : full pack, advanced pack or classic pack
In each pack, go to different steps
If any additional references is needed, you can go to the “Select a product” menu to choose a reference
Where to do
In the catalog part 1 2 1 2

5. Add references or macro-references to the bill of material
Information
The way is to :
Find a reference or a macro-reference
Select this reference or macro-reference
Add the selected element to the shopping cart that constitutes the bill of material
The user can consult the product sheet of the selected reference
The macro-reference is identified by an orange square
The reference is identified by a grey square
For a macro-reference, you can see the list references composing the macro-reference
Where to do
In the catalog part 1 2 3 1 4 2 3 4

6. Search a reference 1 2 1 2 Information Where to do
The user can add some additional references and the tool purposes to easily find them by a search tool
The way is to :
Enter the searched reference or a part of them
Click on the search button or press the “enter” key of the keyboard
Once the reference is found, this can be added to the bill of materials
Where to do
In the catalog part 1 2 1 2

7. Update the price of references1
Information
The way is to :
Click on the settings button
In the setting window, in “Price list” tab, get the list of references under excel
Under Excel, put the prices (management of 2 kinds of prices)
Import the price list into the tool. You have the choice to import the 1 or 2 kinds of prices by clicking on the “Transfer price included” checkbox. That will close the tool and you have to run it again
Where to do
In every part of the tool 1 2 3 4 2 4 3
A « How to use » page in Excel file explains the way to complete the file

8. Update the prices by product family1
Information
The way is to :
Click on the settings button
In the setting window, in “Discount” tab,
get the list of discounts under excel
Or enter the discount directly in the page
Under Excel, put the discounts
Import the discounts into the tool. And validate it by clicking on the Apply button
Where to do
In every part of the tool 1 2a 2b 3 4 2a 4 3
Note : In the BOM part of the software, you can apply a global discount on all the project. In that case, all references are impacted by this discount. 2b

9. Update the price of one reference1
Information
The way is to :
Click on the settings button
In the setting window, in “Specific price” tab, enter the searched reference or a part of them. Click on the search button or press the “enter” key of the keyboard
Once the references are found, that references are listed
Enter a price for that references and validate the whole changes by clicking on the Apply button
Where to do
In every part of the tool 1 2 3 4 2 3 4

10. Add additional references not provided at the catalogue
Information
The way is to :
Enter a new local reference and click on the OK button
A window appears to enter the designation of the reference, its brand and its net price. Validate with the OK button
The reference is created and available only for the current project, meaning it’s necessary to create again the same reference if you want to use it
Where to do
In the BOM part 1 2 3 1 2 3

11. Export the BOM to Excel, or print them
Information
The way is to :
Click on the Export button and select export to Excel
The software creates the exportation and opens Excel as soon as the exportation is finished
Where to do
In the BOM part of the tool 1 2 1 2
Note : You can do every thing you want on Excel file which is totally without interaction with the software.