RFP Express & Express Server
RFP Express® allows end-users to quickly and easily access and utilize proposal content contained within the central knowledge base, facilitating the creation of a broad spectrum of sales documents. From the comfort of Microsoft Word, users may connect to the knowledge base locally, via LAN/WAN, or Internet/intranet, providing maximum flexibility and accommodating your unique and diverse end-user needs.
Key Features
- Small add-in to Microsoft Word
- Multiple methods of connecting to the knowledge base
- Log and email functions alert knowledge managers of unresolved questions
- Automatically reads RFP questions and returns optional responses
- One-click content retrieval
- Automatic formatting complies with RFP issuer's parameters
- Email-based collaboration using Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes, or any SMTP mail system as well as file sharing provides user with the ability to actively engage subject matter experts in the RFP response process.
- Group Policy Object support allows network admins to deliver software to users automatically when they log in to the network
Key Benefits
- Software residing on user's PC takes up little space
- Familiar interface minimizes end-user training requirements
- Users can access content from the same centrally located database, resulting in uniform messaging across all sales documents
- Facilitates ongoing growth and refinement of the knowledge base
- Significantly reduces the time necessary to create a persuasive, professional RFP response
RFP Express® Server provides a flexible and scalable solution to rapid RFP response. The software enables remote users to access the central knowledge base via a Web connection. Remote users access the knowledge base by establishing an Internet/intranet connection and opening Microsoft Word with the RFP Express add-in activated. When a search is executed, the software detects and communicates with the knowledge base through the Internet connection, providing:
- Global access to your central knowledge base
- Remote access to the knowledge base by mobile professionals who may dial in to the intranet
- Consistency and accuracy of customer-facing documents across the enterprise