Sales configurator
A sales configurator is a type of configurator allowing user-friendly questions and is typically used by internal and field sales staff, and on the web.
A sales configurator has more functionality than a product configurator. It solves the same problems as a product configurator. The difference lies in the more advanced logics of the sales configurator allowing it to ask questions such as "What will the machine be used for?" and from these types of generic questions can a configuration be created. A product configurator would ask "Which type of machine do you prefer (Machine X, Machine Y etc)?".
Sales configurators are common on the web where user friendliness are of great importance. User friendly functionalities such as informative conflict resolution, ability to answer questions in arbitrary order and customised report generation are typical for a sales configurator.