Configurators
Approximately 15 years ago, I began developing configurators - innovative sales tool applications designed to help clients easily find, assemble, visualize, and purchase modular products and solutions. Initially, I was responsible for planning, designing, programming, and maintaining these applications independently, covering everything from backend logic to UI/UX design. With the years, my role evolved into managing and supervising in-house and outsourcing teams dedicated to building and enhancing these types of applications for me, ensuring they met high standards of functionality and user experience.
Remarkably, some of these applications have been in use for over a decade, continuing to facilitate product sales on a daily basis.
Some examples:
The KRC - Kramer Room Connectivity Configurator
In 2011, I conceived and single-handedly developed an application using Flash/Flex technology prevalent at the time. By 2017, I was leading a team that created an updated version of this application in HTML, reflecting the evolution of web technologies and enhancing the app's usability and accessibility.
The application has not been under my management since March 2021, but it is still in use. You can access it via this link
The KRC Reality Viewer
Years after I developed the KRC, I explored Augmented Reality, and with the help of an intern, we created a mobile app that enhanced the KRC by allowing users to visualize their configurations in 3D, full color, and actual size within real environments—for example, placing a virtual table box over an actual table.
The ConfigurAudio
The ConfigurAudio project was developed to help video integrators with limited audio knowledge effectively sell speakers. The application simplified the process by calculating the audio requirements for a room based on basic parameters. While it was not a substitute for an acoustic engineer, it provided excellent solutions for simple integrations.
Importantly, ConfigurAudio was designed specifically for straightforward scenarios and was not intended for use in large or complex environments.
The Space Configurator
The concept behind the Space Configurator was to enable users to create solutions using multiple products, with the flexibility to adjust details to precisely meet their needs. This application was designed with a strategic marketing focus: to promote the sale of complete solutions rather than individual products.
Although I prepared all the necessary documentation before leaving the company in March 2021, to my knowledge, the application was never developed.
