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Metis makes product modeling and quote creation straightforward and highly effective.
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| Metis Smart Suite makes product modeling and quote creation straightforward and highly effective.
Metis includes powerful and dedicated applications tailored to assist sales professionals, designers, marketing or product managers in performing the best possible quotes. Metis helps the users to respond to their sales activities needs and allow the user to focus on their right priorities in their daily sales activities.
Metis includes powerful and dedicated applications tailored to assist sales professionals, designers, marketing or product managers in performing the best possible quotes. Metis helps the users to respond to their sales activities needs and allow the user to focus on their right priorities in their daily sales activities.
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* [[Metis Smart Quote User Manual Home Page | Metis Smart Quotes User Manual]]
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* [[How_To_Use_Metis_Smart_Quotes | Metis Smart Quotes Videos]]
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* [[Metis Smart Modeling User Manual Home Page | Metis Smart Modeling User Manual]]
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* [[How_To_Use_Metis_Smart_Modeling | Metis Smart Modeling Videos - General Part]]
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* [[How_To_Work_With_Models_With_Metis_Smart_Modeling | Metis Smart Modeling Videos - Modeling Part]]
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== Architecture ==
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=== Metis Smart Quote Modes ===
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To install Metis Smart Modeling & Metis Smart Quote, refer to the [http://www.xpert-technologies.ch/~rsen/release/Metis_400B1/20110418_ReleaseNotes_SEN_Metis_4.00B1.pdf Release Notes]
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