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Configuration Trends

Trends in Configuring Products to Order

Introducing the Topic We’ve been researching make-to-order (MTO) and engineer-to-order (ETO) approaches for over two decades and we’ve witnessed continued growth in product customization. We’ve also watched configuration approaches and technologies evolve. Two things have been consistent over time: Configured products are compelling for customers Configuring and making products to order is challenging for manufacturers…

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  • Expert Interviews

Jim Brown - September 9, 2025 - Filed Under: Expert Interviews, Insights & Activity - Tagged With: CTO, Rick Smith, To Order, Engineering Configurator, Siemens, CPQ, Configuration, Configure to Order, Configurator, Assemble to Order, ETO, MTO, ATO, Engineer to Order, Make to Order, Expert Interview

Product Configuration

Making To-Order Product Configuration Profitable

How can manufacturers take advantage of the benefits of product customization without suffering from decreased profitability? We gathered responses from 234 companies involved with to-order products and interviewed two leading manufacturers to find out how to improve product configuration. Read on or click here to download the full report with no registration required, courtesy of…

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  • Survey Results

Jim Brown - February 21, 2025 - Filed Under: Survey Results, Published Research, eBooks - Tagged With: To-Order Products, MTO, Modular Products, Modular Design, Configurator Software, Engineer to Order, CTO, CPQ, Configure to Order, Product Customization, Tailored Products, Configurator, Product Configuration, Product Configurator, Design Automation, configurability, Configured Products, ETO

Configit Configuration

An Update on Configit Configuration Lifecycle Management

I’ve had the chance to speak with Configit over the years and Michelle Boucher and I checked in for an update. Configit started as a spinoff from the IT University of Copenhagen and is a long-time player in the product configuration market. Their product, Configit ACE, is a product configuration engine that manages and executes…

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  • Insights

Jim Brown - October 28, 2024 - Filed Under: Insights & Activity, Insights - Tagged With: Configurator, MTO, Configit, Make to Order, Virtual Tabulation, Configuration Management, Configuration Lifecycle Management, CPQ, CLM, Personalization, Product Configuration

To Order Products

Configuration and To Order Manufacturing – Take Our Survey

How do leading companies manage their “to order” products? Tech-Clarity invites you to join a research study on how manufacturers use configurators to design, bid, and manufacture engineer-to-order (ETO) and configure-to-order (CTO) products. This survey is now closed, please see our active survey page  for more survey opportunities.    

    Jim Brown - October 1, 2024 - Filed Under: Uncategorized - Tagged With: Engineering Configurator, Product Personalization, Technical Configurator, Product Customization, CPQ, Configuration, Assemble to Order, Configurator, Product Configuration, ETO, MTO, Engineer to Order, CTO, To Order, Manufacture to Order

    Viamedici

    Viamedici Integrates MDM, PIM, DAM, and CPQ on the Cloud

    We had an interesting update from Viamedici, a company we’ve been following that digitalizes product management and product marketing for manufacturers. They offer a multi-domain MDM platform that started in the manufacturing industry and has now expanded to multichannel distributors and retailers. Viamedici quickly achieved a strong footprint in this vertical by acquiring another PIM…

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    • Insights

    Jim Brown - October 3, 2023 - Filed Under: Insights, Insights & Activity - Tagged With: DAM, Viamedici, PIM, CPQ, MDM

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