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CTO

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

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: CTO, To Order, Manufacture to Order, Engineering Configurator, Product Personalization, Technical Configurator, Product Customization, CPQ, Configuration, Assemble to Order, Configurator, Product Configuration, ETO, MTO, Engineer to Order

    Custom-Engineered / ETO Products (survey invitation)

    How do leading companies bring custom-engineered products to market? For this survey, “custom-engineered products” are defined as those that require engineering in the quote, proposal, and/or fulfillment processes. They include highly variable products that are designed to customer specifications. These products are known by many names, including engineer-to-order (ETO), custom-engineered, custom, specials, design wins, or…

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      Jim Brown - April 28, 2020 - Filed Under: Uncategorized - Tagged With: Engineer to Order, CTO, CPQ, Custom-Engineered Products, Survey, Configuration, Configurator, ETO

      CAD

      Customizing Products in 3D (survey invitation)

      How do leading companies leverage 3D to configure and sell customized products? Please share your experience, thoughts, and lessons learned in this new customizing products in 3D survey. This survey is now closed, please check back for the resulting eBook. The 25 respondents that will receive a $20 Amazon gift card have not yet been…

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        Jim Brown - October 24, 2018 - Filed Under: Uncategorized - Tagged With: Customization, ATO, CTO, CAD, Configure to Order, Design, Assemble to Order, 3D, Manufacture, Configurations, Configuration, Configurator, Features, Options

        Driving Engineer-to-Order Differentiation and Profitability (survey findings)

        Driving Engineer-to-Order Differentiation and Profitability, Analyzing Trends and Best Practices in Product Configuration shares survey findings and interviews with leading manufacturers showing how Top Performers achieve higher revenue and profit margin growth through ETO best practice processes and technology. The research shares results of a survey of over 200 manufacturers and analyzes their use of…

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        • Survey Results

        Jim Brown - June 2, 2016 - Filed Under: Published Research, Survey Results - Tagged With: Mass Customization, Technical Configurator, Configurator, Sales Configurator, Design Automation, CPQ, ETO, Custom Products, Customization, Quote Automation, Top Performers, Margins, Survey, Revenue, Technology, Engineer to Order, Best Practices, CTO, Profitability, Engineering Configurator

        Shifting CTO Design and Validation Left (infographic)

        This infographic explains how manufacturers can improve configure-to-order (CTO) profitability by shifting design and validation “left,” earlier in the product lifecycle, to rapidly respond to requests with accurate quotes and quality products. For more information on 3D Design and Validation, download the related eBook from our sponsor Dassault Systemes (free of charge, registration required). You can also see…

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        • Infographics

        Jim Brown - May 10, 2016 - Filed Under: Published Research, Infographics - Tagged With: Infographic, CTO, Configure to Order, Personalization, 3D Design, PLM, Validation, Agility, Configurator, Customization

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