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MTO

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

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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  • eBooks

Jim Brown - February 21, 2025 - Filed Under: Published Research, eBooks, Survey Results - Tagged With: 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, CTO, CPQ, Configure to Order

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, Insights & Activity - Tagged With: CPQ, CLM, Personalization, Product Configuration, Configurator, MTO, Configit, Make to Order, Virtual Tabulation, Configuration Management, Configuration Lifecycle Management

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

    What’s Happening in Engineer to Order (ETO) and Design Automation?

    Engineer to Order is a great way to increase sales and improve margins for some and a business reality for those in industries that demand products that fit into their customers’ environments. It’s also one of my favorite topics because I have seen the issue from the ERP / sales configurator side of things as well…

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    • Insights

    Jim Brown - July 24, 2014 - Filed Under: Clarity on PLM, Insights, Insights & Activity - Tagged With: Rulestream, Rules-based Design, 150% BOM, Variants, Configuration, Configurator, Options, Design Automation, ETO, MTO, Engineer to Order

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