Connecting Engineering and Commercial Excellence for Complex Products
Configit and PTC enable manufacturers to manage product complexity by connecting Windchill (PLM) with Configit Ace® (CLM - Configuration Lifecycle Management approach), creating a consistent digital thread across the lifecycle.
Partnership
Certified Integration: Windchill + Configit Ace®
The Configit Ace® and Windchill® integration is a certified partner solution, ensuring that manufacturers will only offer what can be manufactured and design what can be sold.
Sales Channels with 100% Aligned Data
• Ensure that only deliverable configurations are sold
• Remove costly errors
Avoid Over-engineering
• Stop designing products that have limited or no market demand
Continue Working in Familiar Systems
• Domain experts continue working in their familiar or preferred systems to define the right options and rules
Create Shared Source of Truth
• Now it’s possible to validate the combined model
• Ensure no errors
• Faster time to market
The Problem
Bridging the Gap Between Engineering and Sales
Disconnected systems create misalignment between product design and commercial execution. Engineering defines complexity, but downstream teams struggle to interpret and sell it accurately, due to:
• Explosion in product variants
• Manual translation from engineering to sales
• Increased risk of errors and delays
Solution Explained
Digital Thread: A Connected Flow of Configuration Data
As configurable products change over time, each configuration needs to be recorded and made available across the enterprise.
For Engineering, that is the “as-designed” configuration; for Sales, the “as-ordered,” Manufacturing, “as-built,” and Service, the “as-delivered” and “as-serviced,”
A digital configuration thread, therefore, is the collection and connection of these individual configurations into one shared product model, accessible throughout the organization, enabling manufacturers to trace back to understand how and why a certain product has changed over time.
Avoid Costly Errors and Delays
Ensure that what is offered can actually be manufactured
Avoid Over-engineering
Ensure that what is designed can actually be sold
Unlock Value with End-to-end Digital Continuity
With Configit Ace®, manufacturers can layer in commercial and sales intent, then drive that data to downstream systems, enabling robust data governance to manage complexity at scale.
Business Outcomes
Measurable Impact Across the Product Lifecycle
Reduction in sales configuration time
Errors
Faster time to market
Faster order handling
The Value of
Configit + PTC
With Configit Ace®, we can now guarantee a Shared Source of Truth. This enables our product management organization to manage the complete product catalog in one central tool.
Peter van Meurs, Product Owner – CfLM, Philips
See It in Action:
How Philips Built a CLM Backbone with PTC and Configit
PTC and Configit’s Joint Resources:
Whitepaper
PLM+CLM: Supercharge Productivity in the Product Lifecycle of Global Manufacturers
Webinar
Mastering Customization Complexity: How to build a digital thread for configurable products with PTC and Configit
Webinar
From Engineering to Sales: Unlocking Value with End-to-End Digital Continuity
A Partnership Built for Complex Manufacturing
Configit and PTC provide a scalable foundation for managing product complexity – connecting engineering precision with commercial execution.