Digital transformation has been a top priority for many companies and organizations over the last few years and has had a major impact on the role of CIOs. Given the technical nature of digital transformation, it is only natural that management and the board look to the CIO to lead the way. How ... Read more
When configuration rules are maintained in separate systems, it is difficult to get a consistent and aligned view on products across the enterprise.
This blog post will explain the benefits of collecting all the rules across the main functional areas of the organization, such as Engineering and ... Read more
The impact of COVID-19 this year is causing many sales organizations to reconsider their strategies and plan for what comes next. COVID-19 has utterly changed how business is done, but there also lies opportunity amongst the challenges. For sales teams selling complex products, the current situ ... Read more
As a global manufacturer of material handling and motion control products, Columbus McKinnon (CMCO) is the second largest hoist company in the world and home to numerous brands, including Yale Hoists, Stahl Crane Systems, Camlok and more.
CMCO’s products fall into three core areas:
Industrial ... Read more
As 2020 comes to a close, I’d like to take a look at what was, in most respects, a game-changing year.
In the first quarter, as countries began closing borders and employees began working from home, there was considerable concern over how we would survive this abrupt slow down. In our field, wo ... Read more
In our recent whitepaper: “Accelerating Digital Transformation in Manufacturing with Configuration Lifecycle Management (CLM)” [download here], we explored the impact that Industry 4.0 and new customer demands like customization are having on the manufacturing industry. New business models are ... Read more
In previous articles, we talked about why Configuration Lifecyle Management (CLM) is an important part of your enterprise portfolio.
In one article, we talked about how CLM can enhance the functionality of a PLM tool. In another, we talked about “configurators” are not enough when it comes to ... Read more
To us at Configit, end-to-end (E2E) configuration means the product lifecycle all the way through the following four phases: Engineering, where a product is engineered and designed. Sales, where the product is configured, priced, and sold. Manufacturing, where it gets manufactured, delivered, a ... Read more
Picture this scenario.
Your company’s sales team is in the field. They are visiting a potential customer. All the important figures are there, sitting around the conference room table. Your sales lead is on their laptop, sharing the screen to the main projector. Running, is the lightweight CAD ... Read more
Organizations that produce complex products have often struggled with how to make their processes more streamlined. Whether that is on the product design side, or the selling side, the number of possible product configurations creates complications when trying to scale.
But what happens when th ... Read more
