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The 10 Things Manufacturers Need To Know About PLM Today

By definition, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is a series of product development and planning frameworks, processes, and systems designed to guide product ideas from concept, through development, launch, midlife product line extension, and retirement. Today, manufacturers are relying on PLM ... Read more

The Engine Matters

My father is one of those few remaining American heroes who can build and/or fix pretty much anything. A masterful engineer without the degree. A man of necessity, not of waste. I remember distinctly as a child when my dad was planning to replace his 15-year-old truck with a new one. I remember ... Read more

Nordic Customer Day 2018

This past June, Configit’s Nordic customers gathered for a one day summit to collaborate, share experiences and learn best practices around configuration. Discussions were lively and covered a broad range of topics from the Configuration Lifecycle Management vision and product roadmap, to ... Read more

10 Warning Signs Your Product Configuration Strategies Need More Than CPQ

83% of sales teams are using CPQ apps today based on Accenture Interactive’s recent study, Empowering Your Sales Force: It’s Not Just Automation, It’s Personal. Configure, Price and Quote (CPQ) are transaction-driven while many product configuration strategies are by nature lifecycle-based, ma ... Read more

Time For A CPQ Reality Break

The most hyped CPQ solutions don’t scale with accuracy and speed to keep up with complex, configurable products over their lifecycles. Choose carefully and look for a product configuration platform that scales over product lifecycles, not just a promise of one later. There are nearly 60 CPQ ve ... Read more

Valid Configurations in seconds with Virtual Tabulation®

All valid configurations condensed into a compact XML file Allows for instant access, response and guidance when configuring extremely complex products Easily distribute the entire solution space to CPQ and sales configurator solutions in the cloud, on-premises and to offline applications   C ... Read more

10 Ways Agile CPQ Strategies Deliver More Revenue

The greater freedom customers have to customize products, the greater the opportunities to grow sales. Providing them the freedom they want starts with an Agile CPQ strategy integrating CAD, CRM, ERP and PLM systems on a single configuration thread. The single greatest roadblock to driving more ... Read more

The Three Biggest Organizational Changes That Remove Purchase Barriers

What if, instead of showing a customer a few products that meet a few needs, you provided a comprehensive solution that met all their needs? This is the essence of the Internet of Things (IoT): thinking beyond a single product purchase to become an integral part of the customer’s life. Take, fo ... Read more

Closing The Product Configuration Gaps In Your Selling Strategies

Capture more revenue from your selling strategies by finding and fixing the product configuration gaps between sales, engineering, and production using five key metrics to see what’s working and what needs to improve. One in five customers is willing to pay up to a 20% premium for a product cu ... Read more

10 Strategies For Revolutionizing Customer Relationships with Configuration Lifecycle Management

Real-Time Product Collaboration Is Revolutionizing Customer Relationships Closing the gaps between what sales sells and production can deliver takes more than a sell-side CPQ app. Managing products as platforms is the future, and it’s coming faster than many realize Solving the many disconnects ... Read more