Manufacturing product configurator

A manufacturing product configurator is a computerized solution that allows manufacturers to define, control, and verify configurable products with pre-existing rules and logic. The manufacturing product configurators are usually found in the industries of industrial equipment, furniture, automotive parts, machinery, electronics, and building materials.

It operates by suggesting configuration regulations that direct users to legitimate product choices and creating precise specifications, pricing, and manufacturing information. Also, it functions by enabling manufacturers to deal with product complexity by allowing product configuration of components, dimensions, materials, and options in a structured manner before it is produced.

The product configurators allow real-time configuration, visualization, pricing, and validation, which helps to reduce the number of errors in the manual system, reduce sales cycles, and enhance cooperation between sales management, engineering, and manufacturing teams. The key advantages are decreased errors, a rapid sales cycle, enhanced cooperation, scalability, and customer confidence.

It is based on the product complexity, integration requirements, usability, scalability, pricing logic, and deployment requirements.

The methods of integration are SDKs, APIs, widgets, embed codes, or direct ERP and CRM connectivity, based on the provider.

Some of its providers are GlamAR, Threekit, VividWorks, Expivi, KBMax, DriveWorks, Epicor CPQ, and Salesforce CPQ, among others.