| Configuration Management is defined as the discipline | | | | costs typically involved in the use of such tools. |
| for capturing and controlling product data, with the | | | | With the option of installation or web based |
| aim of such practices being to identify, integrate and | | | | applications, the software provides a simple way to |
| control the many complex business processes that | | | | create a rich user interface that presents the |
| are involved in the production and sale of | | | | information, at each level of production and between |
| commodities, including product design, proposal | | | | the various departments, necessary to support |
| activities, contract negotiation, marketing, testing, | | | | decisions, as well as fine tune operations. The user |
| manufacturing, delivery and support. The principles | | | | interface is designed to be simple to understand and |
| behind the business philosophy are co-operation | | | | use, giving all staff members the ability, without |
| between all staff at each level of a commercial | | | | technical knowledge of such systems, to coordinate, |
| operation, which requires the feeding of product data | | | | execute and audit business systems and practices to |
| and associated information to all partners of the | | | | increase productivity, triple bottom line results and |
| business community, both internally and externally. | | | | consumer experience and satisfaction. |
| Businesses and manufacturing operations are | | | | Of the more reputable companies providing such |
| constantly perusing the environment they operate | | | | offerings, the key features of the configuration |
| within to find better and more efficient solutions to | | | | management software include: |
| reduce costs and increase productivity. As reducing | | | | - Quote, order and fabrication features |
| budgets and tougher economic conditions prevail, | | | | - Order management |
| sourcing organisationwide solutions becomes even | | | | - Process evaluations |
| more challenging as additional resources are not being | | | | - Database management |
| contributed towards these tasks. However, process | | | | - Rules based 3D graphical configurator and shape |
| improvement in all facets of businesses activities | | | | generator |
| must be aspired to, not only to survive in the | | | | - Multi Level Bill Of Materials |
| increasingly competitive global marketplace, but as a | | | | - Routing and Fabrication |
| proactive measure to gain competitive advantage | | | | - Labour costs and productivity |
| and provide a secure footing for the future | | | | - Batching |
| sustainability and success of the business. | | | | - Lineal Optimization |
| Where businesses have traditionally invested large | | | | - CNC output to machines |
| sums of money into custom software applications to | | | | - Engineering validation |
| streamline business management processes, which | | | | - Shop Drawings |
| tend to be over complex to the point of impeding | | | | - Bar coding and shipping |
| their ability to meet their core purposes, many are | | | | - Accounting integration |
| now turning to configuration based, 'out of the box' | | | | - Embedded report generator |
| management software solutions that can be | | | | - Customisable user interfaces |
| individually customised for each businesses operation | | | | - Multitude of E-Commerce Applications, including |
| and their specific requirements of such management | | | | online catalogue facilities |
| tools. A more simplified approach allows the | | | | - Security of the system |
| opportunity for businesses to address the process | | | | To streamline your business operations, reduce costs, |
| and integration needs that they are challenged with in | | | | increase employee productivity and engagement with |
| today's economic and competitive environments, | | | | your customers, employ a software solution that |
| resulting in a more rapid return on investment. In | | | | allows you to integrate and configure all your |
| essence, configuration management software allows | | | | business tasks and responsibilities into one easy to |
| businesses to focus on meeting a broader set of | | | | use application. |
| business needs without the complexity and high | | | | |