Product Configurator

Product Configurator represent one of the most successful applications of artificial intelligence principles. The use of Product Configurator has resulted in many positive effects such as reduced lead times, fewer errors, shorter learning periods for new employees, etc. in engineering-oriented companies.
Product Configurator enhances communication, increases control over production, reduces chances of human error, and helps identify product modularity even for manufacturing with high design complexity. Most importantly, it addresses the highly effective strategy of quick response manufacturing i.e., shortening the order to ship time from days and weeks to hours.
Product Configurator is designed to accommodate the needs of assemble‐to‐order, make‐to‐order, repetitive and even some engineer‐to‐order manufacturers.

Overall features and capabilities include:

• Configured products are defined using a consolidated, integrated configuration management tool
• A friendly and elegant product configurator guides the operator through pre‐defined option and quantity selections.
• A shorthand configuration entry code is supported that allows the experienced operator to select or enter a configuration in a fraction of the normal time.
• The configuration process checks the configuration and if found new then creates a unique item, bill of material.
• A set of unique costs and catalogue prices is created for each configuration. Descriptive information is also produced.
• Powerful functionalities for configuration rules define:

      o Product Model

      o Product Assembly

      o Configuration parameters & Options of parameter

      o Parameter dependency

      o Rate & Discount policy definition              

• Product Configurator is tightly integrated with Sales Quotation and Sales Order Process