Configuration Lifecycle Management
Product configuration management software for manufacturers
Establish one governed source for the product structures, options, rules, and constraints behind highly configurable products. Manage changes and releases with greater control and less manual synchronization.
DEFINE IT RIGHT
Define product configurability once. Reuse it with confidence.
Disconnected models and spreadsheets make every change to product structures and configuration rules harder to manage and easier to get wrong. Tacton Configuration Lifecycle Management helps Engineering define valid configurations, control changes, and release approved product knowledge across the business.
THE COST OF CONFIGURATION COMPLEXITY
Engineering teams are losing time to product configuration maintenance
of engineering teams spend significant time maintaining configuration logic
of manufacturers define configuration rules once and reuse them throughout the product lifecycle
say their products are very or extremely complex
of manufacturers expect 11-20% of their sales and engineering workforce to retire within the next 5-10 years
Source: Tacton State of Manufacturing 2026
WHY TACTON CLM
Increase your engineering capacity
Reduce duplicate configuration work
Define reusable product structures and configuration logic instead of rebuilding the same knowledge across products, markets, and systems.
Improve engineering productivity
Spend less time maintaining disconnected configuration models and responding to repetitive questions about what can be sold or built.
Accelerate product introductions
Reuse governed product knowledge to bring new products, options, and regional variants into the configuration model faster.
Maintain version control as products evolve
Manage versions, releases, and product changes systematically as components, requirements, markets, and manufacturing conditions change.
Scale mass customization
Manage large product portfolios and high numbers of possible variants without creating a separate product definition for every combination.
CAPABILITIES
Govern the knowledge behind every valid product configuration
Model the entire product family in one structure
Model the complete 150% engineering Bill of Materials, including all available components, options, and variants. Manage the full product family without maintaining a separate structure for every possible configuration.
Keep product combinations valid
Capture the technical rules, dependencies, and relationships that determine which product combinations are valid. Tacton’s constraint-based intelligence reduces the need to model every possible combination manually.
Reuse configurable product knowledge across the portfolio
Reuse product structures, attributes, rules, and components across products and markets. Reduce duplicate modeling and make configuration knowledge easier to maintain at scale.
Validate configuration logic before release
Test product models and configuration logic before making them available for use. Identify conflicts and invalid combinations earlier, when they are easier to correct.
Manage product changes with greater control
Manage changes, versions, lifecycle states, and releases through a controlled workflow. Give Engineering clarity over what has changed, what is approved, and when it becomes available.
THE CONNECTED SUITE
Connect engineering knowledge to what gets sold and delivered
Extend the value of Tacton Configuration Lifecycle Management across the lifecycle when connected with Tacton CPQ and Configured Order Fulfillment. Together, they create a digital thread from product definition through sale and delivery built on one connected source of configuration truth.
Define it right
Engineering manages approved product structures, configuration rules, constraints, and releases in Tacton CLM.
Sell it right
Tacton CPQ uses approved configuration knowledge to help Sales, partners, and buyers select valid product solutions.
Deliver it right
Configured Order Fulfillment uses the accepted configuration to create the factory-specific manufacturing information needed for production.
Artificial Intelligence
Give AI a trusted configuration foundation
Generative AI can make complex product knowledge faster and easier to access. Tacton combines generative AI with configuration intelligence to keep recommendations grounded in what is valid and possible.
CONNECT YOUR ENGINEERING ECOSYSTEM
Extend PLM and CAD with configuration intelligence
Tacton CLM works alongside your existing systems to turn engineering data into governed product structures, configuration rules, and constraints.

Recognitions
Tacton: A Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader for CPQ Applications
See why Tacton was named a 4x Leader and positioned highest on the Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision axes.
FAQs
PLM manages product data. Tacton CLM manages product configurability.
Configuration Lifecycle Management complements PLM by governing how configurable options and rules apply across product revisions, markets, and factories. This allows downstream teams to work from engineering-approved configurability without duplicating logic or relying on spreadsheets.