Configuration Lifecycle Management

Define product configurability. Trust it everywhere.

Centralize engineering-approved configurability so sales and fulfillment stay aligned as products change or evolve.

Platform Overview

Take control of configurability as products evolve

Tacton Configuration Lifecycle Management (CLM) is the single source of truth for product configurability. It governs how options, rules, and constraints are defined, released, and evolved over time, so sales and order fulfillment always work from approved logic. 

 

Engineering defines what can be configured. Sales sells only what is valid. Order Fulfillment builds exactly what was intended. As products change, configurability stays aligned end-to-end. 

Take control of configurability as products evolve

Go Deeper

Building the Buyer-Centric Smart Factory

Tacton is evolving beyond CPQ to connect how complex products are defined, configured, validated, and delivered across the entire lifecycle.  

 

See how our platform strategy gives engineering a single source of truth for product configurability, keeping buyer engagement and execution aligned as products evolve. 

Benefits

Govern complexity without slowing innovation

Control configurability across the entire lifecycle

Control configurability across the entire lifecycle

Define, release and evolve product options and rules with clarity, so changes remain intentional, compliant, and predictable through revisions.

Establish a single source of configurability

Establish a single source of configurability

Centralize product rules, options and constraints in one place that every team can rely on.

Reduce engineering effort from repetitive sales support

Reduce engineering effort from repetitive sales support

Shift engineering effort away from one-off validation and toward higher-value product development.

Support mass customization at scale

Support mass customization at scale

Confidently manage high-variance, high-value product portfolios by ensuring every configuration is technically valid and ready for manufacturing.

Keep sales and order fulfillment aligned with engineering

Keep sales and order fulfillment aligned with engineering

Keep sales and production fully connected to the latest engineering decisions, so what is sold is always what can be built.

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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

Configuration Lifecycle Management governs how product configurability is defined, released, and evolved over time.  Tacton CLM provides a single source of truth for product rules, options, and constraints so configurability stays aligned across engineering, sales, and order fulfillment as products change. 

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. 
Tacton CLM controls how configurability changes over time by managing revisions, release timing, and applicability by market or site. Engineering teams can see what was configurable in the past, what is valid today, and what will be available next without breaking active quotes or orders. 
Configuration Lifecycle Management provides the governed configurability that Tacton CPQ relies on. CLM defines product rules and constraints over time. CPQ uses that approved configurability to ensure sales can only sell valid solutions even as products evolve. 
Configuration Lifecycle Management defines what can be built and how products evolve over time. Configured Order Fulfillment uses that governed configurability to generate accurate, build-ready orders. Together, CLM ensures engineering intent is preserved, while COF ensures that intent is executed correctly on the shop floor. 
On its own, CLM brings control to product configurability. When connected to CPQ and COF, the governed configurability flows directly into quoting and execution, eliminating duplication and reducing downstream risk.  Many customers start with one capability and expand over time. The platform is designed to grow with you, but it delivers the strongest results when used as a connected suite. 

Define exactly what can be sold, built and delivered

Give engineering the control needed to manage complexity without slowing the business.

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