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.

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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.

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Define product configurability once. Reuse it with confidence.

THE COST OF CONFIGURATION COMPLEXITY

Engineering teams are losing time to product configuration maintenance

93 %

of engineering teams spend significant time maintaining configuration logic

7 %

of manufacturers define configuration rules once and reuse them throughout the product lifecycle

67 %

say their products are very or extremely complex

42 %

of manufacturers expect 11-20% of their sales and engineering workforce to retire within the next 5-10 years

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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.

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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.

Model the entire product family in one structure

Keep product combinations valid

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.

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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.

Connect engineering knowledge to what gets sold and delivered

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.

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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.

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CRM

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CRM

SAP

CRM

Oracle

ERP

Adobe Sign

Digital Signage

Infor

ERP/SCM

Adeona

PIM

Docusign

CLM

Agiloft

CLM

Oracle Fusion Cloud

PLM

Microsoft Azure

AI, BI & Analytics

Shopify

Digital Commerce

Google Analytics

AI, BI & Analytics

Open AI

AI, BI & Analytics

HubSpot

CRM

Inriver

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