Featuring:

• Ross Conner — VP of IT, MacLean-Fogg
• Nils Olsson — Chief Strategy Officer, Tacton
• Penelope Brown — Senior Content Director, Manufacturing Leadership Council

Products are getting more complex, because that’s increasingly what it takes to win. Standing out from lower-cost competition means matching what you build more precisely to what each customer actually needs, and that precision adds up fast: manufacturers reported a 20-point jump in product complexity this year alone. The companies leading the charge are figuring out how to manage it without eating into margin or delivery.

MLC’s Penelope Brown sits down with Ross Conner, VP of IT at 100-year-old manufacturer MacLean-Fogg, and Tacton’s Nils Olsson for a grounded conversation about getting your data foundation in order before, or alongside, investing in AI, where AI genuinely earns its keep in a manufacturing business, and how to bring people along so new tools and processes stick instead of stalling out.

Watch to learn:

• How to build a data foundation that’s actually ready for AI, without a full systems overhaul
• Where AI delivers real value in a manufacturing business, and where it’s smarter to hold off
• What shifting more work from engineered-to-order toward configure-to-order changes about what “having your data in order” actually requires
• Why siloed process changes tend to just move the bottleneck instead of removing it
• How to capture the troubleshooting knowledge walking out the door as experienced engineers retire

 

Duration: 50 minutes

With over 80% of the buying process now completed before customers ever engage with a vendor, manufacturers must deliver seamless, buyer-focused experiences to stay relevant. Meeting these new expectations requires the right tools, insights, and strategies.

Join Tacton’s leaders, Jeff Summers, Chief Commercial Officer, and Jesper Alfredsson, Chief Product Officer, as they reflect on 2024’s biggest trends and reveal the innovations coming in 2025 to keep you at the forefront of the industry and innovation.

What we’ll cover:

• A look back at Tacton’s 2024 releases and their impact on manufacturing
• Emerging trends that will shape buyer expectations in 2025
• An exclusive sneak peek into our 2025 roadmap with actionable strategies and advanced solutions to drive growth

Buying industrial equipment can be hard and complex. Based on Accenture’s latest research – interviewing 70 senior executives about their B2B buying experience – it is evident that the traditional buying journey lacks Reliability, Convenience, Transparency and Responsiveness. If the divide between buyers’ expectations and the traditional B2B selling is not bridged, customers will turn to your competitors instead.

This on-demand webinar discusses the experienced pain points during the different phases of the B2B journey, but it also lists the critical capabilities of a successful CPQ/Digital platform to be able to remedy those pain points.

Presenters:

• Thomas Wrana, Principal Director, Accenture
• Per Rohdin, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Tacton

Duration: 39 minutes

Learn more in our on-demand webinar how Tacton CPQ enable:

Integration with LCA Software:

Seamlessly integrate with major Life-Cycle Assessment vendors to leverage their expertise and data, enhancing the accuracy and reliability of your environmental impact assessments.

Instant Footprint Calculations:

Calculate the environmental footprint of every configuration selection instantly, enabling you to make informed decisions at every step of the process.

Optimization for Low Carbon Footprint:

Our platform optimizes solutions to ensure the lowest possible carbon footprint, helping you reduce your environmental impact without sacrificing performance.

Balanced Sustainability:

Balance sustainability considerations with other investment parameters, ensuring that your decisions align with both environmental goals and business objectives.

Transparency for Stakeholders:

Show your carbon footprint to customers and legislators, demonstrating your commitment to environmental responsibility and fostering trust and transparency.

Don’t miss this opportunity to discover how you can drive sustainability while maximizing business outcomes with Tacton CPQ. Register now and take the first step towards a greener future!

Are you ready to revolutionize your product configurations? Tacton CPQ’s System Configuration webinar offers you the key insights to streamline complex configurations like never before.

What You’ll Learn:

Efficient Configuration Management: Discover how to split large configuration problems into smaller, more manageable chunks.

Enhanced Sales Flexibility: Empower your sales reps to reorder and rearrange configuration elements seamlessly.

Optimized Performance: Ensure valid system configurations while maintaining high performance and delivering a seamless sales experience.

Why Choose Tacton?

Tacton CPQ has been the go-to solution for manufacturers for over two decades. Our award-winning, constraints-based SaaS configuration technology has consistently proven its capability to handle even the most complex product configurations.

Register Now for Instant Access:

Don’t miss this opportunity to transform the way you configure, price, and quote large-scale systems. Sign up now and gain access to our exclusive on-demand webinar.

Unlock the potential of your product configurations with Tacton CPQ System Configuration.

The truth about CPQ projects is they can fail.

Implementing a CPQ solution means more than just introducing new software. The decision to select a CPQ solution is part of a comprehensive digitization strategy. That’s why a CPQ project is not a pure IT project, but a strategic one that usually goes hand in hand with organizational and technical changes..

CPQ implementation involves conceptual questions (“How does our sales strategy for future success looks like?”) as well as detailed questions (“How good is our data quality?”). In addition, teamwork in the truest sense of the word is required of all those involved: The IT landscape and interfaces must function properly, and employees from different departments must work together.

For CPQ implementation to be successful, several prerequisites must be met and the course set. But also, during the implementation, it is important to keep a clear focus and to work with the right attitude and methodology.

Learn more on the pre-requisites for a successful CPQ implementation journey and how to make your CPQ project successful and how to avoid common pitfalls!

 

A digital transformation is well underway in manufacturing and has been accelerated through the pandemic. What are the business drivers driving this change going forward and how will these business drivers affect your organization?

In this seminar, Markus Forsgren, Partner at McKinsey, DJ Monzyk, Director of Marketing at Ketiv, and Daniel Hellquist, Business Development Manager at Tacton, share their insights and learnings:

• Which are the rising business drivers for the manufacturing industry
• How these business drivers will affect manufacturing within the next coming years
• How others have tackled these business drivers
• How you can stay prepared in order to stay relevant