Configure-to-Order
In CTO manufacturing, every single order is created from an options pool of existing product components and parts. CTO is a modular approach to product manufacturing that often requires very little engineering and relies on standardizations and less customization.
As a configure to order manufacturer, Bluestar PLM provides you with a product configurator which – based on a set of predefined rules – can automate product designing to fast and easily fit customer requirements. The output of the product configurator creates the information related to product engineering and manufacturing (i.e CAD models, Bill of Materials, and Routing), and Bluestar PLM allows multiple disciplines (Sales, Engineering and Manufacturing) to collaborate in a single digital environment from full quote to delivery, so you will experience reduced errors, lower costs and faster time to market.
Running a business as CTO with Bluestar PLM does not limit your offerings. Bluestar PLM can simply offer customers specified solutions that are easily standardized. Fully integrated with multiple mainstream CAD systems (Solidworks, Solid Edge, CREO, Inventor, Altium and many more), the Bluestar PLM product configurator can be used to verify and validate a customized product, and to complete and further modify all the building blocks and features demanded by the customer.
With Bluestar PLM, CTO companies are able to reduce the turnaround time for time-consuming processes, such as quoting, planning and engineering, even though a product is still customized according to customer specs.
Specific benefits for Configure-to-Order Companies
Better Quality products
Allows you to standardize your business processes to easily repeat them over and over. This makes it much easier to optimize your predefined product configurations, for optimal end product.
Fewer mistakes
Repetition of processes also means more routine in execution. Potential errors are prevented, and production goes faster.
Shorter time-to-market
With Bluestar PLM fully embedded in Dynamics 365, departments and sites can extend their work and collaborate in a single digital environment, so engineering, manufacturing and sales processes can run parallel to each other, eliminating wait times.
Product visibility
More innovation
Reduced costs
With largely automated business processes and product standardizations, optimized processes are obviously cheaper than developing a new process or product that is only ever used once.
Design automation
Automatically generate 3D CAD models and detailed drawings based on product variants and configurations. As a result, you will save hundreds of hours otherwise spent on design processes.
What have our customers accomplished?
AMF Bakery Systems
Achieved 150% revenue growth through PLM and ERP implementation. Reduced errors and enhanced quality management improved product reliability. Streamlined processes boosted productivity across all departments.
