Being able to provide companies with a number of advantages in delivering customised
products, product configuration has received increasing attention from the academia and …

Configurable products are an important way to achieve mass customization. A configurable
product is designed once, and this design is used repetitively in the sales-delivery process …

More and more firms today rely on product configurators to more efficiently and effectively
meet increasingly diverse customers' needs. In literature, however, the discussion of the …

In recent decades, many engineering-oriented companies have gained significant benefits
from the use of product configurators, including higher product specification quality, fewer …

This article aims at analyzing the impact of implementing a product configuration system
(PCS) on the increased accuracy of the cost calculations and the increased profitability of …

This paper presents a study of how the use of product configurators affects business
processes of engineering-oriented companies. A literature study shows that only a minor …

Product configuration systems (PCS) are increasingly being used in industrial companies to
enable the efficient design of customized products. The literature describes substantial …

With product customization companies aim at creating higher customer value and stronger
economic benefits. The profitability of the offered variety relies on the quality of the …

Anecdotal evidence suggests that product configurators may be crucial in improving time
performance when offering customized products so as to overcome what has been termed …

Product configuration systems (PCSs) have been successful applications of artificial
intelligence principles in engineer-to-order (ETO) companies in recent decades. Such …