The category
What is Configure-to-Manufacture?
Configure-to-Manufacture (C2M) is a single platform where the same model that lets a customer configure a product also resolves what it takes to manufacture it. One source of truth, from the first click to the factory floor.
1 Buyer configures
The Cascade · 3 Bed / 2 Bath
2 Product updates live
3 BOM resolves
Why now
Five systems. One product. Endless gaps.
Companies that sell configurable products have been forced to stitch together tools that were never designed to share a model. The seams between them are where quoting slows down, errors creep in, and margin quietly leaks away.
CPQ
Prices a configuration — but emits a quote, not a buildable BOM.
PLM
Owns the engineering record — in a vault sales can’t touch.
CAD
Holds the geometry — disconnected from options and pricing.
ERP
Runs production — from BOMs someone re-keyed by hand.
Spreadsheets
Glue the gaps — one fragile variant tab at a time.
Every handoff between these boxes is a re-keying, a stale copy, or a phone call. C2M removes the handoffs by removing the boxes — one model does all of it.
The Configure-to-Manufacture loop
Four motions, one model, no handoffs.
- 1
Configure
A customer composes a one-of-a-kind product through a guided, validated, visual flow.
- 2
Resolve
Rules and parameters resolve a complete, costed, manufacturable BOM from the same model.
- 3
Manufacture
The factory builds from that BOM — no re-keying, no translation, no surprises.
- 4
Learn
Every order, change, and one-off feeds back as a reusable option — the catalog compounds.
One model underneath
Two portals. One resolution engine.
Sales and engineering work in purpose-built surfaces — but read and write the same product truth.
Dealer CPQ Portal
Browse · configure · quote
Admin PLM Portal
Parts · BOMs · rules · approvals
Shared resolution engine
Supabase foundation
Postgres · row-level security · realtime · storage · audit
Who Configure-to-Manufacture is for
Any company that makes what it sells and whose products vary order to order: manufactured & modular housing, cabinetry and millwork, industrial equipment, vehicles and trailers, building products, and made-to-order machinery. If your sales team needs an engineer to answer “can we build this, and what does it cost?” — that’s the gap C2M closes.
See your product configured, costed, and resolved — live.
Bring one of your most complex made-to-order products. We'll model it and show you a full configure-to-manufacture flow on real data in a 30-minute walkthrough.
No rip-and-replace — Manufacts runs alongside your ERP and CAD. Prefer email? hello@manufacts.ai