# Configuration Management

Optimize product variants and accelerate reuse with ENOVIA Configuration Management for operational excellence.

What is Configuration Management?

**Configuration Management** enables manufacturers to efficiently manage complex product families, configurable product structures and evolving product variants throughout the product lifecycle. By defining all possible product variants within a single configured product structure, organizations can maximize component reuse, reduce engineering duplication and maintain consistency across global product lines.

Modern Configuration Management goes beyond traditional change tracking by **enabling teams to manage 150% BOMs**, **product options**, **effectivities** and **configurable assemblies** in a unified environment. This approach provides complete visibility into product configurations while helping organizations rapidly adapt to changing market requirements, customer demands and engineering updates.

With advanced configuration capabilities, teams can simultaneously develop multiple products for different markets while maintaining a common engineering foundation. This reduces complexity, accelerates development cycles and improves operational efficiency across the enterprise.

Why Configuration Management Matters?

As products become more customizable and complex, manufacturers need an efficient way to manage the growing number of product variants.

**ENOVIA's Configuration Management** provides a single source of truth for product structures, variants and effectivity rules, enabling greater component reuse, fewer engineering errors, reduced manufacturing costs and streamlined product development. It transforms product variation into a competitive advantage.

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Empowering Configuration Management with 3D UNIV+RSES

The [3DEXPERIENCE](/3dexperience "The 3DEXPERIENCE platform") platform connects people, product data and processes in a unified collaborative environment, enabling organizations to efficiently manage configurable product structures and complex product variants at scale.

[3DUNIVERSES](/insights/3d-universes "3D UNIV+RSES: The New Value Equation for Your Business") complements this environment by offering **immersive visualization and simulation capabilities**. With ENOVIA Configuration Management, you can simulate product modifications, assess their impact on configurable families and validate 150% BOMs before physical manufacturing begins. Together, these capabilities help manufacturers reduce complexity, accelerate innovation and improve product quality while lowering operational costs.

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ENOVIA Configuration Management Key Benefits

Identification

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Control

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Status Accounting

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Verification and Audit

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150% BOM Management

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Enhanced Collaboration

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Aligning Sustainability and Configuration Management

ENOVIA Configuration Management supports sustainability initiatives by maximizing component reuse, reducing redundant parts and minimizing material waste across configurable product families. By efficiently managing configurable structures and effectivity rules, organizations can optimize inventory, reduce scrap and improve manufacturing efficiency.

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Customer Stories

How Leading Companies Use ENOVIA Configuration Management

Raphe mPhibr

By deploying the **3D**EXPERIENCE platform to accelerate its time to market, Raphe is on track to become a global leader in unmanned aviation. And ENOVIA’s full range of capabilities including configuration management, version management and product data management will provide Raphe with end-to-end product lifecycle management.

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 A traditional UAV engine typically weighs 4 to 5kg. Using the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, we were able to make the whole engine 600g. As a result, the mR10-IC is lighter and has more power than a drone with a four-stroke ICE. In fact, it outperforms systems seven times its weight

Vikash Mishra

Founder and Chairman, Raphe mPhibr

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FAQs on Configuration Management

 Why is Configuration Management important?

Configuration Management helps manufacturers manage complex product variants, configurable product families and evolving BOMs while maintaining consistency, traceability and operational efficiency. It enables organizations to accelerate product development, reduce engineering errors and optimize component reuse across product lines.

What Is a Configuration Management Plan?

A Configuration Management Plan defines the processes, tools and responsibilities used to manage configurable product structures, variants, effectivities and engineering changes throughout the product lifecycle.

 What are configuration management tools?

Configuration Management tools help organizations manage configurable BOMs, product variants, effectivity rules and engineering changes in a centralized environment. These solutions improve collaboration, traceability and governance while reducing complexity across product development processes.

What are the stages of the configuration management process?

The configuration management process is typically built around these core stages :

1. **Configuration Identification**
    Define and document the configuration items (CIs) — such as products, components, software, documents, BOMs or design files — and establish naming, versioning and baselines.
2. **Configuration Control**
    Manage and approve changes to configuration items through formal change processes to ensure consistency, traceability and governance.
3. **Configuration Status Accounting**
    Track and record the current and historical status of configuration items, revisions, approvals and changes across the lifecycle.
4. **Configuration Verification and Audit**
    Validate that configurations meet requirements and confirm that documentation, product structures and released versions are accurate and compliant.
5. **Configuration Management Planning**
    Establish policies, workflows, responsibilities, tools and procedures that define how configuration management will be implemented and maintained.

In modern industries such as aerospace, automotive, electronics and semiconductors, these pillars are often supported by PLM, ALM or DevOps systems to improve traceability, collaboration and change governance.

What is 150% BOM Management?

150% BOM Management is the process of managing all product variants in a single master Bill of Materials (BOM). Instead of maintaining multiple BOMs, it uses configuration rules to generate the correct 100% BOM for each product, improving reuse, reducing complexity and streamlining product development.

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