Pro­duct con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on — varia­bi­li­ty and user-fri­end­li­ne­ss per­fect­ly com­bi­ned

Pro­vi­ding a clear over­view of pro­duct vari­ance and enab­ling cus­to­mi­sa­ti­on

Pro­duct con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on — varia­bi­li­ty and user-fri­end­li­ne­ss per­fect­ly com­bi­ned

CREALIS® com­bi­nes indi­vi­du­al cus­to­mer requi­re­ments with exten­si­ve pro­duct know­ledge

CREALIS® offers one of the most wide-ran­ging sets of func­tions in the field of pro­duct con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on. Pho­to­rea­li­stic 3D con­fi­gu­ra­ti­ons in the high-end con­su­mer sec­tor (B2C), mul­ti-level sys­tem con­fi­gu­ra­ti­ons with unli­mi­t­ed instan­tia­ti­on or exten­si­ve bid­ding con­fi­gu­ra­ti­ons can be rea­li­sed with CREALIS®. The gene­ric con­cepts of CREALIS® enable a lar­ge num­ber of con­tent-rela­ted and tech­ni­cal appli­ca­ti­on sce­na­ri­os. The user inter­face is auto­ma­ti­cal­ly gene­ra­ted on a data-dri­ven basis and offers sta­te-of-the-art user-fri­end­li­ne­ss.

The varie­ty of pro­ducts remains con­sis­tent and clear throug­hout the enti­re pro­duct con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on. Intel­li­gent rules, depen­den­ci­es and pro­per­ties ensu­re that all sel­ec­ta­ble com­bi­na­ti­ons are tech­ni­cal­ly cor­rect. Con­tra­dic­tions, alter­na­ti­ves and con­se­quen­ces are cle­ar­ly dis­play­ed, allo­wing con­flicts to be reco­g­nis­ed and resol­ved at an ear­ly stage. The result of the con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on is dyna­mi­cal­ly visua­li­sed in 2D or 3D, while the user-fri­end­ly inter­face offers intui­ti­ve navi­ga­ti­on and inter­ac­ti­ve cus­to­mi­sa­ti­on.

A con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on that meets every requi­re­ment

CREALIS® offers maxi­mum fle­xi­bi­li­ty and adapts to the dif­fe­rent requi­re­ments of users — from beg­in­ners to experts. The soft­ware com­bi­nes Gui­ded Sel­ling and expert con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on in one model, enab­ling needs-based uti­li­sa­ti­on. Dif­fe­rent con­fi­gu­ra­tor con­cepts such as tar­get size, opti­on, parts list and modu­lar con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on can be used simul­ta­neous­ly to opti­mal­ly map indi­vi­du­al requi­re­ments.

Con­flict-free con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on means that pro­ducts can be crea­ted both with and wit­hout show­ing inva­lid para­me­ters. Con­flicts are resol­ved com­ple­te­ly and com­pre­hen­si­bly wit­hout inter­rupt­ing the con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on pro­cess. Even with com­plex depen­den­ci­es, the per­for­mance of the soft­ware remains excel­lent, mea­ning that even exten­si­ve con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on sce­na­ri­os can be pro­ces­sed wit­hout delays.

Rules, pro­per­ties and vali­di­ties are always hand­led con­sis­t­ent­ly during con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on, resul­ting in a high level of relia­bi­li­ty. Mul­ti-level solu­ti­on approa­ches with any num­ber of instan­tia­ti­ons also enable detail­ed and solu­ti­on-ori­en­ted customisation.If-then depen­den­ci­es are map­ped in an easy-to-main­tain table struc­tu­re.
Cons­traint tables can be used to ensu­re vali­di­ty and to auto­ma­ti­cal­ly deri­ve values. Com­plex cal­cu­la­ti­ons and designs can be map­ped in pro­ce­du­res using inte­gra­ted algo­rith­ms, while depen­den­ci­es can be defi­ned using free­ly defi­ned, decla­ra­ti­ve pro­per­ties.

To fur­ther opti­mi­se user gui­dance, func­tions such as man­da­to­ry set­tings, visi­bi­li­ty, recom­men­da­ti­ons and default values have also been inte­gra­ted to fur­ther sim­pli­fy navi­ga­ti­on within the pro­duct con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on.

User gui­dance and visua­li­sa­ti­on — Intui­ti­ve and inter­ac­ti­ve

Intui­ti­ve user gui­dance is the key towards a suc­cessful and user-fri­end­ly pro­duct con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on. CREALIS® offers dia­lo­gue-based con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on gui­dance that fle­xi­bly adapts to dif­fe­rent eva­lua­ti­on sequen­ces and gui­ded con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on paths. This allows users to cus­to­mi­se their con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on steps as requi­red.

Inter­re­la­ted parts and fea­tures are dis­play­ed in a com­pact and clear struc­tu­re to ensu­re an over­view at all times. The cur­rent con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on sta­tus is always dis­play­ed trans­par­ent­ly, enab­ling con­ti­nuous moni­to­ring of pro­gress. If cus­to­mer requests go bey­ond the cur­rent know­ledge base, the­se can be easi­ly recor­ded and taken into account later.

Dyna­mic pro­duct visua­li­sa­ti­on in 2D and 3D

Dyna­mic visua­li­sa­ti­on of the cur­rent con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on signi­fi­cant­ly impro­ves the user expe­ri­ence and sup­ports in-depth decis­i­on-making. CREALIS® enables the con­fi­gu­red pro­duct to be visua­li­sed in real time in both 2D and 3D. High-reso­lu­ti­on visua­li­sa­ti­ons ensu­re opti­mum image qua­li­ty and maxi­mum per­for­mance, even with detail­ed views.

The visua­li­sa­ti­on offers a com­bi­na­ti­on of over­view and indi­vi­du­al views, allo­wing users to switch bet­ween the gene­ral over­view and detail­ed view at any time. Thanks to the inter­ac­ti­ve navi­ga­ti­on, con­fi­gu­ra­ti­ons can be adjus­ted direct­ly within the visua­li­sa­ti­on, which fur­ther increa­ses usa­bi­li­ty.

Modern tech­no­lo­gy ensu­res maxi­mum fle­xi­bi­li­ty

CREALIS® is based on sta­te-of-the-art web tech­no­lo­gy and is ful­ly plat­form inde­pen­dent. The respon­si­ve user inter­face requi­res no addi­tio­nal plug­ins and is opti­mi­sed for all mobi­le devices. At the same time, the soft­ware gua­ran­tees full com­pa­ti­bi­li­ty with com­mon web brow­sers such as Chro­me, Edge, Fire­fox, Ope­ra and Safa­ri.