Configuration Management for Industrial Machinery Manufacturers
Control complex machinery platforms, optional assemblies, engineered-to-order requirements, lifecycle changes, and accurate manufacturing BOMs from one connected PLM environment.
Control machinery variants across engineering, production, and service.
Nora IPLM helps industrial machinery manufacturers manage modular platforms, configurable assemblies, customer-specific engineering, CAD references, documents, BOMs, and changes from one controlled workspace.
Instead of rebuilding product structures for every machine, teams can define reusable modules, apply rules, and generate the correct machine configuration for each order, plant, or market.
The workflow keeps engineering, manufacturing, procurement, commissioning, and service teams aligned around approved configuration data.
Machinery complexity grows quickly across disciplines, orders, modules, and lifecycle changes.
Industrial machinery products often combine mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, controls, software, safety, and customer-specific requirements. Without structured configuration management, copied BOMs and disconnected files make that complexity harder to control.
High Product Complexity
Machines may include mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, controls, software, and safety-related variation.
Copied Machine BOMs
Teams duplicate existing machine structures and modify them manually for each order.
Late Engineering Changes
Customer-specific requirements can trigger design changes after planning or production has started.
Option Conflicts
Selected modules may not work together without clear dependencies, exclusions, and effectivity rules.
Disconnected CAD and Documents
Drawings, electrical diagrams, manuals, and specifications may not stay aligned with the released BOM.
Service Traceability Gaps
After delivery, teams may struggle to identify the exact as-built configuration for maintenance or upgrades.
One Source of Truth for Every Industrial Machinery Configuration
Nora IPLM brings machinery platforms, modular structures, BOMs, CAD references, documents, change workflows, approvals, and service-ready configuration history into one connected environment.
- Product scope: machinery families, platforms, models, modules, options, assemblies, and attributes.
- Configuration logic: 150% BOMs, option rules, dependencies, exclusions, effectivity, and customer-specific conditions.
- Lifecycle context: CAD, drawings, electrical files, specifications, engineering changes, approvals, and release states.
- Downstream output: manufacturing-ready BOMs, document packages, and as-built configuration records.
Keep platforms, modules, rules, engineering data, release states, and as-built records connected in one controlled view.
From Machinery Platform to Released Machine Configuration
Define reusable product logic once, apply module and option rules, select customer or order parameters, and release the correct configuration for manufacturing, commissioning, and service.
Define the machinery platform
Organize machinery families, models, modules, assemblies, and reusable product structures.
Build the 150% machinery BOM
Maintain all possible machine modules, parts, assemblies, and options in one reusable structure.
Apply module and option rules
Control dependencies, exclusions, constraints, effectivity, and customer-specific requirements.
Select customer/order parameters
Choose the required market, customer, order, application, modules, and options.
Generate the released machine configuration
Create the final 100% machine BOM and document set for downstream execution.
Configuration controls built for complex machinery platforms.
Machinery Platform Control
Manage machine families, modules, options, assemblies, and attributes in one controlled PLM environment.
150% BOM / Super BOM Management
Maintain all possible machine modules and components in one reusable structure instead of creating duplicate BOMs.
Rule-Driven Module Configuration
Use dependencies, exclusions, constraints, and effectivity to determine valid machine configurations.
Multi-Discipline Product Data
Connect mechanical, electrical, controls, software, drawings, manuals, and supplier data to the released structure.
Engineer-to-Order Change Control
Control customer-specific changes through workflows while keeping affected BOMs and documents traceable.
Manufacturing-Ready BOM Output
Generate accurate 100% BOMs and document sets for production, procurement, assembly, and commissioning.
As-Built Traceability
Preserve the final delivered configuration for service, warranty, spare parts, and future upgrades.
Connected Lifecycle Workflow
Link machinery configurations with parts, CAD, documents, suppliers, changes, approvals, and release states.
Move from manual machinery configuration to reusable, governed product logic.
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Copied BOMs for each machine
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Manual module and option checks
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Engineering changes tracked separately
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CAD and documents disconnected
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Limited as-built visibility
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Repeated work across similar orders
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More risk during production and service
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One reusable machinery platform structure
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Rules control valid module combinations
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Changes connected to affected product data
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CAD and documents linked to configurations
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Traceable as-built machine history
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Reusable logic across orders and models
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Accurate data for production, commissioning, and service
Machinery configuration becomes reusable, controlled, and service-ready.
Without Structured Configuration Management
- Copied BOMs for each machine
- Manual module and option checks
- Engineering changes tracked separately
- CAD and documents disconnected
- Limited as-built visibility
- Repeated work across similar orders
- More risk during production and service
With Nora IPLM
- One reusable machinery platform structure
- Rules control valid module combinations
- Changes connected to affected product data
- CAD and documents linked to configurations
- Traceable as-built machine history
- Reusable logic across orders and models
- Accurate data for production, commissioning, and service
Move Beyond Excel-Based Configuration Tracking
Spreadsheets and copied BOMs may work when product complexity is low, but they become risky as options, revisions, engineering changes, and downstream handoffs increase.
Nora IPLM replaces scattered files and manually maintained product structures with controlled, traceable configuration logic inside PLM.
Benefits
- Reduce machinery BOM duplication
- Prevent incompatible module selections
- Speed up engineer-to-order releases
- Improve multi-discipline data control
- Increase manufacturing and service accuracy
- Strengthen as-built lifecycle traceability
Scale machinery customization without increasing operational complexity.
Reduce machinery BOM duplication
Nora IPLM helps teams reduce machinery BOM duplication by keeping configuration decisions, product structures, documents, changes, and downstream outputs connected in one controlled workflow.
Prevent incompatible module selections
Nora IPLM helps teams prevent incompatible module selections by keeping configuration decisions, product structures, documents, changes, and downstream outputs connected in one controlled workflow.
Speed up engineer-to-order releases
Nora IPLM helps teams speed up engineer-to-order releases by keeping configuration decisions, product structures, documents, changes, and downstream outputs connected in one controlled workflow.
Improve multi-discipline data control
Nora IPLM helps teams improve multi-discipline data control by keeping configuration decisions, product structures, documents, changes, and downstream outputs connected in one controlled workflow.
Increase manufacturing and service accuracy
Nora IPLM helps teams increase manufacturing and service accuracy by keeping configuration decisions, product structures, documents, changes, and downstream outputs connected in one controlled workflow.
Strengthen as-built lifecycle traceability
Nora IPLM helps teams strengthen as-built lifecycle traceability by keeping configuration decisions, product structures, documents, changes, and downstream outputs connected in one controlled workflow.
Built for industrial machinery teams managing complex product families.
Machines with optional modules, capacities, materials, controls, or safety systems
Customer-specific machines requiring controlled engineering changes
Shared bases, assemblies, and systems reused across product lines
Mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and software-driven variation
Machines that need accurate installed and as-built records
Products requiring spare parts, upgrades, maintenance, and warranty traceability
Designed for Every Team Involved in Machinery Configuration
Engineering Teams
Control modules, CAD, BOMs, options, and customer-specific changes.
Manufacturing Teams
Build from accurate released BOMs and document packages.
Procurement Teams
Purchase the correct parts for each machine configuration.
Service Teams
Access as-built configuration data for maintenance, upgrades, and spare parts.
Product Managers
Define modular platform strategies and option availability.
Leadership Teams
Scale machinery complexity while reducing delays, rework, and service risk.
Connect Machinery Configuration Logic with the Product Lifecycle
Unlike disconnected spreadsheets, CAD folders, or one-off machine BOMs, Nora IPLM keeps configuration logic connected to the product lifecycle.
Modules, rules, CAD, documents, changes, approvals, suppliers, release states, and as-built records remain visible in one controlled workflow.
Configuration control built for modern machinery teams.
PLM-Native Machinery Configuration Control
Manage machine platforms, modules, BOMs, documents, revisions, and changes inside PLM.
Built for 150% BOM and Modular Machinery Workflows
Define every possible module once and derive the exact configuration needed for each order.
Simple Enough for Growing Machinery Teams
Move away from copied machine BOMs and spreadsheet logic without unnecessary complexity.
Connected from Engineering to Service
Keep configuration data aligned from design through manufacturing, commissioning, and aftermarket support.
Better Control Without Slowing Customization
Offer more machinery variation while maintaining accuracy, traceability, and release discipline.
How Nora IPLM Configuration Works
Nora IPLM converts product complexity into a controlled configuration process. Teams define the complete product logic once, apply rules to filter valid choices, and generate the exact output needed by downstream teams.
Ready to Control Industrial Machinery Complexity?
Stop managing machinery variants through copied BOMs, disconnected CAD folders, and manual checks. With Nora IPLM, your team can define modules once, validate configurations with rules, and release accurate machine BOMs for every order.