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When you adopt CET, you change from your usual way of doing business to something far more efficient. By following this roadmap of How to adopt CET, the process will be efficient, enjoyable and, most important, successful!
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The Catalogue Creator is a tool for an individual or organization to produce, maintain, and publish product data and simple product logic in CET. Catalogue Creator is used together with CET Developer.
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Parametric Graphical Configuration (PGC) – is essential to the feel of CET and how users perceive it. For developers, it is therefore central to “feel the pain” and visualize and understand problems and frustration that users could experience.
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This document describes the Configura Project Model with the aim to provide guidelines to all team members, both at Configura as well as in the teams of our customers and partners.
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This document provides an overview and description of the methodology Configura recommends for implementing an Extension or Catalogues in CET.
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Universities around the United States are incorporating CET classes into their curriculum to better prepare students for the increasing demands on interior design professionals. Our CET Education Program gets you enrolled in a few short steps.
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This document provides an overview of information around how to work with Configura as an Extension Owner in the Commercial Interiors Industry. It will help you get started, and quickly find important information.
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This document provides an overview of information around how to work with Configura as an Library Owner in the Commercial Interiors Industry. It will help you get started, and quickly find important information.
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This document provides an overview of information around how to work with Configura as an Extension Owner in the Material Handling Industry. It will help you get started, and quickly find important information.
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This document provides an overview of information around how to work with Configura as a Library Owner in the Material Handling Industry. It will help you get started, and quickly find important information.
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The most important aspect of a PGC solution is the touch and feel of the application, achieved by programming. There should be a natural flowing ease and a general feeling that the PGC software actively assists in making your every idea come to life quickly and easily.
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Learn what PGC is and how it works, and increase your understanding of how modern, high-tech computer technology affects the profitability and efficiency of your company.
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By introducing dynamic product structures – ones that are not based on static part numbers – a company can take full advantage of configurable products.
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Creating great software is a serious challenge and unfortunately many ambitious software ventures fail because traditional factory or office management principles are transferred over to software production.
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A lengthy RFP can hinder innovation while a short RFP can increase the time spent searching for a vendor to meet your needs. As a software provider, our perfect RFP explains the problem at hand and gives vendor’s insight into your company and its goals.
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This document gives you an overview over Jira and describes the issue handling workflow.
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All Jira projects are initially set up by Configura. Multiple Scrum teams can work on the same project. This document describes how you should set up your boards.
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OFS was one of the first to implement Stage on their website, resulting in an enhanced user experience for both internal teams and external dealers.
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After being on the Configura platform for nearly 25 years, Martela decided to migrate to CET in 2018. Martela chose CET because of the rich history between our two companies and because CET could enhance Martela’s entire sales process.
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NARBUTAS partners with Configura to expand global growth by developing a CET Extension, meeting dealers and design firms where they work.
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Dematic, a leader in warehouse automation, uses CET and their custom platform Maestro to streamline processes, reducing engineering time by 40% and speeding up estimates by 30%.
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For more than 50 years, NEDCON has led the way in steel storage systems. NEDCON is headquartered Doetinchem, Netherlands with manufacturing in Pardubice, Czech Republic and global branches across Europe and the United States.
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Headquartered in Osaka, Japan, KOKUYO aims to enrich the world through its products including office furniture and stationery. KOKUYO is the first company in Japan to adopt CET, launching its Extension in January 2020.
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For over 70 years, Kimball International has created design-driven furnishings that have helped its customers shape spaces into places, bringing possibility to life by enabling collaboration, discovery, wellness and relaxation.
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With a 40-year history, AJ Products is a prominent player in the Nordic and European markets. Primarily known as a “catalog company” – offering everything from pallet racks to copy paper through its online catalog.
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Maars was looking for a tech company with previous experience working with walls because specifying walls quickly can become very complicated. Only a few months after the initial meeting, the project to create Maars’ CET Extension, Maars 4D, took off.
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Marbodal – the first customer on the CET platform – is a Swedish kitchen manufacturer whose salespeople have used CET since 2004. Committed to meeting end customers at the right time in the buyer journey, the team at Marbodal decided to invest in a supplementary online drawing tool.
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Global furniture company Sunon Group Co., Ltd., headquartered in China, first learned of CET when talking to customers overseas who offered product catalogs via various software solutions. Sunon Group looked into the benefits of CET and officially became a Configura partner in 2016.
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Steelcase has revolutionized the way its dealers sell products. Today, nearly all Steelcase dealers in North America use CET along with the proprietary Extension, SmartTools, as the total solution for their design and specification needs.
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Spacesaver was one of Configura’s first customers in the United States. The initial contract was signed in 2001; today, over 300 people around the world use Configura software to specify Spacesaver products.
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Midmark’s desire to put rules into place made them especially interested in Configura and the concept of Parametric Graphical Configuration. The ability to build in rules to handle many different configurations and conditions was exactly what the company was looking for.
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Troax is a market leader for metal-based mesh protection panel solutions used in machine guarding, warehouse partitioning and property protection.
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Kvik, a manufacturer of Danish-design kitchens, wardrobes and bathrooms, released its CET Extension, Kreator, in 2017. Today, more than 750 Kvik sales and back-office staff use the Extension.
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Based out of Lewisburg, Tennessee, Talos manu-facturers components for the parcel packaging industry. In 2019, Talos partnered with Configura to develop a solution that would let its customers design systems faster.
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For over 65 years, Kimball International has created design-driven furnishings that have helped customers shape spaces into places with its family of brands: Kimball, National, Kimball Hospitality, David Edward and D’style by Kimball Hospitality.
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An early adopter of CET, Tami Shulsen is the design director at Steelcase dealership Midwest Commercial Interiors in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Marshall Tate is the CEO at Midwest Commercial Interiors in Salt Lake City, Utah. Since adopting to CET, he’s seen a change in how they engage with clients and how they’ve streamlined internal processes.
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Proroomz, a small but mighty provider of modern room concepts, has fully embraced CET within their organization. Using the all-in-one software has enabled proroomz to significantly boost efficiency and quality, as well as enhance client interactions and decrease project lead times.
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Over the years, Steelcase has progressed to handling most software development by themselves. Their largest development team today is located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where seven developers are working on implementing new features and adding new products.
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An early adopter of CET, Tami Shulsen is the design director at Steelcase dealership Midwest Commercial Interiors in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Looking at her CET drawings, you would never guess that Lotta Larson with Lexton Interiör in Norrköping, Sweden, is a self-taught CET user – but she is.
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“You can focus entirely on creating a functional and aesthetic kitchen design for your customers. In the same moment as I finish the drawing and design work, the customer’s offer is ready. No post-processing work is necessary.”
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”All of my customers have been amazed by the speed with which we’re able to create renderings and revisions with incredible photorealistic quality – they love being able to visualize their space and know exactly what they’re purchasing.”
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“I like that I can make global changes with a click in CET and know the results will be accurate. CET lets us be more interactive in our work, and our clients love It.”
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“Our efficiency and accuracy rates with CET are much higher (than before we used CET) – not only on the front end of order entry but all the way through installation of product. The software makes designing and specifying a truly rewarding process.”
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“Except for general kitchen design knowledge, everything you need to know about products is in the program, and that makes it really easy to learn and use.”
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”From a business perspective, it has an unmatched ROI. Our internal processes are far more efficient because of CET. In fact, we’ve cut our production time up to one-half – which lets us do more for our customers.”
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“CET is a total tool: used at the very beginning of the sales process when bidding on work, then used in collaboration with the client during the actual design-and-specifying phase, and finally, as part of the ordering of product and the necessary bills of materials and installation documents.”
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“We’re seeing fewer bid opportunities come through the door – not because we’re losing projects – in fact, just the opposite – our customers are coming directly to us because they like how CET helps them to visualize their space, calculate costs, validate specifications and give real-time results.”
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“I bring my laptop to customer meetings and present with the salesperson. I can directly interact with the customer, working with them to create a space. This collaboration has streamlined the decision-making process. Other software programs don’t have these same capabilities.”
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“CET allows our designers to produce quality drawings with precise specifications. The rendering and virtual modeling allow us to help our clients visualize their space so they feel comfortable that what they are about to purchase will meet their employee needs.”
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Tara McCrackin teaches CET at Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University (KCAD) to give her students a competitive advantage upon graduation.
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Kirsten Dalman is a student at Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University (KCAD). She first learned about CET at her internship and saw that learning the program was vital to her success there.
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Katelyn Boverhof is a student at Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University (KCAD). Using CET has helped her understand Contract Furnishing and opened up her mind to that portion of design.
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Since 2013, Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University (KCAD) has partnered with Configura to provide its interior design students with a new set of tools that they can use after graduation.
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Configura Catalogue Data Management License and Terms of Service Agreement.
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Find out more about Configura. Who we are, what we stand for and where in the world you can find us Configurans. We also share some more of our history and insight into our suite of products and tools.
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2023 was a rollercoaster for Configura, marked by economic challenges and cost increases, alongside a strategic pivot in the Commercial Interior industry, next-gen investments, and rapid community growth.
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Read Configura's 2022 Year in Review for comprehensive reports on operations, employee spotlights, industry insights, and a case study.
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The last year pushed many Configurans and our community to adapt and manage a distributed way of working – and at the same time, we went through the most foundational change we have made since the birth of this company.
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The past year was challenging for everyone and we are thankful for our incredible CET community for being part of this journey in 2020. Because of our customers, users, partners and dedicated Configurans, we came out stronger in the end.
DOWNLOAD大阪に本社を置くコクヨ株式会社は、オフィス家具や文房具などの製品で世界を豊かにすることを目指しています。同社は2020年1月に日本で初めてのCETエクステンションをリリースしました。
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資料をダウンロードする40年の歴史を持つAJ Productsは、北欧およびヨーロッパ市場有数の企業です。パレットラックからコピー用紙までオンラインカタログで提供する「カタログ通販の会社」として知られています。
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Steelcase は同社の販売店が製品を販売する方法を大きく進化させました。現在北米では、Steelcase のほぼすべての販売店がCET Designer に独自のエクステンションであるSmartTools を組み合わせ、デザインと見積もり作成に必要な総合的なソリューションとして活用しています。
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proroomzは小規模ですが、現代的なルームコンセプトを生み出す有能な会社であり、CETの利点を社内で大いに活用しています。1つでさまざまな用途に対応できるソフトウェアの導入で効率と品質を大幅に向上させ、顧客とのコミュニケーションを強化し、プロジェクトのリードタイムを短縮することに成功しました。
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