Why we do What we do

Göran RydqvistVP Research and Development

Why we do What we do

Philosophy

Configura was founded on a philosphy

Entrepreneurs

The Overselling Disease

Way Ahead of Competion

Competion / state of the art

Inferential Distance

CET Designer

25 years of identity chrisis• CAD?• Calculation tool?• Drawing system?• Spec tool?

Identity

To understand what you are, and why you do what you do• Your place in history• The solution space

The Configura Philosophy

How to structure a manufacturing company selling kitchens, office furniture, shelving, partitions ..

ERP

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Parametric Manufacturing

How to structure a manufacturing company selling kitchens, office furniture, shelving, partitions ..

ERP

Parametric parts

Parametric Manufacturing

Development towards fully parametric production capabilities is inevitable:• Consequence of Industrial Revolution• Consequence of Information Age• Us being Humans

RX137M8

URQ331/M2/3

TBA37NA12

Parametric Manufacturing - Solution Space• CAD• Automatic configurators / optimizers• Product Lego

Parametric Manufacturing - Product Lego• Parametric• Connected• Automated• Rule based• Higher Level Ops

PGC

Connecting the Dots

•Parametric Manufacturing•Eliminate part numbers•Parametric automated Lego• Instant programming

This is why we do what we do!

Inevitable and Independent of Configura

Parametric