Product Configuration Management
The discipline of defining, validating, and managing the set of allowable product configurations — including the rules that govern which options can be combined, the BOM structures that result from each configuration, and the change management processes that govern updates to the configuration model.
Why it matters
Without disciplined product configuration management, variant proliferation becomes uncontrolled — invalid configurations reach manufacturing, BOM data diverges across systems, and the cost of maintaining variant documentation grows faster than the revenue from additional options.
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Cite this definition
Finocchiaro, Michael. “Product Configuration Management.” DemystifyingPLM PLM Glossary, 2026, https://www.demystifyingplm.com/glossary/product-configuration-management