Tacton, Award-Winning Innovation Leader, Launches AI Product Modeling Assistant to Accelerate CPQ Implementation and Eliminate Bottlenecks

New AI capability reduces product modeling effort by 50%, helping manufacturers bring complex products to market faster

STOCKHOLM & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tacton, a global leader in Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) solutions for manufacturers of complex products, today announced the launch of AI Product Modeling Assistant, a new capability designed to dramatically accelerate product modeling and remove one of the most persistent barriers to CPQ success. Tacton’s AI Modeling Assistant is part of a core innovation to its CPQ platform, earning a Gold win in the 24th Annual American Business Awards for Most Innovative Tech Company of the Year.

For manufacturers with highly configurable products, product modeling is often the longest and most resource-intensive phase of CPQ implementation. It determines how quickly products can be brought to market, how much of the portfolio is available at launch, and ultimately how fast organizations realize value from their CPQ investment.

At the same time, many manufacturers face increasing pressure from limited modeling expertise, workforce shortages, and the retirement of experienced engineers, making it even harder to scale product knowledge.

AI Modeling Assistant addresses these challenges directly.

“As manufacturers move toward a buyer-centric smart factory, AI needs to be built into the core workflows that drive real outcomes,” said Jesper Alfredsson, Chief Product Officer at Tacton. “We don’t layer generic AI on top of CPQ. Our focus is on applying innovation where it has the greatest impact on timelines, with full governance and control.”

From Manual Modeling to Intelligent Acceleration

AI Modeling Assistant acts as an intelligent co-pilot for CPQ modelers, transforming fragmented product documentation into structured, CPQ-ready models.

By ingesting inputs such as spreadsheets, technical specifications, PDFs, and legacy data, the assistant generates a structured model foundation that is typically 70 to 80 percent complete. Modelers then review, refine, and approve outputs before synchronizing directly into Tacton.

This shift moves organizations away from manual, start-from-scratch modeling and toward a more scalable, AI-assisted approach. The result is up to a 50 percent reduction in modeling effort and significantly shorter implementation timelines.

AI Built for the Complexity of Manufacturing

Unlike generic AI tools, Tacton AI is purpose-built for manufacturing and embedded within CPQ workflows.

It understands the structure of configurable products, including assemblies, attributes, and constraints, and generates models within a governed environment where human validation is always required.

This ensures organizations can accelerate modeling without sacrificing control, accuracy, or compliance.

What customers are saying

Alimak, a global leader in vertical access solutions, has already used AI Product Modeling Assistant to accelerate its CPQ rollout across multiple product lines and regions.

“We’ve seen between 40 to 80 percent improvement in how quickly we can build product models,” said Frank Klessens, Group Product Support Manager at Alimak. “That allows us to bring products to market faster and focus more on refining and improving the model instead of building everything from scratch.”

PERI SE, a global leader in formwork and scaffolding systems, has also experienced significant gains in modeling speed and efficiency.

“The Modeling Assistant helped us turn a two-day modeling effort into a two-hour task. It has fundamentally changed how quickly we can structure new products in CPQ,” said Tobias Gottstein, Senior Manager Sales Solutions, PERI SE. “By leveraging AI to generate new models, including assemblies, domains and module variants, we reduced modeling time in half, enabling the business to start testing products in CPQ about one week earlier than originally planned.”

Driving Faster Time to Value and Ongoing Scale

Beyond initial implementation, AI Modeling Assistant supports continuous product evolution.

As manufacturers expand their portfolios and introduce new configurations, modeling becomes an ongoing operational requirement. AI Modeling Assistant helps organizations keep pace by accelerating updates, reducing manual effort, and increasing modeling capacity across existing teams.

This allows organizations to extend the value of their CPQ investment over time, increasing adoption, improving responsiveness to market demand and scaling product innovation without adding headcount.

Learn more about Tacton AI Product Modeling Assistant.

About Tacton

Tacton is a global leader in software for manufacturers of highly configurable products. Tacton delivers the Buyer-Centric Smart Factory, connecting buyer engagement with engineering and order fulfillment through a single source of truth.

By uniting Configure Price and Quote, Configuration Lifecycle Management, and Configured Order Fulfillment, Tacton helps manufacturers manage complexity, protect margins, and deliver with confidence across the lifecycle.

With more than 26 years of experience, Tacton supports manufacturers worldwide and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden and Chicago, USA. Learn more at www.tacton.com.