{"id":29020,"date":"2025-08-19T11:17:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T09:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lino.de\/?p=29020"},"modified":"2026-07-07T14:06:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T12:06:48","slug":"erhardtleimer-smart-configuration-for-millions-of-variants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lino.de\/en\/erhardtleimer-smart-configuration-for-millions-of-variants\/","title":{"rendered":"Erhardt+Leimer: Smart configuration for millions of variants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When millions of product variants become a challenge, innovative solutions are required. With Tacton Design Automation, the Tacton Configurator, and Software Made by Lino\u00ae, Erhardt+Leimer has found a future-oriented answer \u2013 enabling faster processes, higher data quality, and maximum customer focus.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As a specialist in web guiding systems, Erhardt+Leimer develops solutions that provide numerous industries with precise control of textiles, films, and other materials. The product range is extremely diverse \u2013 in some systems, additional options and millimeter-precise dimensions result in up to 14 million possible combinations. For a long time, this complexity was managed manually: with data sheets, practical experience, and rudimentary configuration via the SAP system. This worked for standard solutions \u2013 but individual customer requests regularly required engineering involvement, consuming both time and resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From bottleneck to efficiency: new paths in sales and engineering<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

The growing demand for 3D models to be integrated into existing or new machine layouts posed a particular challenge for the engineering team. \u201cIn the past, customers sometimes had to wait two weeks for a model,\u201d recalls Michael Spatz, Head of Mechanical Development at Erhardt+Leimer. That changed with the introduction of Tacton Design Automation and the Tacton Configurator, integrated and enhanced by powerful Lino tools for 3D web visualization and automated drawing generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From two weeks to 20 minutes \u2013 engineering redefined<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Lino\u2019s end-to-end solution ensures complete digitalization from sales through to production. Today, sales staff access an intelligent rule set that guides them to valid product variants \u2013 even without deep engineering expertise. The external sales force also benefits from online configuration. The result: a significant acceleration and simplification of the entire process. \u201cComplex designs that once took several hours are now completed in less than 20 minutes,\u201d says Spatz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to speed, the solution delivers superior service: customers receive error-free 3D models for direct integration into their machine layouts. OEM customers even configure their products directly in the webshop \u2013 view prices, download models and drawings, and place orders instantly. Even technical details such as screw calculations are automatically validated. In this way, smart configuration becomes a competitive advantage \u2013 powered by Lino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When millions of product variants become a challenge, innovative solutions are required. With Tacton Design Automation, the Tacton Configurator, and Software Made by Lino\u00ae, Erhardt+Leimer has found a future-oriented answer \u2013 enabling faster processes, higher data quality, and maximum customer focus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":21215,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[395,393],"tags":[526,527,528,531],"class_list":["post-29020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-case-studies","category-press-releases","tag-konstruktionsautomatisierung-en","tag-lino-2d-fix-en","tag-lino-3d-layout-en","tag-zeichnungsautomatisierung"],"acf":[],"primary_category":395,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-16 04:36:45","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lino.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lino.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lino.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lino.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lino.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29020"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.lino.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29030,"href":"https:\/\/www.lino.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29020\/revisions\/29030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lino.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lino.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lino.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lino.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}