Configurable Manufacturing Commerce

Configurable manufacturing commerce

When every bike, every chair, every machine is different, your commerce platform, ERP and BOM all have to be rebuilt around it. We take the hardest problem in manufacturing — configurable ordering — and turn it into something a consumer finishes in two clicks.

USE CASE 01
Bicycle brands

Custom builds and accessory bundles

USE CASE 02
Machinery & motorcycle manufacturing

Complex options and made-to-order

USE CASE 03
B2B industrial goods

Spec-sheet configuration and ordering

USE CASE 04
Premium custom furniture

Made-to-measure sizes and materials

The Problem

Why is configurable manufacturing commerce still so hard to scale?

01
The Super BOM still lives in a spreadsheet

Every custom build is hundreds of part combinations, and changing one cell ripples through the whole company — so nobody dares touch it, and nobody can maintain it.

02
Multiple ERPs can't agree on one order

SAP, AX and in-house systems all coexist, one per region or business unit. A cross-plant order has to be entered three times.

03
No real-time quote for a custom order

A customer picks colour, size and accessories, then waits three days for a rep to come back with a price — by which point they've bought something off the shelf.

04
Channels can't see live inventory

Dealers don't know how many units are left in that colour or how long a build takes, so all they can tell the customer is "there should be some".

Configuration is manufacturing's last high-margin battleground

36%
Median premium consumers will pay for a personalised product
3.2×
Average order value of custom orders relative to standard products
<5%
Share of traditional manufacturers genuinely running configuration in D2C

The Architecture

The three-layer architecture that makes Configurable manufacturing commerce actually work

Consumer front end, configuration and order layer, multi-ERP backend — each with its own job, tied together by the Super BOM at the centre.

Front Consumer front end
Commerce Storefront

A configurable storefront — marketing changes pages and launches campaigns freely, without engineering in the way.

Configuration Portal

A 3D visual configurator — colour, size and accessories previewed and priced in real time.

↕ JSON / API
Mid Platform Configuration and order layer
Super BOM

Configuration master data governance

CPB Engine

Configure Price Builder rules engine

OMS

Order management / status sync

Master Data

Products / stores / inventory

Digital Assets

3D / CAD files / spec sheets

↕ Multi-ERP Adapter
Back Multi-ERP manufacturing backend
SAP

Overseas group ERP

Microsoft AX

Regional ERP

Legacy ERP

In-house / legacy systems

WMS / MES

Warehousing / manufacturing execution

Why May4S

Why does a typical SI struggle with this?

This isn't a commerce project or an ERP project — it's an integration problem spanning manufacturing, process, data and experience. We bring four capabilities others don't.

CAPABILITY 01
CPB Engine
Real-time quoting · < 800ms

A rules engine replaces hard-coded logic — adding a colour takes a configuration change by marketing, not a code change. As the customer configures, the exact parts list and final price are calculated live.

CAPABILITY 02
Super BOM as a middle layer
Change lead time ↓ 80%

We structure the configuration master data in Salesforce: version control, approval flows and change tracking — so engineering stops fearing that one cell.

CAPABILITY 03
Multi-ERP Adapter
Supports 4+ ERPs side by side

A unified data model in the middle layer splits orders to the right ERP automatically by source, region and plant. The front end sees one order; each plant receives its own.

CAPABILITY 04
Forward Deployed Engineer
Meaningfully shorter time from kick-off to go-live

Our engineers build alongside your team, adjusting against the real configuration and order flows, and polishing the system into something your people will genuinely use.