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How to Scale Configuration Complexity Without Eroding Margins

This article was originally posted on Manufacturing Industry News and eMagazine.
Summary
The piece highlights a common manufacturing paradox: customization boosts growth, but expanding configurability often triggers margin erosion, operational instability, and pressure to discount as product variety explodes.

What strategies have you used to balance high configurability with healthy margins and stable operations?
Customization drives growth. But as configurability expands, many manufacturers face a familiar pattern: greater product variety paired with margin erosion, operational instability, and discount pressure.

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