Don’t base strategic product decisions on incomplete information
Companies must continuously decide which products to enhance, expand, or discontinue. However, market information, development efforts, variant costs, and product data are often stored in disparate systems. As a result, critical dependencies remain hidden and strategic decisions are based on assumptions rather than solid facts. CONTACT Elements connects this information along the digital thread, creating a consistent foundation for managing the entire product portfolio.
Benefits
- Make portfolio decisions based on a shared information foundation
- Direct investments toward strategically relevant products
- Evaluate development efforts and variant costs in context
- Identify portfolio risks early
- Track portfolio development throughout the entire product lifecycle

Evaluate your portfolio with transparency
A growing product portfolio makes it difficult to maintain an overview of products, variants, and their commercial success. CONTACT Elements connects portfolio, product, and project data in a shared context. This reveals the relationships between them, allowing companies to make decisions based on consistent information.

A growing product portfolio makes it difficult to maintain an overview of products, variants, and their commercial success. CONTACT Elements connects portfolio, product, and project data in a shared context. This reveals the relationships between them, allowing companies to make decisions based on consistent information.
Prioritize strategic investments

Increasing market pressure and ever-scarcer resources require companies to prioritize their product development efforts. CONTACT Elements helps companies clearly visualize their current product portfolio. Based on this, companies can prioritize which markets they want to target with which products.
Prioritize strategic investments
Increasing market pressure and ever-scarcer resources require companies to prioritize their product development efforts. CONTACT Elements helps companies clearly visualize their current product portfolio. Based on this, companies can prioritize which markets they want to target with which products.

Increasing market pressure and ever-scarcer resources require companies to prioritize their product development efforts. CONTACT Elements helps companies clearly visualize their current product portfolio. Based on this, companies can prioritize which markets they want to target with which products.
Reduce variant complexity, increase profitability

Not every technically possible variant will be a success with customers. CONTACT Elements shows which variants are most attractive to customers, at what price they can be offered, and how they create real business value.
Reduce variant complexity, increase profitability
Not every technically possible variant will be a success with customers. CONTACT Elements shows which variants are most attractive to customers, at what price they can be offered, and how they create real business value.

Not every technically possible variant will be a success with customers. CONTACT Elements shows which variants are most attractive to customers, at what price they can be offered, and how they create real business value.
Identify portfolio risks early

End-of-life components, regulatory changes, or at-risk suppliers can all impact the future of individual products. CONTACT Elements links portfolio decisions to technical dependencies and ongoing changes. This allows risks to be identified early and factored into strategic decisions.
Identify portfolio risks early
End-of-life components, regulatory changes, or at-risk suppliers can all impact the future of individual products. CONTACT Elements links portfolio decisions to technical dependencies and ongoing changes. This allows risks to be identified early and factored into strategic decisions.

End-of-life components, regulatory changes, or at-risk suppliers can all impact the future of individual products. CONTACT Elements links portfolio decisions to technical dependencies and ongoing changes. This allows risks to be identified early and factored into strategic decisions.
Continuously manage portfolio development

Product portfolios are constantly changing. New products are created, existing ones evolve, and others are phased out. CONTACT Elements provides the crucial link between your portfolio, projects, and product structures. This allows companies to continuously track their portfolio's development and manage it for the long term.
Continuously manage portfolio development
Product portfolios are constantly changing. New products are created, existing ones evolve, and others are phased out. CONTACT Elements provides the crucial link between your portfolio, projects, and product structures. This allows companies to continuously track their portfolio's development and manage it for the long term.

Product portfolios are constantly changing. New products are created, existing ones evolve, and others are phased out. CONTACT Elements provides the crucial link between your portfolio, projects, and product structures. This allows companies to continuously track their portfolio's development and manage it for the long term.
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