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it-motive AG receives the German Design Award – Special Mention 2024 for the product configurator INKAS CPQ+

Recognition in the category of ‘Excellent Communications Design – Interactive User Experience’ for the combination of high user-friendliness and technical innovation. The German Design Award, presented by the German Design Council, is considered one of the most important accolades for outstanding design and groundbreaking creativity. It is bestowed by a highly esteemed international jury, acknowledging […] Continue reading


it-Motive is a Foundation Member of the German Design Council

Connecting Design and Manufacturing! Our motto “Connecting Worlds” doesn’t just refer to linking product solutions (like INKAS, itmCADsuite, or IMAP) and sales & engineering process consulting, but also to the fusion of design and manufacturing. That’s why we took notice of the German Design Council and wanted to further advance the foundation’s initiative. The German […] Continue reading


The pricing with the INKAS CPQ+ Quote Manager

First, the price-relevant materials are maintained in the bill of materials editor. After this step, the INKAS CPQ+ Quote Manager is accessed via the cockpit. In this tool, materials can be entered with prices as an Excel table. Afterward, these materials can be displayed in the Configure Price Quote system. More specific details about the […] Continue reading


“Connecting worlds” – German Design Council presents it-motive AG in “The Major German Brands 2024“

With its inclusion in this year’s Founder’s Publication, the world-renowned German Design Council acknowledges the outstanding performance of the brand it-motive in the area of knowledge-networking and collaborative approaches in digital transformation.     “The Major German Brands 2024” presents it-motive AG under the title “Connecting worlds”. With products such as the first Industry 4.0-compliant configure-price-quote platform INKAS CPQ+, the […] Continue reading


INKAS – New Industry 4.0 functions available

With the INKAS release 2023.01, important Industry 4.0 functions have been added to our configure-price-quote solution INKAS. These include: – the automatic consideration of the  eClass standard in the assignment of features and         feature characteristics – a standard interface to transfer SAP classifications into a product model – the provision of a digital data twin in the form […] Continue reading


INKAS wins German Innovation Award

Efficient, intuitive, INKAS! The leading and most innovative configure-price-quote platform   This year it-motive AG is the proud recipient of a Special Mention award for our INKAS Product Configurator in the Futurium in Berlin. This award stands for innovations that impress with carefully-thought-out and original ideas. Like our INKAS! As the first Industry 4.0-compliant configure-price-quote […] Continue reading


Press release – German Innovation Award for INKAS CPQ+

INKAS CPQ+ was awarded a Special Mention in the category Excellence in Business to Business by the expert jury of the German Innovation Award as the first Industry 4.0-compliant configure-price-quote platform. INKAS impressed as the first Industry 4.0-compliant configure-price-quote platform with interactive 3D product visualisation and 360° product description. With INKAS, it-motive offers providers of […] Continue reading


From the development system to the live system with INKAS CPQ+ – We show you how

We show you the stages that a configure price quote system has to pass through in order to progress from a development system to a live system. The transport routes are clearly defined with the Packager Pipeline. The work versions provide ample room for experimenting individually or in a team. We have put together a […] Continue reading


INKAS CPQ+ Layouter – display the rules very simply

How should the rules be displayed? This question needs to be asked when configurating a product. With the INKAS CPQ+ Layouter features can be arranged in any order, deleted or added. Find out how easy the Layouter is to use. Our Youtube tutorial will provide you with an understanding of the features of the INKAS […] Continue reading


Process Automation for Custom Products – CPQ and then?

Following our pilot project with Bosch Rexroth, our Solutions Architect, Jörg Sprenger, wrote a report in the IT & Production magazine of Tedo Verlag. We are asking ourselves, CPQ and then? Many companies need to economically manage increasingly individual customer demands. A Configure Price Quote system already helps speed up product configuration and quotation generation […] Continue reading