The Configuration Work Group was founded in the Fall of 1993, under the name of the "American Configuration Work Group," (ACWG) as a consortium of manufacturers working together to influence thedevelopment of a standard, best-of-breed configuration solution.  What they all had in common included:

The Configuration Workgroup e.V. (CWG) is non-profit organization of international users of SAP customers and partners, focused on the topic of product configuration as implemented in the SAP Variant Configurator (VC) and in the SAP Internet Pricing and Configurator (SAP IPC).

The main objectives of the CWG include: