MACH-Aligned CPQ
Architecture review approved commercetools and the PIM. CPQ vendor failed the same MACH questionnaire. Mercura runs as a peer service your commerce stack can call without monolithic middleware.
The challenge
Architecture review approved commercetools and the PIM. CPQ vendor failed the same MACH questionnaire.
A maker of modular conveyor and sortation systems for warehouse logistics finished replatforming B2B commerce onto a MACH stack: commercetools, a headless CMS, and a search index. The next initiative was configure-and-quote for lane modules, merge diverters, and control software bundles. Enterprise architecture sent the same MACH questionnaire used for commerce: microservices boundaries, API-first surface, cloud-native deployment, and decoupling from prescribed front ends.
The incumbent CPQ vendor answered with a monolithic on-premise suite, a prescribed configurator UI, and a partial API labeled roadmap. Reviewers flagged single-deployment scaling, missing OpenAPI coverage for configuration, and no credible Kubernetes story. Procurement paused CPQ while commerce and PIM continued shipping features on the approved stack.
Composable CPQ swaps config, price, quote, and checkout layers on independent timelines. API-first CPQ documents REST parity between admin and integration code. Headless CPQ runs engine logic behind your own screens. The CPQ SDK removes auth and pagination boilerplate. MACH-aligned CPQ is different: Mercura is architected as independent CPQ services with documented APIs, cloud-native deployment, and decoupled rules so CPQ passes the same enterprise questionnaire as commercetools, your PIM, and order services already in production.
Inquiry to config to price to approval to order should not force a monolithic exception in a commercial stack your architecture board already standardized on MACH.
How it works
How Mercura MACH-aligned CPQ works
Mercura separates configuration, pricing, quote generation, and order submission into services each with documented REST APIs and independent deployment units. The Mercura admin UI is one client; your commerce front end, dealer portal, or middleware calls the same endpoints. Deployment targets Kubernetes with standard observability hooks your platform team already uses. OpenAPI specs, topology diagrams, and conformance statements support architecture review. OAuth, OIDC, and SAML fit enterprise identity patterns. Your team maps service boundaries to commerce, PIM, and ERP flows and owns regression tests across releases. Mercura does not replace your API gateway, service mesh policy, or cloud landing zone design.
What's included
What MACH-aligned CPQ covers
- Microservices boundaries for config, price, quote, and order capabilities
- API-first surface documented in OpenAPI for every service
- Cloud-native deployment on Kubernetes with elastic scaling
- Decoupled rules engine callable from any front-end framework
- Standards-based auth: OAuth 2.0, OIDC, and SAML
- Webhook and event formats for commerce and OMS integration
- Architecture pack for enterprise review boards and procurement
- Peer integration with MACH commerce, PIM, and search services
The difference
CPQ selection before and after MACH alignment
- Single suite bundles UI, rules, and deployment
- Architecture questionnaire answers rely on future roadmap
- Commerce stack calls CPQ through brittle middleware
- Platform team cannot apply standard K8s ops to CPQ
- Procurement treats CPQ as legacy alongside MACH peers
- CPQ services pass the same MACH review as commerce and PIM
- Storefront consumes configure and price APIs directly
- Kubernetes deployment fits existing platform runbooks
- OpenAPI and topology docs satisfy architecture board
- Commercial stack stays coherent from browse to configured quote
Real-world application
Example workflow: sortation module config on a MACH commerce stack
A conveyor and sortation OEM needed lane and diverter configuration inside a commercetools B2B storefront. The previous CPQ vendor stalled architecture review over monolithic deployment and incomplete APIs. Mercura provided MACH conformance documentation, independent service endpoints, and a Kubernetes deployment model matching the group's platform standards. Commerce front-end developers called configure and price APIs from the same API gateway already routing PIM and cart services. Architecture sign-off completed without a CPQ exception on the stack diagram.
Business impact
Why MACH-aligned CPQ is stack coherence, not a feature checklist
MACH-aligned CPQ lets CPQ sit beside commercetools, PIM, OMS, and CDP as a peer service procurement and architecture teams already know how to evaluate. It complements composable layer migration, API-first parity, headless UI ownership, and SDK developer velocity. Mercura does not replace your commerce vendor, content model, or cloud governance framework. Someone must map CPQ services into your reference architecture and test cross-service flows. If the pain is "commerce passed MACH review but CPQ is blocked on the same questionnaire", MACH-aligned CPQ aligns inquiry, configuration, price, approval, and order with the commercial architecture you already approved.
See CPQ pass the same MACH architecture questionnaire as your commerce and PIM services
Book a demo and walk topology, OpenAPI coverage, and Kubernetes deployment until architecture review treats CPQ as a peer, not an exception.
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