PLM provides the platform for representing the WBS (Project Structure Plan) objects stored in the system with a substructure. Flexible variables are created as metadata for technical and cost calculation. In the RFQ (Request For Quote) the technical structures of the WBS elements are stored as a set of rules. Thus, the technical data, the quantity and the price of the bidders are comparable.

As an individual catalogue solution, ICS-Planet is a variable organisation tool for product catalogues, pipe classes, standards and the associated documentation. ICS-Planet uses XML for data processing throughout, allowing data and information exchange independent of media. Using a system of construction manuals, all components are displayed as variants and logically linked with data and documents, so that they can be called up at any time during the planning process.