CHS integrates and manages all parts of the electrical design cycle into a coherent data model. All steps in the design process are integrated - from system design to harness design. The user inputs data once and CHS ensures the data flows to all related designs.

Design changes are managed throughout the lifecycle, with customizable behavior to control access/change permissions, and integration with databases, workflow, PLM, and other specialized systems. Data model has huge scope, by interfacing with data from other systems used in the design process - CAD, databases, workflow, PLM, and other specialized systems - and provides a coherent integration of all this data to each CHS application.