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Increase productivity with enterprise-wide
access and control of data
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Reduce costs by increasing operating
efficiency with best practice configuration,
release and change management
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Facilitate adoption and wide-spread use
by offering an intuitive user experience
Windchill PDMLink
To get superior products to market ahead of the competition,
manufacturers must have precise control over every aspect of the
product lifecycle. Now, controlling and leveraging product data
during every stage is easy with Windchill
®PDMLink
™, the most
advanced product data management solution.
Windchill PDMLink makes it easy for individuals anywhere in the
organization to access current, accurate product information from
a variety of sources. By weaving unparalleled visualization capabilities
throughout, Windchill PDMLink helps ensure that complex product
information can be reviewed in meaningful terms. And since it’s
Web-based, it is easy to implement and intuitive to use. With
Windchill PDMLink, you now have unprecedented control of data
throughout the product lifecycle.
Getting control of information
In order to thrive, manufacturers must focus on driving superior products to market faster, and at the lowest possible cost. These initiatives demand that manufacturers make improvements, not only in the product development process, but also in the way product information is handled throughout the enterprise.
A tremendous amount of information is generated during the life span of a product. This information is critical to everyone in the organization. Even those not directly involved with product devel-opment have a direct influence on a product’s success. The challenge has been to find a way to effectively control this information while still providing access to it across the enterprise. Typically, product data has a multitude of authors and formats, and a diverse set of end users.
It’s usually housed in disparate places and controlled by its authors or a centralized
department. Enterprise-wide aggregation is difficult, and easy-to-use
visualization tools that can address a variety of needs are hard to come by.
Working smarter on the inside means competing better outside
Windchill PDMLink gathers and administers all data relevant to a product throughout its lifecycle, which can lead to enormous time and cost savings during product introductions, changes and adaptations. Even more, it’s available with a quick start implementation package that can be completed in as few as five weeks.
Opening up access to data and accelerating time to market
With Windchill PDMLink, team members can instantly get their hands on the data they need. It accommodates multiple design locations and users in all departments. And yet, it’s more than a passive repository. It’s an intelligent correspondent that provides each user with information and functionality specific to them, increasing productivity and speeding workflow.
Visualization is woven throughout, providing corresponding viewables for all data, enabling team members to readily understand and interpret what they see. Further, its Web-based access empowers everyone to make smart decisions faster. It removes barriers that once impeded productivity and creativity, and allows people to focus less on looking for and acquiring information and more on using it.
Companies developing even the most sophisticated designs can control and leverage data throughout the entire lifecycle.
Streamlining workflow, elevating efficiency, lowering costs
Right out of the box, Windchill PDMLink provides unmatched, comprehensive product data management functionality to streamline workflow through the enterprise. It integrates with existing systems, fosters enterprise-wide efficiency, and ultimately reduces overhead and product costs.
Windchill PDMLink is CMII certified by the Institute of Configuration Management. Plus, it offers superior capabilities that expand on best-in-class configuration management practices, including bill of material (BOM) markup. You can redline a BOM much like you can a CAD viewable. Configuration, release and change management processes are controlled and driven by a robust workflow engine. Plus, the solution offers essential interoperability, ensuring that systems work together. In particular, it integrates with a variety of CAD systems, including Pro/ENGINEER®, AutoCAD®, and CATIA®, to name a few.
The Windchill PDMLink change monitor displays the status of problem reports, change requests, and change notices. Product structures can be
easily created and manipulated through robust visualization capabilities.
Using an out-of-the-box, CMII certified change management process, manufacturers can adopt best practices quickly.
The home page provides an up-to-date view of tasks, current work, and subscription, so users can manage their day more effectively.
Windchill PDMLink weaves visualization throughout so you can quickly see and use all part information, including the product structure, pending changes, effectivity, and version history.
Windchill PDMLink also offers seamless connectivity with leading enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, enabling you to control the process of releasing product information to production. As the single source of product information, Windchill PDMLink gives you the power to control product development and leverage critical information along your complete supply chain and throughout the product lifecycle.
The potential efficiencies touch all departments. Thus, Windchill PDMLink can dramatically reduce overhead and product costs across the enterprise.
Making believers out of a whole enterprise
For many manufacturers, internal resistance to change can hinder the effectiveness of enterprise solutions. The fact is, the bold promises of a solution are only made good when people in the enterprise use it. Because Windchill PDMLink is
unmatched in its powerful capability and simplicity, it facilitates quick adoption. Our proven quick start methodology gets the system up and running in as few as five weeks. The solution has an intuitive, personalized user interface that doesn’t inundate the user with superfluous material. So Windchill PDMLink gets everyone motivated to use the system—engineering, manufacturing, sales, marketing and service—and efforts are unified. When everyone works together at full force, better products are produced faster.
Windchill PDMLink can support the product data management needs of companies of any size and industry.
Even when working with simple designs, manufacturers can recognize the benefits of Windchill PDMLink.
The Power to Create, Collaborate, Control
Windchill®PDMLink™is a member of PTC’s industry-leading family of Product Lifecycle
Management (PLM) solutions. These solutions empower companies to streamline and invigorate their product development process – from product inception to delivery. With PTC solutions, companies can deliver successful products by creating innovative designs, collaborating effectively, and controlling all of their product development data.
Since our founding in 1985, and the introduction of our revolutionary Pro/ENGINEER®
and Windchill®software, PTC has been the driving force in delivering innovative software solutions that help companies win with superior products.
"PTC's domain expertise, combined with their Web-based architecture, has made it possible to get the best of both worlds from a PDM system— control of product information throughout the product lifecycle while making information accessible to enterprise users to stimulate collaboration."
- Lisa Williams, Director The Yankee Group
“We are implementing Windchill PDMLink to gain an edge over our competitors by shortening our product development cycle and getting to market sooner. Windchill PDMLink will greatly reduce the administration time spent during product development, thereby allowing more time for engineering and creativity. Windchill PDMLink will also allow Banner Engineering to focus even more time on our core competencies, which are product innovation and addressing customers’ needs."
- Rod Jones, Engineering Systems Manager
Banner Engineering (manufacturer of precision measurement systems)
“We are confident that Windchill PDMLink will help us gain operational efficiencies because it will eliminate many non value-added tasks our engineers now perform.”
- Todd Gregersen, Engineering Business Analyst
FSI (supplier of processing equipment used to manufacture microelectronics)
“We are excited to offer Windchill PDMLink to our customers. We feel this solution will help today's manufacturing leaders who want end-to-end product development solutions that can quickly help enhance profitability, time to market and improve customer service."
- Bruce Culbert, Senior Vice President KPMG Consulting, Inc.
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