Windchill PLM Connector

Exchange product information across different PLM systems

Naturally, product development teams need to exchange information with other groups, including external partners and internal teams. Yet, each different organization often uses its own PLM system. Friction and miscommunication may arise when one group imposes software usage requirements on the other, or when both organizations opt for a “shortcut,” and work outside the context of a data managed environment. By enabling the exchange of Pro/ENGINEER files and associated metadata across Windchill-based systems, Windchill PLM Connector offers a needed solution.

Benefits

• Improve efficiency of collaborative product development and design/manufacturing outsourcing processes
• Enable each organization to maintain product data management control over its intellectual property
• Supports
  • Design collaboration for suppliers designing their sub-components in the context of OEM product design
  • Companies which need to integrate and manage the entire product which is designed by multiple groups or suppliers
  • Library sharing for companies that want their standard library components to be used by suppliers
  • Sharing design information with global manufacturing locations or partners
• Usage flexibility
  • Role-based licensing for ad hoc sharing as needed by individual team members
  • Server-based licensing for regularly scheduled, automated information sharing