Product Data Management

Different data management tools allow you to accomplish different things. With PTC solutions, you can control your product information and who gains access to it. PTC's offerings allow you to better match your PDM system to your needs.

Enterprise Data Management Do you need to manage data from multiple MCAD and ECAD systems? Do marketing, procurement, and manufacturing contribute to the complete definition of your product? Does your change process extend to people outside of engineering? Then your needs go well beyond workgroup data management. Windchill PDMLink exposes relevant product information to anyone's desktop through a simple and straightforward Web-interface. It is the single source of product information for everyone in the enterprise, connecting and aggregating information from different business systems. Windchill PDMLink manages Pro/ENGINEER information directly, making for a powerful combination. If you're already using Pro/INTRALINK to manage your Pro/ENGINEER data, you can easily connect to Windchill PDMLink though the bi-directional Pro/INTRALINK Gateway. Combining Windchill PDMLink with an existing Pro/INTRALINK environment allows you to gain access to the value-added features that the solution offers.

Expose Designs Through Simple Web Access Find Exactly What You Need A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words Keep Up To Date Process Automation: Wouldn't It Be Nice? Clear Your Task List Make Process Decisions With Confidence

Managing Change: Now There's A Challenge! Managing product change is a fact of life for any manufacturing company. A responsive and efficient change process improves product quality and your ability to compete. An inefficient and cumbersome change process causes problems and makes your job difficult. However, getting everyone to agree on the optimum change process is near impossible. Read on and learn how Windchill PDMLink resolves this painful issue.

Save Money With a Standard Out-Of-The-Box Change Process Capture Change Suggestions Using the "Problem Report" Evaluating and Implementing the Proposed Change Releasing The Change Fast-Track Or Full-Track: Choose the Track That's Right For the Job

Workgroup CAD Management How do you know which parts have changed in a simple assembly, much less a large one? Pro/ENGINEER has powerful associativity that ensures all your deliverables are always accurate. But with that associativity comes the need for control. Pro/INTRALINK is a mature, widely deployed and fully supported solution for managing Pro/ENGINEER data. It simplifies data management by managing all the design relationships, so you don't have to. If you already have Pro/INTRALINK -- a great solution for workgroup data management -- the Pro/INTRALINK Gateway provides a bi-directional bridge to Windchill PDMLink. This Web-based solution brings workflow driven process automation to your configuration, release, and change management procedures. It even comes with an out-of-the box CMII-certified change process. Windchill PDMLink and the Pro/INTRALINK Gateway will allow you to present valuable Pro/ENGINEER information to everyone who needs it.

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