ERP Ready Backbone: Make ERP Modernization Product-Ready

Connect PLM and ERP with PTC and Capgemini to create one trusted, bi-directionally synchronized product data backbone across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and service.

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One product data backbone from engineering to ERP


Manufacturers already have the product data they need, but it is often fragmented across PLM and PDM systems, spreadsheets, document vaults, ERP, and manufacturing applications. ERP Ready Backbone combines PTC Windchill with Capgemini transformation expertise to establish a governed, part-centric product record and connect it bi-directionally with ERP and the manufacturing layer. The result is consistent product definition, faster and more reliable change, less manual reconciliation, and a stronger foundation for digital continuity and AI.

ERP modernization is a product data decision

A new ERP platform does not automatically reconcile fragmented parts, BOMs, documents, configurations, or engineering changes. Without a governed PLM backbone, manufacturers can carry the same data debt and manual handoffs into the new landscape. ERP Ready Backbone addresses product ownership, manufacturing continuity, and integration together, before downstream complexity scales.

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Better flow. Faster change. Trusted product context.

Connect product definition and enterprise execution with clear ownership, governed change, and consistent information across PLM, ERP, MES, and related systems.

Connect product definition and enterprise execution with clear ownership, governed change, and consistent information across PLM, ERP, MES, and related systems.

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Trusted product data

Govern parts, BOMs, configurations, documents, and engineering changes in Windchill, then share approved information with downstream systems.

Govern parts, BOMs, configurations, documents, and engineering changes in Windchill, then share approved information with downstream systems. Explore Windchill

Faster, connected change

Reduce manual re-entry and reconciliation by synchronizing product and change information across engineering, manufacturing, and enterprise operations.

Reduce manual re-entry and reconciliation by synchronizing product and change information across engineering, manufacturing, and enterprise operations. Connect Enterprise Systems

Manufacturing and AI readiness

Connect PLM, ERP, and MES so manufacturing teams receive current product context and AI initiatives begin with governed, traceable data.

Connect PLM, ERP, and MES so manufacturing teams receive current product context and AI initiatives begin with governed, traceable data. Build an AI-Ready Foundation

Connect the flow, not just the systems

ERP Ready Backbone follows a phased path: assess the current landscape and define system ownership; connect Windchill with ERP, MES, CAD, and priority applications; govern and synchronize parts, BOMs, configurations, and changes; then scale across plants, product lines, and approved AI use cases.

See Windchill and SAP

PTC provides the backbone. Capgemini scales the transformation.

PTC digital backbone

Windchill governs product definition, parts, BOMs, configurations, manufacturing definitions, documents, and change. Enterprise Systems Integration publishes approved product information to ERP and MES while preserving clear ownership and traceability.

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Capgemini transformation at scale

Capgemini brings strategy, business-process transformation, data migration, ERP/MES/CAD integration, program governance, organizational change, global deployment, and managed services to turn a connected backbone into an enterprise operating model.

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