What is SaaS PLM software?
SaaS PLM software takes traditional enterprise PLM with its comprehensive capabilities and optimizes it with all the benefits of cloud computing and services. Users of SaaS PLM enjoy the same configurable workflows, change management processes, and BOM capabilities, alongside predictable upgrades, frictionless adoption of new modules, and built-in security. Windchill+ is the first of its kind: a feature rich PLM solution delivered entirely as a service for improved multi-enterprise collaboration and a fully connected digital thread.
Future of SaaS PLM: Delivering industries’ most sought-after goals
IDC forecasts a surge in adoption of SaaS PLM over the next few years driven by its unique ability to digitally transform product development and manufacturing processes. Businesses are relying on SaaS to redefine the customer experience and accelerate the creation of innovative products with a more agile, secure way of working. In this InfoBrief, IDC supports these and other claims with recent research, including global surveys on product innovation, SaaS adoption, success factors, and outcomes.
"SaaS PLM is the key to product development in a disrupted, global economy—it simplifies collaboration and streamlines information to improve design, manufacturing, and support processes."
IDC
Introducing Windchill+
In the 2000’s, PTC redefined enterprise collaboration with Windchill PLM. This groundbreaking software introduced new levels of connectivity and integration, out-of-the-box functionality, an optimized user experience, and the potential to enable collaboration across global teams. Now PTC is revolutionizing collaboration again with Windchill+, which delivers all the convenience of SaaS today, while laying the groundwork for future innovation across the digital thread.
PTC and Microsoft
Windchill+ on Microsoft Azure offers a modern PLM infrastructure that enhances real-time information sharing, dynamic data visualization, and the ability to securely collaborate. This e-book explores why manufacturers are turning to SaaS PLM to overcome key digital transformation challenges and the benefits of Windchill+ on Azure.
Success with SaaS PLM software: Top Windchill+ features
Same Windchill codebase
Windchill+ shares the same codebase as Windchill, with all its award-winning features, functions, and ease-of-use. Rapidly expand users with capabilities such as enterprise change and configuration management, manufacturing engineering, MBSE/MBE, quality, risk, and compliance management, requirements and validation, and more.
Full stack service
IT teams can rest assured that moving from an on-premises PLM solution won’t compromise performance or stability, in fact, it improves it. Windchill+ offers frictionless provisioning and on-boarding, SSO support, on-demand transparent back-up and restore, decreased bug resolution time, and is always on the latest version with real-time product upgrades.
Open architecture
Enable secure interoperability across heterogeneous systems and applications with standards-based integration & data flow (OSLC, REST, STEP, etc.) to reduce the risk of unexpected third-party costs and challenges.
Collaboration with customers, suppliers, regulators
Rapidly and securely onboard users outside of your firewall. Access permissions for suppliers, customers, or regulators can be spun up quickly and users can immediately login and add value from anywhere, anytime—regardless of their geography.
Ease of administration
Utilize a combination of automated tools, streamlined self-service capabilities, and subsumption of many administrative tasks. Simplify or eliminate deployments and updates, vaulting, cloning/re-hosting, change management, security, and more.
Security by design
For organizations concerned about protecting their IT infrastructure and IP assets, Windchill+ provides integrated, full-stack IP protection. PTC presents world-class security including certifications, compliance, audit, pen testing, and environment scanning. IT teams can rest easy knowing that their PLM assets and IP become more secure under Windchill+.