Standards-Based Data Exchange Between Enterprise Systems
With Windchill you can connect to other product development and business systems so that your entire ecosystem is working from the same up to date product information. No longer will users be burdened with redundant and error prone data entry tasks. With a rich set of APIs and out-of-the-box functionality, Windchill uses micro services and mashups to provide:
- ERP and MES Integration: Publishing parts, bills of materials (BOMs), documents, changes, process plans, operations, and resource instructions
- Digital Product Traceability: OSLC (Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration) tracing among engineering applications - requirements, ALM, MBSE, PLM, test, and other OSLC-compliance systems
- Embedded Software Integration: Software configuration management and defect tracking, including BOM-level integration
- Electronic Design Automation Integration: ECAD visualization and BOM-level integration (partner supported)
- Cloud Integration: CRM, ALM, social/collaborations, DevOps
- Standards-Based Data Exchange: PLM Services 2.0 standard, STEP, AP214 AIM, PLCS, and AP242
- Industry-Prevalent Integration Architectures and Protocols: MoM, RESTful, OSLC, SOAP, JMS, HTTPS, file-based
- Extensible Out-of-the-Box Services: Product, document, CAD data, manufacturing process, product platform, and event management
- Extensible Application Connectivity and Workflows: Low code configured with ThingWorx Flow