Effectively Manage Product Complexity

Products are more complex than ever before with more software, hardware, and connectivity. With PTC solutions, companies effectively manage and execute complex product development projects.

Drive business value by overcoming product complexity

Businesses are making more complex products than ever before:
Embedded software is a product differentiator. Connectivity is a necessity in many long lifecycle products. Product customization is essential in a competitive marketplace.

With the right strategy and solutions, companies are effectively managing this complexity, improving product alignment across the value chain, and realizing a host of business benefits.

Opportunities to manage product complexity

Getting a handle on product complexity starts in design and engineering. With an upfront investment in product data management, companies are improving quality, reducing risk, and collaborating more efficiently.

Getting a handle on product complexity starts in design and engineering. With an upfront investment in product data management, companies are improving quality, reducing risk, and collaborating more efficiently.

Configuration management

Product configuration management improves product development alignment, efficiency, and coordination across engineering, manufacturing, and service.

Product configuration management improves product development alignment, efficiency, and coordination across engineering, manufacturing, and service. Explore More

Engineering change management

With enterprise PLM, product companies are creating data governance and traceability for automated, accurate, and coordinated change management.

With enterprise PLM, product companies are creating data governance and traceability for automated, accurate, and coordinated change management. Explore More

Model-based definition

Create 3D models so they effectively contain all the data needed to define a product. With this approach, the model becomes the source authority for engineering, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain.

Create 3D models so they effectively contain all the data needed to define a product. With this approach, the model becomes the source authority for engineering, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain. Read More

Software-driven products

Product value is increasingly delivered through software. With application lifecycle management, teams manage the complexity of modern software development, decreasing risk, simplifying compliance, and accelerating software delivery.

Product value is increasingly delivered through software. With application lifecycle management, teams manage the complexity of modern software development, decreasing risk, simplifying compliance, and accelerating software delivery. Explore More

Simulation-driven design

Get ahead of product complexity in the engineering phase by leveraging simulation tools to analyze and validate the performance of your 3D virtual prototypes.

Get ahead of product complexity in the engineering phase by leveraging simulation tools to analyze and validate the performance of your 3D virtual prototypes. See More

Supply chain collaboration and management

Ensure supply chain partners have access to secure and up-to-date product data. With PLM, collaborate in real time with vendors to secure the right materials and parts to get your products to market quickly.

Ensure supply chain partners have access to secure and up-to-date product data. With PLM, collaborate in real time with vendors to secure the right materials and parts to get your products to market quickly. See More

Overcome product complexity with PTC technology

Our software portfolio supports improved product data management, brings together hardware and software requirements, and streamlines intricate design and development processes.

Enterprise PLM

Enterprise product lifecycle management (PLM) software enables global and cross-functional teams to effectively manage product data, providing a trusted, up-to-date system for product information.

PTC's market-leading, comprehensive PLM solution portfolio enables a foundation for the digital thread, speeds supply chain collaboration, ensures quality compliance, and drives agile product development processes. With our solutions, product teams and supply chain partners can design, manufacture, develop, deliver, and service products fast and effectively.

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CAD

PTC’s computer-aided design (CAD) solutions have been the industry standard for product design and development software for parametric modeling, simulation and analysis, and product documentation for more than 30 years.

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ALM

Application lifecycle management (ALM) simplifies complex product and software engineering at scale. With it, product companies are enabling digital workflows for efficiency in collaborative development and regulatory compliance support, integrating with other PTC solutions to enrich the digital thread.

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SLM

Manage service, parts, technical communication, and product support with an asset-centric approach that’s complementary to PLM. Explore More

Digital Thread

A digital thread ensures accurate, up-to-date product data is accessible, reliable, timely, actionable, and delivered in context to stakeholders across the value chain. PTC’s solution portfolio is uniquely positioned to help product companies leverage their product data as a strategic asset.

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How PTC customers are managing product complexity

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Volvo Group

Hear from Volvo Group on how they’re using Windchill to help them tackle industry challenges with a modular approach to product development.

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DATATRAK

DATATRAK enhanced its internal processes by implementing Codebeamer.

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HP

HP Large Format Printing division implements PTC solutions to effectively minimize complexity and development costs while increasing speed.

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Vestas

Vestas' digital thread journey is transforming wind turbine manufacturing with a product-centric approach.

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Overcome your greatest challenges with PTC

Improve product quality

Product quality and sustainability are increasingly competitive requirements. See how PTC helps companies stay a step ahead.

Reduce costs

Transform product development to reduce costs and drive efficiency. See how PTC solutions help.

Drive growth and innovation

Drive growth and innovation by transforming your product development processes. See how PTC helps.

Transform the customer experience

Advance your products faster in the ways that matter most to your customers—and deliver the type of service that will keep them coming back.

Improve product quality Product quality and sustainability are increasingly competitive requirements. See how PTC helps companies stay a step ahead. Reduce costs Transform product development to reduce costs and drive efficiency. See how PTC solutions help. Drive growth and innovation Drive growth and innovation by transforming your product development processes. See how PTC helps. Transform the customer experience Advance your products faster in the ways that matter most to your customers—and deliver the type of service that will keep them coming back.
Insights on managing product complexity

Integrating hardware and software in digital product delivery

Software complexity in hardware products poses new challenges for manufacturers. Read how to evolve product development approaches.

A beginner’s guide to systems engineering

Get started in the world of systems engineering with our step-by-step approach to understanding the fundamentals.

Understanding product configuration management

See how product configuration impacts every facet of your enterprise from engineering to sales and marketing.

Six real-world digital thread examples

Read how six leading manufacturers are addressing their top business challenges, including product complexity, with digital thread.

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