Enterprise Collaboration is a Priority at ZF
Learn how ZF’s electronics divisions provides real-time data to the “extended” enterprise inclusive of both end users and other ZF divisions.
Read Their StoryWhat is Collaborative Product Development?
Collaborative product development is a powerful PLM capability that enables project and design collaboration for globally distributed teams. In today’s world, discrete manufactures are dealing with globally dispersed teams that are working in siloed systems. Stakeholders involved in the product development process don’t have access to the most up-to-date product data. These barriers to collaboration are not only creating delays in product development, but also lead to costly rework, issues in production that impact quality, slow response times from design and manufacturing partners, and multiple service visits to the customer. The problems of working in siloes are made worse when the company grows by acquisition, which causes double, triple, or quadruple the work to align teams and their inherited tools.
Collaborative product development delivers value from secure collaboration by enabling manufacturers to access, contribute, see, and protect product data across the enterprise through real time connectivity. PTC’s PLM keeps globally dispersed teams working 24x7 anytime anywhere.
BENEFITS OF COLLABORATIVE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Collaborative product development delivers increased productivity, self-service, governance, accuracy, and visibility while minimizing time-to-market, manufacturing disruptions, poor product quality, and production cost. For everyone in the value chain who relies on real-time product data, there are several benefits.
PRODUCTION PLANNER
See up-to-date product data coming from a single source of truth, enriched with ERP data and manufacturing.
ADVANCED MANUFACTURING
Validate production processes and build accurate prototypes with access to the latest drawings and documents. Also, submit problem reports before going into full scale production.
SHOP FLOOR WORKER
Replace printouts and paper plots with large, shared screens and get updated data online for a paperless factory.
QUALITY ENGINEERING
Focus on test and validation procedures. If you find an issue, submit problem reports to engineering on the spot.
SOURCING MANAGER
Enhance manufacturer-supplier interaction and supply the required parts at the best price/quality. This process also benefits engineers in the design process.
SERVICE TECHNICIANS
Access up-to-date drawings and service manuals when needed from anywhere.
Product Data Management Leads to Collaborative Product Development
Product data management (PDM) helps organizations connect and communicate product information across globally distributed engineering teams where multiple CAD tools may be used. It guarantees that every model, drawing or document is secured and easily found in a central repository. With PDM, you ensure that every version and revision is tracked, required approvals have happened, and manual tasks have been automated.
Collaborative Product Development Case-Studies
Collaboration Across the Digital Thread
Visit our PLM On-Demand Hub to hear from global leaders like Bosch, Cellcentric, Vestas, and ZF about how they are utilizing the digital thread to connect their network of engineers and non-engineers across the organization.
PTC’s Collaboration Solutions
Learn more about Windchill
PTC’s Windchill helps to simplify product development. Windchill's groundbreaking capabilities bring dispersed teams together, ensuring a single source of truth for product and process data. By enabling collaborative product development, Windchill provides all stakeholders the information they need to make the best decisions
Learn more about ThingWorx Navigate
Through ThingWorx Navigate’s role and task-based applications, you can provide downstream stakeholders direct access to up-to-date product data. Non-expert users can easily access the rich data stored within the organization’s enterprise system—no training required.
