What is cloud PLM?
Cloud product lifecycle management (PLM) is a cloud-based solution for managing the entire lifecycle of a product from ideation, design, and development to manufacturing, maintenance, and disposal. Unlike traditional on-premises PLM systems, cloud PLM operates via the internet, offering scalability, flexibility, and reduced infrastructure costs. It centralizes product data, streamlines workflows, and fosters collaboration across global teams and supply chains by providing real-time access to data from anywhere.
Cloud PLM enables faster innovation by integrating tools and processes, improving efficiency, and reducing time to market. Its subscription-based model minimizes upfront costs and maintenance, making it accessible to businesses of all sizes. With built-in security, automatic updates, and scalability, it adapts to evolving business needs while ensuring data integrity and compliance. Cloud PLM empowers organizations to make data-driven decisions and remain competitive in dynamic markets.
The evolution from on-premise to cloud-based PLM
The shift from on-premise to cloud-based PLM reflects a drive for agility, scalability, and cost-efficiency. Traditional on-premise PLM required significant infrastructure, IT resources, and maintenance. Cloud PLM removes these barriers, offering remote access, real-time collaboration, and seamless updates. Its subscription model reduces upfront costs, making it accessible for businesses of all sizes. Enhanced integration, security, and scalability enable faster innovation and better adaptability in dynamic global markets.
Why is PLM cloud best for data management?
PLM in the cloud is a tool that helps enterprises manage product development during the entire lifecycle. It improves transparency and communication among teams that may be dispersed both in terms of geography and discipline. Cloud product lifecycle management software contributes to greater business agility and flexibility by streamlining PLM adoption, preventing communication and process errors, enabling better change management, and allowing leaders to adjust quickly to any new needs or requirements.
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Engineering benefits with PLM Cloud
Accelerate product development and innovation with our out-of-the-box PLM functionality. Help your engineers design more efficiently and accurately, with fewer roadblocks and administrative demands.
With our PLM Cloud solution, your engineering teams can:
- increase collaboration across disparate teams;
- seamlessly and securely manage high volumes and varieties of product data; and
- get active in PLM with new, expanded, and rapidly deployed capabilities.
IT benefits with PLM Cloud
For IT resources that are already limited or overworked, a cloud product lifecycle management solution eliminates IT resource burden and cuts back infrastructure spending. In addition, you get:
- world-class IP protection
- faster time to value with new solutions
- reliable application uptime and performance
- reduced implementation and management risk
- predictable, affordable, and operational expenses
Leveraging PLM Cloud to understand enterprise product data
Looking to jumpstart product development and beat the competition to market? With Windchill on Microsoft Azure, you can deploy quickly and establish a strong product lifecycle management foundation. The out-of-the-box, cloud-based PLM solution is easier than ever to configure and scales to fit your needs. Plus, with PTC's cloud offering, your team never needs to worry about managing upgrades—because they happen automatically.
With Microsoft’s industry-leading cloud infrastructure and PTC’s expertise in engineering applications, you can rest assured that your product data is in a scalable and secure infrastructure.
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Why choose PLM Cloud?
PLM cloud adoption is accelerating. According to IDC 89% of manufacturers currently use or plan to use public cloud by 2023. Cloud PLM users benefit from:
- rapid time to value with proven, closed loop, enterprise-class, PLM capabilities
- world-class performance, reliability, and security
- increased enterprise collaboration with self-service, purpose-built, role-based applications
- greater scalability with active user pricing and seamless systems integration
- hassle-free PTC-owned upgrades and updates
Our product lifecycle management cloud solution is for companies looking to increase collaboration, manage product data, and improve workflows without heavy IT overhead or hardware commitments. This IDC InfoBrief explores how the board benefits of cloud (SaaS, in this case) can be applied to elevate the capabilities of PLM.
Choose the right cloud PLM solution
Get expert advice in this buyer’s guide from Tech-Clarity. Tech-Clarity’s buyer’s guide, Choosing the Right Cloud SaaS PLM, explores what manufacturers need to think about as they consider if, when, and how to adopt cloud PLM. This guide also walks you through how to navigate PLM options and choose the best-suited SaaS PLM option for your business, as well as specific considerations for maximizing value and driving adoption with product developers and IT.