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© 2002 PTC
PTC PLM Solutions
Collaborative ManufacturingSupplyLink
Product Data Management - PDMLink
PartsCatalog
DesignConfiguration
PartsCatalog
DesignConfiguration
Project Collaboration - ProjectLink
Windchill: Collaborate & Control
Professional CADPro/ENGINEER
Pro/ENGINEER: Create
PartsLinkPartsLink
DynamicDesignLinkDynamicDesignLink
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Product Lifecycle Processes
Planning -Portfolio Mgmt-Customer Req
Concept -Market Assessment-Idea Generation-Product Concept-Business Screen
Design-Conceptual Design-Product Definition-Design for X
-Design Reviews Engineering -Eng Analysis-Prototypes-Testing-Document Mgmt-EBOM
Mfg Planning-MBOM-Mfg Engineering
-Tooling -Ramp Up-Product Test -Outsourced Mfg
Vol. Sourcing -Supplier Production -RFx-Contract Mgmt
Production-ERP/MRP Connection-Work Instructions
Sell-Web Strategy-Custom Order-Design to Order
Service/Support-Plan for Service-After Market Service
Retirement
Market Rollout-Launch Planning-Product Launch
Adv. Sourcing -Component Selection-Design Iteration-Sample & RFQ-Transition to Volume
Quality
Project/Program Management
Release/Change Management
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Concept and Planning
Challenges: • Capturing and Communicating New Ideas
• Instituting Best Practices for Business Screens
• Understanding status of development projects in the pipeline
• Leveraging Virtual Teams and Company Intellectual Property
• Speed of Taking Ideas and turning them into Conceptual Designs
Solutions: Provides the Ability to:
ProjectLink - Deliver distributed team, project collaboration; - Automate business process management
PDMLink - Provide enterprise-wide access to product information - ECRs, Quality Reports
ProConcept - Freely explore and capture aesthetic designs without limitations -Sketching/Visualization
DDL - Create configurable products with design & business rulesLeverage design and business rules in early stage concepts
MarketAssessment
IdeaGeneration
CustomerRequirements
BusinessScreen
ProductConcept
PortfolioManagement
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Design
Challenges: - Limited Time to Spend on Concepts - Quickly Capturing Ideas in Digital Format
- Lack of Team Collaboration - Lack of Standard Part Libraries – or Templates for Design Constraints
-Long review cycle time with other functions
- Creating Family of Parts, Design Variables, Outputs (documents, assembly instructions etc)
Solutions: Provides the Ability to:
Pro/E Design - Freely explore and capture aesthetic designs without limitations - Quickly create a single digital design of the entire product regardless of complexity - Transition designs upstream and downstream in the product development process
- Design with a distributed design team- Generate all deliverables from the single digital model
ProConcept - Freely explore and capture aesthetic designs without limitations
Routed Systems - Quickly create a single digital design of the entire product (Cabling, Wiring, Piping)
ProjectLink - Perform project data management (Store product info with the project)
PDMLink - Control product information -Central Repository of Data, (CAD, Mfg Specs, product performance specs, & CBOM);
DDL - Interactively guide product configurations with Specification Wizards and Rules
PTSL - Conduct parametric searches on part and design information (Search for existing parts)
ConceptualDesign
ProductDefinition
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Design
Challenges: - Limited Team Collaboration - Lack of accessibility of Templates for Design Constraints
- Ability to Allow Multiple Inputs to the Design - Long Review Cycle with other Functions (MFG)
- Speed of Approval of Team Recommendations - Design Visualization
Solutions: Provides the Ability to:
Project Link - Automate business process management Templates for multiple functions to work together on design goal(s)
- Deliver distributed team, project collaboration External collaboration, GoNoGo Capture, Visualization/markup,
PDMLink - Control product information -Product Repository, Internal collaboration
ProE-Design - Design with a distributed design team (ModelCheck, Peer to Peer) - Automate repetitive tasks and for configuration (Design Libraries) - Check, capture and reuse best practices
ProE-Production - Validate, automate and optimize manufacturing efficiency (NC check)
RSD - Check, capture and reuse best practices (Libraries of cables, pipes, fittings)
DDL - Interactively guide product configurations
DesignforX
Design Reviews
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Engineering Engineering Analysis
TestingPrototypes
Challenges: - CAE not involved early enough in the design/development process - Less time to analyze and test
- Too many physical prototypes (not enough digital) - Developing the Testing plan
Solutions: Provides the Ability to:
Pro/E Analysis - Simulate and Improve functional characteristics of the design -strength, thermal, solar, structural, wind, vibration, fluid, path and interference
- Propagate change upstream and downstream in the product development process
PDMLink - Control product information (Central Repository for Design and Analysis)
ProjectLink - Execute cross-functional, cross-enterprise project and program management - External Collaboration (visualization/ review/markup)
Pro/E Design - Create Virtual Prototypes
Pro/E Production - Create formal inspection programs with a coordinate measuring machine - Create Tooling Prototypes
Routed Systems - Create Virtual Prototypes of Routed Systems
DDL - Automatically generate product information for configured products (virtual prototypes)
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Engineering DocumentMgmt
EBOM
Challenges: •Information in paper and digital form
•Information in engineering libraries, manufacturing libraries, file cabinets, and hard disk drives
•Dispersed product-related intellectual capital
•Only the engineers know where the information is
•EBOM doesn't match MBOM
•Timely update and dissemination of EBOM to Manufacturing, Purchasing, Suppliers
Solutions: Provides the Ability to:
PDMLink - Control Product Information - Design Repository, MS Office Integration, Visualization, Check in/out, Markup- EBOM Iterations, Versioning, History, Baselines, Effectivity
DDL - Manage & Control Configurable Product Information
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Advanced & Volume ComponentSelection
Samples &RFQ
DesignIteration
TransitionTo Volume
Challenges: - Leveraging existing parts/Enforcing the re-use of approved parts - Part Classification
- Speed of gathering information for the Bid Package
- Ensuring that suppliers have the most current design information
- Speeding the process of disseminating RFQx to suppliers
- Coordination between Engineering, Manufacturing, and Sourcing
Solutions: Provides the Ability to:
PDMLink - Control product information (Product Repository)
PartsLink - Conduct parametric searches on part and design information, - Create interactive web-based product catalogs and component libraries
ProE-Design - Check, capture and reuse best practices (Model Check) - Design with a distributed design team (Peer to Peer); - Propagate change upstream and downstream in the product development process
DDL - Interactively guide product configurations
SupplyLink - Support Sourcing Processes for Engineered Items - RFQ Templates, Response Repository, Provide latest part info outside firewall
- Manage external access to necessary product & procurement information - Control product definition with external manufacturing partners
ProjectLink - Execute Cross-Functional, Cross-Enterprise Project and Program Management
SupplierProduction
ContractMgmt
RFx
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Mfg Planning & Production
Challenges: •Manual or Adhoc processes around release to manufacturing
•MBOM documents are kept in a combination of electronic and paper media
•Communication about assembly instructions
•Tooling design is manually done using a hard copy version of part design.
•Collecting issues about production and design, and quickly correcting those issues with suppliers
Solutions: Provides the Ability to:
PDMLink - Provide enterprise-wide access to product information- MBOM Repository & Configuration Management
- Control product information (Product Information Repository)
DDL - Automatically generate product information (create MBOM based on variants)
Pro/E Production - Design tooling, Mold making, jig and fixture, inserts, support structure, & Create NC Toolpaths, designs, process planning, - Propagate change upstream and downstream in the product development process
Pro/E Design - Propagate change upstream and downstream in the product development process - Adjust design based on feedback from MFG
SupplyLink - Manage external access to necessary product & procurement information - Control product definition with external manufacturing partners
- Update contract manufacturing with MBOM
MBOM RampUp
Mfg EngTooling
ProductTest
OutsourcedMfg
WorkInstructions
ERPIntegration
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Market Rollout & Sales
Challenges: •Communication with internal functions, marketing, sales, manufacturing, quality, and engineering.
•Communication with external partners (distribution, suppliers)
•Promotions, product literature, sales training material are generated from scratch, pulling together information from disparate, unconnected systems.
•Developing Classification Structures and Ongoing Content Management for web catalogs
•Miscommunications cause Design-To-Order (DTO) products to need rework
Solutions: Provides the Ability to:
ProjectLink - Deliver Distributed Team, Project Collaboration - Virtual team planning, resource planning
- Execute cross-functional, cross-enterprise project and program management
PDMLink - Control product information (Product repository)
PartsLink - Control and distribute catalog content to customers (Parts Catalog)
DDL - Create configurable products with design & business rules - Interactively guide product configurations- Automatically generate product information for configured products- Manage & control configurable product information
Pro/E Design - Quickly create a single digital design of the entire product regardless of complexity
LaunchPlanning
WebStrategy
Product Launch
CustomOrder
Design toOrder
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Service & Support
Challenges: •Coordination between Engineering, Marketing, and Service organizations
•Speeding the design and development of tooling for service
•Difficulty leveraging product information in other business processes
•Marketing, sales, customer support don’t have direct access to product information
•Tracking parts from retired parts
•Managing Inventory Obsolescence
Solutions: Provides the Ability to:
ProjectLink - Execute cross-functional, cross-enterprise project and program management - Virtual Team, Resource Planning
PDMLink - Control Product Information (Product repository with Visualization)- Control and automate product development processes
- Manage change of product phase and associated product information
Plan forService
RetirementAfter MarketService
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Project/Program Management
Project/Program Mgmt Pain Points PTC Solutions
Capability to Impact Process Low Medium High
- Schedule is out of date as soon as it's published
Tracking down updates to schedule
Difficult getting everyone together to review issues, gates, etc.
Difficult to get the latest corporate document templates published
Difficult getting everyone together to review issues, gates, etc.
ProjectLink-Ability to execute cross-functional, cross-enterprise project and program management
The process of managing projects or development projects including phase (stage) gates and project planning/execution. Includes resource planning.
Project / Program Management
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Quality
Quality Pain Points PTC Solutions
Capability to Impact Process Low Medium High
- Different processes in each department or location
- Cannot standardize processes
- Difficulty implementing quality standards and procedures for process control
ProjectLink-Ability to automate business process management (Templates for SixSigma, APQP etc)
ProE-Design-Ability to check, capture and reuse best practices (ModelCheck)
ProE-Production Ability to check, capture and reuse best practices (CMM & Verify)
The process of incorporating quality initiatives into each aspect of the Product Lifecycle examples include Six Sigma or Total Quality Management.
Quality
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Change/Release Management
Change/Release Mgmt Pain Points PTC Solutions
Capability to Impact Process Low Medium High
- Change control process is defined, but followed only a fraction of the time
-When processing a change, information resides all over the place and cannot be easily located
- There is no formal routing and approval authority is a sign off by some individual.
- Little or no record is kept of the trail of review and discussion.
PDMLink -Ability to control and automate product development processes (CMII processes)
The polices and procedures for initiating, executing, approving, and archiving Engineering Changes/Releases. Includes, capturing the change suggestions, evaluating change impacts, implementing the change, and auditing/releasing new product data.
Change / Release Management
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Windchill Solutions Support Critical Product Lifecycle Processes
Planning -Portfolio Mgmt-Customer Req
Concept -Market Assessment-Idea Generation-Product Concept-Business Screen
Design-Conceptual Design-Product Definition-Design for X
-Design Reviews Engineering -Eng Analysis-Prototypes-Document Mgmt-EBOM
Mfg Planning-MBOM-Mfg Engineering
-Tooling -Ramp Up-Product Test -Outsourced Mfg
Vol. Sourcing -Supplier Production -RFx-Contract Mgmt
Production-ERP/MRP Connection-Work Instructions
Sell-Web Strategy-Custom Order-Design to Order
Service/Support-Plan for Service-After Market Service
Retirement
Market Rollout-Launch Planning-Product Launch
Adv. Sourcing -Component Selection-Design Iteration-Sample & RFQ-Transition to Volume
Quality
Project/Program Management
Release/Change Management
Windchill PDMLinkWindchill ProjectLinkWindchill Dynamic Design LinkWindchill PartsLinkWindchill SupplyLink
© 2002 PTC
Product Lifecycle Processes
Planning -Portfolio Mgmt-Customer Req
Concept -Market Assessment-Idea Generation-Product Concept-Business Screen
Design-Conceptual Design-Product Definition-Design for X
-Design Reviews Engineering -Eng Analysis-Prototypes-Testing-Document Mgmt-EBOM
Mfg Planning-MBOM-Mfg Engineering
-Tooling -Ramp Up-Product Test -Outsourced Mfg
Vol. Sourcing -Supplier Production -RFx-Contract Mgmt
Production-ERP/MRP Connection-Work Instructions
Sell-Web Strategy-Custom Order-Design to Order
Service/Support-Plan for Service-After Market Service
Retirement
Market Rollout-Launch Planning-Product Launch
Adv. Sourcing -Component Selection-Design Iteration-Sample & RFQ-Transition to Volume
Quality
Project/Program Management
Release/Change Management
© 2002 PTC
Concept and Planning
Challenges: • Capturing and Communicating New Ideas
• Instituting Best Practices for Business Screens
• Understanding status of development projects in the pipeline
• Leveraging Virtual Teams and Company Intellectual Property
• Speed of Taking Ideas and turning them into Conceptual Designs
Solutions: Provides the Ability to:
ProjectLink - Deliver distributed team, project collaboration; - Automate business process management
PDMLink - Provide enterprise-wide access to product information - ECRs, Quality Reports
ProConcept - Freely explore and capture aesthetic designs without limitations -Sketching/Visualization
DDL - Create configurable products with design & business rulesLeverage design and business rules in early stage concepts
MarketAssessment
IdeaGeneration
CustomerRequirements
BusinessScreen
ProductConcept
PortfolioManagement
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Market Assessment
Concept
The analysis of the market potential for a new product or a product enhancement including the number of competing products, level of competitiveness, and growth rate.
Market Assessment Pain Points PTC Solutions
-Determining what products do customers really want
-Ensuring that new products fit into the product portfolio
-Developing a strong business case for new products
-Ensuring that new products or projects are aligned with corporate strategy
ProjectLink- Ability to execute cross-functional, cross-enterprise project and program management
-Market Assessment-Idea Generation-Product Concept-Business Screen
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Idea Generation
Concept
Idea Generation Pain Points PTC Solutions
-Conceiving new product ideas
-Ideas capture mechanism
-Supporting virtual collaboration between distributed teams
-Ensuring an organized way to keep or store ideas for maturation, development, and record
The process where ideas are collected, screened and funneled into the new product development process through an initial idea screen. Also includes creating the environment to breed new ideas.
ProjectLink- Ability to deliver distributed team, project collaboration (virtual forum, track GoNoGo Decisions, manage pipeline of new ideas)
-Market Assessment-Idea Generation-Product Concept-Business Screen
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Product Concept
Concept
Product Concept Pain Points PTC Solutions
A clearly written and possibly visual description of the new product idea that includes its primary features and benefits, combined with a broad understanding of the technology needed. Also includes industrial design work.
-Speeding time from concept to model
-Rapid creation of prototypes
-Supporting virtual collaboration between distributed teams
-How to leverage existing knowledge in the business
ProjectLink- Ability to deliver distributed team, project collaborationPDMLink-Ability to provide enterprise-wide access to product information (Access to existing product information, ECRs, quality reports)ProConcept-Ability to freely explore and capture aesthetic designs without limitations(Sketching/Visualization)DDL-Ability to create configurable products with design & business rules (use design and business rules in early stage concepts)
-Market Assessment-Idea Generation-Product Concept-Business Screen
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Business Screen
Concept
Business Screen Pain Points PTC Solutions
The results of the market, technical and financial analyses, or up-front homework. Ideally defined just prior to the "go to development" decision (gate), the screen defines the product and project, including the project justification and the action or business plan.
-Supporting virtual collaboration between distributed teams
-Speeding the approval cycle
ProjectLink- Ability to automate business process management (track GoNoGo Decisions)DDL-Ability to create configurable products with design & business rules (use business rules as part of screen)"
-Market Assessment-Idea Generation-Product Concept-Business Screen
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Portfolio Management
Portfolio Management Pain Points PTC Solutions
The process of determining the risk/returns tradeoffs for development initiatives vs. the future financial performance of the products in the portfolio. Includes managing current status of development projects, and decisions about the retirement of products.
-Assessing risks based on external information
-Understanding the short and long term value of Patents and intellectual property
ProjectLink- Ability to execute cross-functional, cross-enterprise project and program management (manage status of projects across portfolio)
Planning -Portfolio Mgmt-Customer Req
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Customer Requirements
Customer Requirements Pain Points PTC Solutions
Planning
The process of gathering and prioritizing customer/market needs. These needs, either expressed or yet-to-be articulated, provide new product development opportunities for the firm.
-Gathering and storing requirements
-Linking Engineering Tools to Requirements Management Systems
PDMLink- Ability to provide enterprise-wide access to product information (Access ECRs, quality/problem reports, connection with Doors)
DDL-Ability to interactively guide product configurations (use specification wizard for focus groups)
-Portfolio Mgmt-Customer Req
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Design
Challenges: - Limited Time to Spend on Concepts - Quickly Capturing Ideas in Digital Format
- Lack of Team Collaboration - Lack of Standard Part Libraries – or Templates for Design Constraints
-Long review cycle time with other functions
- Creating Family of Parts, Design Variables, Outputs (documents, assembly instructions etc)
Solutions: Provides the Ability to:
Pro/E Design - Freely explore and capture aesthetic designs without limitations - Quickly create a single digital design of the entire product regardless of complexity - Transition designs upstream and downstream in the product development process
- Design with a distributed design team- Generate all deliverables from the single digital model
ProConcept - Freely explore and capture aesthetic designs without limitations
Routed Systems - Quickly create a single digital design of the entire product (Cabling, Wiring, Piping)
ProjectLink - Perform project data management (Store product info with the project)
PDMLink - Control product information -Central Repository of Data, (CAD, Mfg Specs, product performance specs, & CBOM);
DDL - Interactively guide product configurations with Specification Wizards and Rules
PTSL - Conduct parametric searches on part and design information (Search for existing parts)
ConceptualDesign
ProductDefinition
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Design
Challenges: - Limited Team Collaboration - Lack of accessibility of Templates for Design Constraints
- Ability to Allow Multiple Inputs to the Design - Long Review Cycle with other Functions (MFG)
- Speed of Approval of Team Recommendations - Design Visualization
Solutions: Provides the Ability to:
Project Link - Automate business process management Templates for multiple functions to work together on design goal(s)
- Deliver distributed team, project collaboration External collaboration, GoNoGo Capture, Visualization/markup,
PDMLink - Control product information -Product Repository, Internal collaboration
ProE-Design - Design with a distributed design team (ModelCheck, Peer to Peer) - Automate repetitive tasks and for configuration (Design Libraries) - Check, capture and reuse best practices
ProE-Production - Validate, automate and optimize manufacturing efficiency (NC check)
RSD - Check, capture and reuse best practices (Libraries of cables, pipes, fittings)
DDL - Interactively guide product configurations
DesignforX
Design Reviews
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Conceptual Design
Design
The process of incorporating internal/customer/market requirements for the approved product concept to develop one or more initial digital designs. The design at this stage is still very fluid.
Conceptual Design Pain Points PTC Solutions
-Limited time available for concepts
-Little or no industrial design
-Quickly capturing ideas
-CAD software has too many barriers to creativity
-Too difficult to quickly exchange data between Industrial Design and CAD tools
ProE-Design-Ability to freely explore and capture aesthetic designs without limitations; Ability to quickly create a single digital design of the entire product regardless of complexity (Create more detailed ergonomic shapes/designs); Ability to transition designs upstream and downstream in the product development process; Ability to design with a distributed design team
ProjectLink-Ability to perform project data management (Store product info with the project)
ProConcept-Ability to freely explore and capture aesthetic designs without limitations (Industrial Design)
RSD-Ability to quickly create a single digital design of the entire product regardless of complexity (Systems Design)
DDL-Ability to interactively guide product configurations
-Conceptual Design-Product Definition-Design for X
-Design Reviews
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Product Definition
Product Definition Pain Points PTC Solutions
The process of refining the detailed product specification including performance requirements and technology assessment. This process also includes the creation of the digital design including geometry, and physical attributes/properties.
-Creating Family of Parts, configuration management, creation of design variables, create outputs
-Less time to complete designs
-Lack of collaboration and document control
-Maintaining the CAD database to manufacturing data
-Inefficient ECO Process
-Lack of standard part libraries
-Organizing CAD data
ProE-Design-Ability to quickly create a single digital design of the entire product regardless of complexity (Creation of Geometry, Part Families, Design Variables) , Ability to generate all deliverables from the single digital model (Drawings);
PDMLink-Ability to control product information (Central Repository of Data, i.e. CAD, Mfg Specs, product performance specs & associate templates with parts, Leverage Existing Designs/Product Info, create CBOM);
RSD-Ability to quickly create a single digital design of the entire product regardless of complexity (Systems Design)
DDL-Ability to interactively guide product configurations(Spec Wizard for Design Variants);
PartsLink-Ability to do parametric searches on part and design information (Search for existing parts)
Design-Conceptual Design-Product Definition-Design for X
-Design Reviews
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Design for X
Design for X Pain Points PTC Solutions
The process of creating designs with a specific broad goal (or goals) in mind, examples include DfExcellence, DfManufacturability, DfAssemby, DfModularity, DfPostponement, DfTestability, DfInternational, DfServicability, DfDisassembly.
-Collaborating with extended teams
-Lack of templates for design constraints
-Limited ability to allow multiple inputs to the design
-Lengthy review cycle time with manufacturing
-Lack of speed in approval/adaptation of team recommendations
ProjectLink-Ability to automate business process management (Templates for multiple functions to work together on design goal(s), external collaboration)
PDMLink-Ability to control product information (Product Repository, facilitate controlled processes, Internal collaboration)
ProE-Design-Ability to design with a distributed design team (ModelCheck, peer to peer); Ability to automate repetitive tasks and for configuration (Design Libraries); Ability to check, capture and reuse best practices
ProE-Production-Ability to validate, automate and optimize manufacturing efficiency (NC check)
RSD -Ability to check, capture and reuse best practices (Libraries of cables, pipes, fittings)
DDL-Ability to interactively guide product configurations
Design-Conceptual Design-Product Definition-Design for X
-Design Reviews
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Design Reviews
Design Reviews Pain Points PTC Solutions
The process of reviewing initial through final designs with stakeholders such as marketing, sales, manufacturing, and purchasing, customers, suppliers.
-Lack of experienced team (bringing people up to speed)
-Team members not co-located
-Scheduling virtual teams
-Lack of information available to all team members
-Lack of participation
-Lack of 3D visualization
ProjectLink-Ability to deliver distributed team, project collaboration (GoNoGo capture, advanced workflow, visualization/markup, online meetings)
PDMLink-Ability to control product information (Central Repository for Design Information)
ProE-Design-Ability to share data with partners (Update/revise designs, peer to peer); Ability to design with a distributed design team
DDL-Ability to interactively guide product configurations
Design-Conceptual Design-Product Definition-Design for X
-Design Reviews
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Engineering Engineering Analysis
TestingPrototypes
Challenges: - CAE not involved early enough in the design/development process - Less time to analyze and test
- Too many physical prototypes (not enough digital) - Developing the Testing plan
Solutions: Provides the Ability to:
Pro/E Analysis - Simulate and Improve functional characteristics of the design -strength, thermal, solar, structural, wind, vibration, fluid, path and interference
- Propagate change upstream and downstream in the product development process
PDMLink - Control product information (Central Repository for Design and Analysis)
ProjectLink - Execute cross-functional, cross-enterprise project and program management - External Collaboration (visualization/ review/markup)
Pro/E Design - Create Virtual Prototypes
Pro/E Production - Create formal inspection programs with a coordinate measuring machine - Create Tooling Prototypes
Routed Systems - Create Virtual Prototypes of Routed Systems
DDL - Automatically generate product information for configured products (virtual prototypes)
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Engineering DocumentMgmt
EBOM
Challenges: •Information in paper and digital form
•Information in engineering libraries, manufacturing libraries, file cabinets, and hard disk drives
•Dispersed product-related intellectual capital
•Only the engineers know where the information is
•EBOM doesn't match MBOM
•Timely update and dissemination of EBOM to Manufacturing, Purchasing, Suppliers
Solutions: Provides the Ability to:
PDMLink - Control Product Information - Design Repository, MS Office Integration, Visualization, Check in/out, Markup- EBOM Iterations, Versioning, History, Baselines, Effectivity
DDL - Manage & Control Configurable Product Information
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Engineering Analysis
Eng Analysis Pain Points PTC Solutions
Engineering
The optimization, simulation, and analysis of the digital/physical product designs. Including, cost reduction, weight reduction, maximizing strength, thermal, solar, structural, wind, vibration, fluid, etc..
-Geometry creation is too disconnected from engineering analysis
-Lack of integration between CAD and CAE
-Limited breadth of Analysis capabilities
-Poorly defined design specification
-CAE not involved early enough in the design/development process
ProMechanica-Ability to simulate and improve functional characteristics of the design (strength, thermal, solar, structural, wind, vibration, fluid, Path and interference analysis); Ability to propagate change upstream and downstream in the product development process
PDM-Ability to control product information (Central Repository for design and analysis)
-Eng Analysis-Prototypes-Testing-Document Mgmt-EBOM
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Prototypes
Prototypes Pain Points PTC Solutions
Create virtual or physical representations of the product that incorporate the current design/engineering details for the purpose of verifying the product requirements/attributes.
-Having a valid part database
-Transferring part database to supplier
-Keeping Changes current (Revision control)
-Too many physical prototypes (not enough digital)
ProjectLink-Ability to execute cross-functional, cross-enterprise project and program management (Outside firewall model visualization/review)
ProE-Design-Create Virtual Prototypes,
ProE-Production-Create Tooling Prototypes
RSD-Create Virtual Prototypes of Routed Systems
PDMLink-Ability to control product information (Internal product repository)
DDL-Ability to automatically generate product information (virtual prototypes)
Engineering-Eng Analysis-Prototypes-Testing-Document Mgmt-EBOM
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Testing
Testing Pain Points PTC Solutions The process of verifying that the product design meets the specified requirements/attributes.
Using wrong components in test that don't reflect actual production parts
Poor design of standard components that adversely effect test
Lack of accuracy in CAD db that is driving 1st build.
Ensuring sufficient and comprehensive testing
Developing the testing plan
Bringing in voice of manufacturing
Bringing in voice of customer marketing
ProE-Production-Create formal inspection programs with a coordinate measuring machine, warp capability to correct defects.
Engineering-Eng Analysis-Prototypes-Testing-Document Mgmt-EBOM
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Document Management
Doc Management Pain Points PTC Solutions
The ongoing storage, management, and access control for all digital product information.
Information in paper and digital form
Information in engineering libraries, manufacturing libraries, file cabinets, and hard disk drives
Dispersed product-related intellectual capital
Difficult to know if information is up to date and accurate
Information resides in multiple, unconnected data bases
Only the engineers know where the information is
PDMLink-Ability to control product information (Design Repository MS Office integration, visualization, check in/out, markup)
DDL-Ability to manage & control configurable product information
Engineering-Eng Analysis-Prototypes-Testing-Document Mgmt-EBOM
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EBOM
EBOM Pain Points PTC Solutions
The creation and ongoing management of the Engineering BOM along with associated documents.
-System integration CAD, ERP
-EBOM doesn't match MBOM
-Timely update and dissemination of EBOM to Manufacturing, Purchasing, Suppliers
PDMLink-Ability to control product information (Config. Mgmt, iterations, versioning, history, baselines, effectivity)
Engineering-Eng Analysis-Prototypes-Testing-Document Mgmt-EBOM
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Advanced & Volume ComponentSelection
Samples &RFQ
DesignIteration
TransitionTo Volume
Challenges: - Leveraging existing parts/Enforcing the re-use of approved parts - Part Classification
- Speed of gathering information for the Bid Package
- Ensuring that suppliers have the most current design information
- Speeding the process of disseminating RFQx to suppliers
- Coordination between Engineering, Manufacturing, and Sourcing
Solutions: Provides the Ability to:
PDMLink - Control product information (Product Repository)
PartsLink - Conduct parametric searches on part and design information, - Create interactive web-based product catalogs and component libraries
ProE-Design - Check, capture and reuse best practices (Model Check) - Design with a distributed design team (Peer to Peer); - Propagate change upstream and downstream in the product development process
DDL - Interactively guide product configurations
SupplyLink - Support Sourcing Processes for Engineered Items - RFQ Templates, Response Repository, Provide latest part info outside firewall
- Manage external access to necessary product & procurement information - Control product definition with external manufacturing partners
ProjectLink - Execute Cross-Functional, Cross-Enterprise Project and Program Management
SupplierProduction
ContractMgmt
RFx
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Advanced
Component Selection Pain Points PTC Solutions
The process of leveraging existing designs or approved parts including identifying areas for re-design and establishment of part design objectives, search for part design re-use, approved standard parts.
-Leveraging existing parts
-Finding and approving new suppliers
-Enforcing the re-use of approved parts
-Part Classification
PDMLink-Ability to control product information (Product Repository)
PartsLink-Ability to do parametric searches on part and design information, Ability to create interactive web-based product catalogs and component libraries
ProE-Design-Ability to check, capture and reuse best practices (Model Check)
DDL-Ability to interactively guide product configurations
-Component Selection-Design Iteration-Sample & RFQ-Transition to Volume
Component Selection
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Advanced
Design Iteration Pain Points PTC Solutions
-Communication with suppliers
-Ensuring that suppliers have the most current design information
SupplyLink-Ability to control product definition with external manufacturing partners (Communicate latest part info outside firewall)
ProjectLink-Ability to execute cross-functional, cross-enterprise project and program management
ProE-Design-Ability to design with a distributed design team (Peer to Peer); Ability to share data with partners; Ability to propagate change upstream and downstream in the product development process
RSD-Ability to propagate change upstream and downstream in the product development process
The process of working with a supplier to finalize the design of a sourced part, may include supplier suggestions for design or other existing parts.
-Component Selection-Design Iteration-Sample & RFQ-Transition to Volume
Design Iteration
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Sample & RFQ Pain Points PTC Solutions
-Speed of gathering information for the bid package
-Speeding the process of disseminating RFQx to suppliers
-Information exchange between buyers and suppliers
SupplyLink-Ability to support sourcing processes for engineered items (RFQ Templates, response, repository, provide latest part info outside firewall)
The development and execution of a simple sample request, establish supplier attributes, populate RFQ templates (based on beta, pilot, and volume production levels), assemble required documents, and publish/transmit RFx.
Advanced-Component Selection-Design Iteration-Sample & RFQ-Transition to Volume
Sample & RFQ
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Transition to Volume Pain Points PTC Solutions
-Coordination between Engineering, Manufacturing, and Sourcing
-Managing Engineering Change Requests
-Avoiding Data Translation Errors
SupplyLink-Ability to manage external access to necessary product & procurement information (Provide latest part info outside firewall)
Manage suppliers through the pilot and beta phases and transition to the volume sourcing team. Includes: costing the BOM, generating material plans – pilot, beta, volume, contracting with selected vendors for pilot and beta activities, requesting samples, conducting pilot and beta, transition to the volume team.
Advanced-Component Selection-Design Iteration-Sample & RFQ-Transition to Volume
Transition to Volume
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Supplier Production Pain Points PTC Solutions
-Validating supplier ramp capacity
-Ensuring reliability and flexibility of known suppliers
-Communicating production volume forecasts and timing
-EBOM explosion to generate part level forecasts requires manual analysis and checking.
SupplyLink-Ability to manage external access to necessary product & procurement information (Update suppliers with latest product definition)
Ramp up of supplier manufacturing and ongoing supplier management.
-Supplier Production -RFx-Contract Mgmt
Volume
Supplier Production
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RFx Pain Points PTC Solutions
-Speed of gathering information for the bid package
-Speeding the process of disseminating RFQx to suppliers
-Information exchange between buyers and suppliers
SupplyLink-Ability to support sourcing processes for engineered items (RFx Templates, Responses)
The process of creating and transmitting RFx to suppliers. Includes, populating product templates, assembling required documents, produce BOM, and publishing/transmitting RFx to vendors or marketplace.
-Supplier Production -RFx-Contract Mgmt
Volume
RFx
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Volume
Contract Management Pain Points PTC Solutions
-Established contracts are paper based.
-Updates to contracts are driven by cost pressure, not strategic concerns.
-Communication with suppliers may be a combination of phone, fax, email and face to face meetings.
-Poor if any records are kept of previous negotiation points and supplier quality.
SupplyLink-Ability to support sourcing processes for engineered items (Limited to doc management)
The process of managing suppliers through the life of a contract including, supplier tracking, reporting, evaluation, and conducting reviews with suppliers.
-Supplier Production -RFx-Contract Mgmt
Contract Management
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Mfg Planning & Production
Challenges: •Manual or Adhoc processes around release to manufacturing
•MBOM documents are kept in a combination of electronic and paper media
•Communication about assembly instructions
•Tooling design is manually done using a hard copy version of part design.
•Collecting issues about production and design, and quickly correcting those issues with suppliers
Solutions: Provides the Ability to:
PDMLink - Provide enterprise-wide access to product information- MBOM Repository & Configuration Management
- Control product information (Product Information Repository)
DDL - Automatically generate product information (create MBOM based on variants)
Pro/E Production - Design tooling, Mold making, jig and fixture, inserts, support structure, & Create NC Toolpaths, designs, process planning, - Propagate change upstream and downstream in the product development process
Pro/E Design - Propagate change upstream and downstream in the product development process - Adjust design based on feedback from MFG
SupplyLink - Manage external access to necessary product & procurement information - Control product definition with external manufacturing partners
- Update contract manufacturing with MBOM
MBOM RampUp
Mfg EngTooling
ProductTest
OutsourcedMfg
WorkInstructions
ERPIntegration
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Planning
MBOM Pain Points PTC Solutions
-Creation of MBOM is a manual process.
-Creating work instructions automatically
-MBOM documents are kept in a combination of electronic and paper media
-Communicating changes or updates from EBOM to MBOM
PDMLink-Ability to provide enterprise-wide access to product information (MBOM Repository & Config Management);
DDL-Ability to automatically generate product information (create MBOM based on variants)
SupplyLink-Ability to control product definition with external manufacturing partners (update external mfg with MBOM)
The creation and ongoing management of the MBOM. Includes release to manufacturing and release to contract manufacturing.
-MBOM-Mfg Engineering
-Tooling -Ramp Up-Product Test -Outsourced Mfg
MBOM
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Manufacturing Engineering Pain Points PTC Solutions
- Communication about assembly instructions
- Deciding between cost of mfg process and cost of design change
ProE-Production-Mold making, jig and fixture, design of the tooling, inserts, support structure, & Create NC Toolpaths, update designs, process planning,
PDMLink-Ability to control product information (Design Repository)
The process of making the manufacturing of the product more efficient and evaluating the tradeoffs in design to accommodate mfg constraints or identifying new manufacturing processes to accommodate unique design constraints. Also includes the design of toolpaths.
Planning-MBOM-Mfg Engineering
-Tooling -Ramp Up-Product Test -Outsourced Mfg
Manufacturing Engineering
© 2002 PTC
Tooling Pain Points PTC Solutions - Tooling design is manually done using a hard copy version of part design
-Specifications and geometry are defined in a desktop CAD system, but review and approval is ad hoc and manual
-Lack of electronic linkage between documents
-Communicating Tooling requirements to suppliers
ProE-Production-Mold making, jig and fixture, design of the tooling, inserts, support structure, & Create NC Toolpaths, update designs, process planning, Ability to propagate change upstream and downstream in the product development process
ProjectLink-Ability to deliver distributed team, project collaboration
The process of specifying, and ordering equipment/tooling to manufacture the product.
Planning-MBOM-Mfg Engineering
-Tooling -Ramp Up-Product Test -Outsourced Mfg
Tooling
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Ramp Up Pain Points PTC Solutions
- Collecting issues about production and design
- Quickly correcting those issues with suppliers
ProE-Design-Ability to propagate change upstream and downstream in the product development process (Adjust design of parts based on feedback from MFG),
ProE-Production-Ability to propagate change upstream and downstream in the product development process (Adjust tooling based on feedback from Mfg)
PDMLink-Ability to control product information (Design Repository)
The process of conducting pilot production runs and preparing for volume production.
Planning-MBOM-Mfg Engineering
-Tooling -Ramp Up-Product Test -Outsourced Mfg
Ramp Up
© 2002 PTC
Product Test Pain Points PTC Solutions
- Collecting issues about design and process and speed of correction
ProE-Design-Ability to propagate change upstream and downstream in the product development process (Update Designs based on test results/market feedback)
ProE-Production Ability to propagate change upstream and downstream in the product development process (Update Tooling based on test results)
PDMLink-Ability to control product information (Product Information Repository)
The process of verifying designs for manufacturability and market acceptance. Includes, basic functionally testing, reliability testing, market/customer acceptance, and preparing for volume production.
Planning-MBOM-Mfg Engineering
-Tooling -Ramp Up-Product Test -Outsourced Mfg
Product Test
© 2002 PTC
Outsourced Manufacturing Pain Points PTC Solutions
- Sharing design information
- Communicating engineering changes to Suppliers
- Errors in Supplier's production due to out of date product information
SupplyLink-Ability to manage external access to necessary product & procurement information (Communicate and update contract mfg with latest product information, View Version MBOM etc.)
The management of outsourced manufacturing to external firms.
Planning-MBOM-Mfg Engineering
-Tooling -Ramp Up-Product Test -Outsourced Mfg
Outsourced Manufacturing
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MRP/ERP Connection Pain Points PTC Solutions
- Managing implementations of Application Integration solutions
Managing source application customization and EAI customization
Lack of off the shelf functionality for ERP/MRP connectivity
PDMLink-Ability to provide enterprise-wide access to product information (Product repository with ESI)
The passing and maintaining current and accurate MBOM to the appropriate Manufacturing System. Also, includes passing ECNs.
Production-ERP/MRP Connection-Work Instructions
ERP/MRP Connection
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Work Instructions Pain Points PTC Solutions
- Speed of creating work instructions and providing those instructions to the appropriate functions.
ProE-Production-Ability to generate all deliverables from the single digital model (automate assembly/machining steps, product view can support assembly docs if you have multiple cad authoring tools)
Sequence planning and related information are developed and managed. Includes the process of updating the work instructions based on Engineering Changes.
Production-ERP/MRP Connection-Work Instructions
Work Instructions
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Market Rollout & Sales
Challenges: •Communication with internal functions, marketing, sales, manufacturing, quality, and engineering.
•Communication with external partners (distribution, suppliers)
•Promotions, product literature, sales training material are generated from scratch, pulling together information from disparate, unconnected systems.
•Developing Classification Structures and Ongoing Content Management for web catalogs
•Miscommunications cause Design-To-Order (DTO) products to need rework
Solutions: Provides the Ability to:
ProjectLink - Deliver Distributed Team, Project Collaboration - Virtual team planning, resource planning
- Execute cross-functional, cross-enterprise project and program management
PDMLink - Control product information (Product repository)
PartsLink - Control and distribute catalog content to customers (Parts Catalog)
DDL - Create configurable products with design & business rules - Interactively guide product configurations- Automatically generate product information for configured products- Manage & control configurable product information
Pro/E Design - Quickly create a single digital design of the entire product regardless of complexity
LaunchPlanning
WebStrategy
Product Launch
CustomOrder
Design toOrder
© 2002 PTC
Launch Planning Pain Points PTC Solutions
- Communicating with internal functions, marketing, sales, manufacturing, quality, and engineering.
- Communicating with external partners (distribution, suppliers)
ProjectLink -Ability to deliver distributed team, project collaboration (Virtual team planning, resource planning)
The development of the launch plan which incorporates marketing, distribution, and manufacturing, suppliers, and partners.
Market Rollout-Launch Planning-Product Launch
Launch Planning
© 2002 PTC
Product Launch Pain Points PTC Solutions - Communicating with internal functions, marketing, sales, manufacturing, quality, and engineering.
- Communicating with external partners (distribution, suppliers)
- Promotions, product literature, sales training material are generated from scratch, pulling together information from disparate, unconnected systems.
ProjectLink -Ability to execute cross-functional, cross-enterprise project and program management (Virtual team planning, resource planning)
PDMLink-Ability to control product information (Product repository)
The execution of the product launch plan with marketing, distribution, and manufacturing, suppliers, and partners.
Market Rollout-Launch Planning-Product Launch
Product Launch
© 2002 PTC
Web Strategy Pain Points PTC Solutions - Developing Classification Structures
-Ongoing Content Management for standard parts
DDL-Ability to interactively guide product configurations (Product Configurator)
PartsLink-Ability to control and distribute catalog content to customers (Parts Catalog)
The use the web as a distribution channel. Includes, web-based catalogs and content management.
Sell-Web Strategy-Custom Order-Design to Order
Web Strategy
© 2002 PTC
Custom Order Pain Points PTC Solutions - Coordination with Engineering, Sales, Manufacturing, Customer
ProjectLink-Ability to execute cross-functional, cross-enterprise project and program management (Virtual Team design)
ProE-Design Ability to design with a distributed design team
The involvement of customers in the design process for the creation of custom parts.
Sell-Web Strategy-Custom Order-Design to Order
Custom Order
© 2002 PTC
Design to Order Pain Points PTC Solutions - Miscommunications cause Design-To-Order (DTO) products to need rework
- Customers complain about long turn around times for DTO requests
- Too much time and money spent designing new products from scratch
- Ensuring that only "Manufacturable" orders are accepted
DDL-Ability to create configurable products with design & business rules; Ability to interactively guide product configurations; Ability to automatically generate product information; Ability to manage & control configurable product information
ProE- Design Ability to quickly create a single digital design of the entire product regardless of complexity
The interaction with customers (OEM or End User) that results in the creation of a "configured" product request.
Sell-Web Strategy-Custom Order-Design to Order
Design to Order
© 2002 PTC
Service & Support
Challenges: •Coordination between Engineering, Marketing, and Service organizations
•Speeding the design and development of tooling for service
•Difficulty leveraging product information in other business processes
•Marketing, sales, customer support don’t have direct access to product information
•Tracking parts from retired parts
•Managing Inventory Obsolescence
Solutions: Provides the Ability to:
ProjectLink - Execute cross-functional, cross-enterprise project and program management - Virtual Team, Resource Planning
PDMLink - Control Product Information (Product repository with Visualization)- Control and automate product development processes
- Manage change of product phase and associated product information
Plan forService
RetirementAfter MarketService
© 2002 PTC
Service & Support
Plan for Service Pain Points PTC Solutions - Coordination between Engineering, Marketing, and Service organizations
-Speeding the design and development of tooling for service
ProjectLink-Ability to execute cross-functional, cross-enterprise project and program management (Virtual Team, resource planning)
PDMLink-Ability to control product information (Product repository)
The process of building capacity to Maintain, Repair, and Overhall new products. Also includes, the design and development of tooling, test fixtures, etc.
-Plan for Service-After Market Support
Plan for Service
© 2002 PTC
After Market Service Pain Points PTC Solutions - Lack of ability to leverage product information in other business processes
- Marketing, sales, customer support don’t have direct access to product information
- Valuable product information is difficult to “get out to” customers
- Linkages between customer, product and aftermarket support needs are manually tracked
PDMLink-Ability to control product information (Product repository with visualization)
The inspection, repair, test, and shipping of products that have been sold into the market. Maintain the correct configuration of existing product.
Service & Support-Plan for Service-After Market Support
After Market Service
© 2002 PTC
Retirement
Retirement Pain Points PTC Solutions - Tracking parts from retired parts
- Managing Inventory Obsolescence
PDMLink-Ability to control and automate product development processes (Manage change of product phase and associated product information)
A pre-planned process for deleting a product or product line from the firm’s portfolio. Includes plans for clearing inventory, continuing to provide for after-sales parts supply and maintenance support, and converting customers of the deleted product line to a different one.
Retirement
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Project/Program Management
Project/Program Mgmt Pain Points PTC Solutions - Schedule is out of date as soon as it's published
Tracking down updates to schedule
Difficult getting everyone together to review issues, gates, etc.
Difficult to get the latest corporate document templates published
Difficult getting everyone together to review issues, gates, etc.
ProjectLink-Ability to execute cross-functional, cross-enterprise project and program management
The process of managing projects or development projects including phase (stage) gates and project planning/execution. Includes resource planning.
Project / Program Management
© 2002 PTC
Quality
Quality Pain Points PTC Solutions - Different processes in each department or location
- Cannot standardize processes
- Difficulty implementing quality standards and procedures for process control
ProjectLink-Ability to automate business process management (Templates for SixSigma, APQP etc)
ProE-Design-Ability to check, capture and reuse best practices (ModelCheck)
ProE-Production Ability to check, capture and reuse best practices (CMM & Verify)
The process of incorporating quality initiatives into each aspect of the Product Lifecycle examples include Six Sigma or Total Quality Management.
Quality
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Change/Release Management
Change/Release Mgmt Pain Points PTC Solutions - Change control process is defined, but followed only a fraction of the time
-When processing a change, information resides all over the place and cannot be easily located
- There is no formal routing and approval authority is a sign off by some individual.
- Little or no record is kept of the trail of review and discussion.
PDMLink -Ability to control and automate product development processes (CMII processes)
The polices and procedures for initiating, executing, approving, and archiving Engineering Changes/Releases. Includes, capturing the change suggestions, evaluating change impacts, implementing the change, and auditing/releasing new product data.
Change / Release Management