PTC Windchill: PLM & PDM Platform for Engineering
Realize value quickly with standardized, out-of-the-box functionality across a comprehensive portfolio of core PDM and advanced PLM applications.
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PLM Windchill: Product Lifecycle Management
While PDM handles data management and file revisions, PLM governs the entire product lifecycle. Windchill is the platform that unifies both, breaking down silos across global teams and ensuring Digital Continuity.
Through OMC GROUP’s expertise, we deliver:
Native Integration: Open architecture connected to your SAP ERP, MES, and IIoT.
Agile Implementation: Out-of-the-box (OOTB) features and role-based apps that accelerate ROI.
Full Traceability: Secure access for experts and stakeholders, from design to the shop floor.
Quality and Performance: Data-driven processes that reduce errors and Time-to-Market.
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Boost Results with AI
Organized data within a single system is no longer a differentiator but a prerequisite for enabling Artificial Intelligence. Without the solid framework of Windchill, AI becomes a high-cost investment without returns. It establishes the single source of truth (Digital Thread) required for automation to deliver real impact, not just empty reports.
With this foundation, your operation gains traction:
Data-Driven Decisions: Leverage historical and real-time data to predict outcomes and eliminate investments in non-viable projects.
Process Automation: Eliminate manual effort in repetitive tasks, reducing human error and freeing technical teams for high-value activities.
High-Performance Engineering: Identify design flaws before production and maximize component reuse to optimize resources and Time-to-Market.
Strategic Innovation: Uncover hidden opportunities within your data to create products the market demands ahead of the competition.
Benefits of PLM & PDM Windchill
PTC’s PLM software is optimized to support the extended enterprise and external partners with high-level automation and interoperability. It ensures robust cross-discipline configuration management, enabling secure collaboration across the entire supply chain.
Turn your team of designers into specialists today.
Modern architecture
Essential PDM/PLM features in Basic, Advanced, and Premium tiers to align technology with your organization’s scalable needs.
Secure collaboration
Standard-based apps for functional experts, integrating associative data with high-level automation by industry.
Streamlined upgrades
Role-based apps for non-experts to view and interact with product data via ThingWorx, simplifying technical access.
Admin and support
Tools for viewing and marking up data in 2D, 3D, and AR, optimizing real-time technical collaboration and insight.
Flexible delivery
EAI connectivity to natively integrate PTC product management with your corporate ERP (e.g., SAP) systems.
Key features of Windchill
Billd of Materials Management (BOM)
Streamline R&D with 3D visualization, inline editing, and structure comparison. Standardize parts, manage variants, and integrate your global supply chain. Align Software BOM and leverage historical data to reduce Time-to-Market.
Collaborative Product Development
Streamline production planning and advanced manufacturing with real-time data visibility. Drive shop floor digitization, quality control, strategic sourcing, and mobile field service support within a unified platform.
Engineering Change Management
Configure automated workflows, establish review boards, and orchestrate real-time updates. Ensure traceability, compliance, and manufacturing integration for precise product and process modifications.
Manufacturing Process Management
Streamline product-process alignment and plant-specific BOM management. Maximize efficiency with visual work instructions, digital quality control, and a Digital Twin for optimized 3D factory visualization.
Parts Classification Management
Support configurable classification with auto-naming and efficient search. Manage bulk data, integrate suppliers, and refine BOM specifications with sustainability criteria for optimized part selection and business standards compliance
Product Variant Management (PVM)
Optimize complex customization with robust configuration tools and change logic. Support dynamic product variations and ensure quality control throughout the entire lifecycle.
Product Data Management
Centralize control and streamline collaboration with robust CAD data management and role-based secure access. Optimize release workflows, ECAD synchronization, and Multi-CAD editing for unified engineering.
Quality Management
Enable comprehensive oversight with change control, document management, and closed-loop feedback. Ensure audit compliance through CAPA integration, full traceability, and a rigorous focus on risk and operational reliability
Supply Chain Collaboration
Streamline end-to-end operations by unifying suppliers and manufacturers through real-time data sharing. Integrate workflows and change control for secure, agile, and efficient product lifecycle management.
Windchill application suite
Scalable Packages
Essential PDM and PLM features in Basic, Advanced, and Premium tiers to align technology with your organization’s scalable needs.
Expert Applications
Standard-based apps that enable the use of associative product data with high automation, contextualized by role and industry.
ThingWorx Navigate
Task-based apps for non-experts to interact with product data via ThingWorx, simplifying access without deep PLM expertise.
Universal Visualization
View, mark up, and collaborate on digital data in 2D, 3D, and Augmented Reality (AR), merging physical and digital insights.
Enterprise Integration
EAI capabilities connecting Windchill to ERP (such as SAP) systems, ensuring data synchronization across the enterprise.
Windchill Extensions:
Additional features and modules that can be added to the Windchill ecosystem to expand your core engineering capabilities.
Elevating how product development gets done
Regardless of your role in the product lifecycle, PLM software delivers immediate value through Digital Continuity. By implementing these solutions with OMC GROUP, our clients achieve results that transform business competitiveness:
What's new in Windchill
Accelerate innovation with a smarter, more connected PLM experience. Experience the power of the Digital Thread to enable continuous information flow across the enterprise:
Modern Interface: New homepage and dynamic dashboards with intuitive controls for faster decision-making.
QuickView Visualization: High performance for massive structures via browser, plugin-free, and featuring AR support.
BOM Transformation: Automated mBOM generation and process planning, ensuring consistency and execution speed.
Multi-CAD Interoperability: Advanced Siemens NX support with dynamic positioning directly within the PLM environment.
Compliance & UDI: Automated regulatory submissions with enhanced support for Unique Device Identifiers (UDI).
Sustainability Insights: Tools to track material impact and manage the sustainable lifecycle of the BOM.
Windchill+: Collaborate without borders
Leverage the full value of Windchill with rapid adoption and scalability. Ensure built-in security and frictionless collaboration through Software as a Service (SaaS), accelerating innovation with minimal infrastructure.
Success with Windchill
Here are a few examples of how your peers are realizing value from PTC’s PLM application.
The Bose Story
Thinking of superior solutions to create products of excellence. Since 1964, Bose has been the global authority and the most respected name in acoustic engineering and sound innovation.
Vaillant Group’s Digital Transformation
See how Vaillant is transforming its data management processes into a thriving ecosystem, converting raw information into strategic and reliable organizational knowledge.
VCST’s Smart Factory: Connecting people, processes and technology
Understand how VCST connects suppliers, machines, and customers through smart applications. An integrated network driving operational efficiency via industrial IIoT systems.
Additional resources
Connected systems in discrete manufacturing
Learn how to integrate PLM, ERP, and MES to ensure digital transformation success and continuous data flow.
Analyst ranking of leading PLM vendors
Explore industry trends and understand why PTC is recognized as a global leader among PLM solution providers.
Buyer’s guide: Choosing the right cloud SaaS PLM
Gain strategic analyst insights on the essential criteria for selecting the ideal SaaS PLM solution for your enterprise.
PLM as the Foundation for Digital Transformation
Discover the strategic value of using Windchill as your enterprise application suite to maximize engineering performance.
Talk to a Windchill Expert
Best-in-class organizations need a best-in-class PLM solution
Provide stakeholders with fast, secure access to critical product data. Windchill, the PLM solution by OMC GROUP, eliminates operational bottlenecks and drives real-world results:
Time-to-Market: Accelerate product launches through optimized engineering processes.
Cost Efficiency: Lower operational expenses and minimize engineering waste.
Quality Excellence: Ensure product integrity and rigorous regulatory compliance.
Focus on Innovation: Empower your team to create market-transforming solutions.
Windchill delivers the scale required for massive datasets with flexible subscription pricing. Ready to transform your engineering? Contact us to speak with our experts.
