What is the best Product Lifecycle Management solution?
Nowadays, product development has become more global, and companies are changing their business models. PLM solutions are helping them to adapt and change gears quickly. It is the linchpin of digital transformation – establishing a digital foundation and giving shape to a company’s product dossier for an integrated product development and supply chain strategy. It helps improve the quality of your product, brings down production costs and shortens the time to market.
The top five according to ABI Research
ABI Research is a market research company that provides analysis and insight into trends, markets and players in the technology industry. It produces reports and makes forecasts on the growth of specific markets and technologies and has a team of analysts with a wide variety of expertise. Innovation and implementation are key to their research.
PTC Windchill
Windchill helps companies manage and develop products throughout their entire lifecycle. It offers comprehensive tools for product development and engineering, including support for 3D design, analysis, testing and product data management. With Windchill, companies can more efficiently and more effectively manage their product development processes, allowing them to get their innovative products to market faster.
Siemens Teamcenter
Siemens Teamcenter focuses on industrial automation and product development. It offers functionalities for design management, engineering data management, production management and quality management. It is suitable for large and medium-sized organisations and offers the possibility to integrate data with Siemens solutions.
Aras PLM
Aras PLM is an open-source PLM solution for companies seeking advanced functionality but lacking large budgets. It offers functionalities for design management, engineering data management, production management and quality management. Aras PLM is flexible in its configuration and gives you the option to integrate data with other solutions and systems.
Dassault 3DExperience
3DExperience is a software platform that helps companies design, develop and maintain products and production processes. The platform offers a range of applications for the various phases of the product lifecycle, including 3D design, analysis, simulation, testing, collaboration and product data management. 3DExperience is not a specific software but a platform on which various solutions from Dassault are integrated.
Infor PLM
Infor PLM is an integrated software solution that helps companies manage product data throughout the entire lifecycle of a product. It is integrated with other business applications, including ERP, CRM and SCM, and provides comprehensive functionality for product development, engineering, design and supply chain management. Infor PLM enables companies to more efficiently and more effectively manage their product development processes, allowing them to get their innovative products to market faster.
PTC Windchill comes out ahead
Various research firms have compared the different PLM solutions. In five separate studies carried out over the past ten years, Windchill has been found to be the leader in this segment. It is considered one of the best solutions because it offers a wide range of functionalities for product development and engineering, including support for 3D design, analysis, testing and product data management. It also offers a digital thread that connects various teams and departments within a company. This means that PTC Windchill is considered the solution with the greatest potential for configuration and standards.
Support from Innoptus makes all the difference
For our customers, the differentiating factor is Innoptus. Our experts can use Windchill to best translate what a company needs to increase the quality of the final product or to reduce the time to market. A mix consisting of a great deal of industry experience combined with knowledge of your processes. And, employees who challenge you to remain close to the market standards. What’s more, we have used our many years of experience to come up with specific best practices for both PDM and PLM. As a result, we are able to quickly achieve concrete results and generate business value.