Beyond PDM, the Windchill value series - Webinar 2: Configure without chaos, getting control with Windchill

Configure without chaos, getting control with Windchill

Turn Product Complexity into Control

Configurable products offer huge business potential, but without the right structure, they quickly become hard to manage. Spreadsheets, email-driven decisions, overloaded BOMs, and disconnected product data make it difficult to configure the right product, deliver accurate pricing, and ensure downstream teams work with the correct information. In this second webinar of the Beyond PDM: The Windchill Value Series, we focus on Configure‑to‑Order (CTO) and show how Windchill helps you bring governance, clarity, and speed to product configuration.

Why This Webinar?

As product portfolios grow and customer demand for customization increases, managing product variants becomes more complex. Without proper configuration management, organizations face:

• Errors in production due to poorly governed configurations
• Slow or unreliable pricing information
• Missed sales opportunities for CTO and ATO models
• Duplicate engineering effort and low reuse
• Teams working with outdated or inconsistent product data
• Delays caused by manual handovers and unclear workflows

This webinar shows how to move beyond these challenges by using the configuration capabilities already available in Windchill.

What You’ll Learn

During this session, you’ll discover how to:

• What configuration management really means in a Configure‑to‑Order context
• How to structure and manage product variants using BOMs, options, and choices
• How to define valid configurations through configuration logic and rules
• How to visualize configured product variants dynamically
• How baselines help you capture and compare product configurations over time
• How effectivity ensures the right configuration is built at the right moment
• How engineering BOMs can be accurately transformed into manufacturing and service BOMs
• How a typical CTO workflow looks, from an overloaded BOM to a fully configured product

The focus is practical and implementation-oriented, showing how to reduce complexity while increasing flexibility.

Who Should Attend?

This webinar is ideal for:

• Companies using Windchill at PDM level with configurable products
• Organizations transitioning toward PLM and CTO models
• Engineering, product management, sales support, manufacturing, and operations teams
• Anyone responsible for product configuration, variants, or order accuracy

If your teams struggle to manage product variants efficiently, this session is for you.

Why It Matters

Effective Configure‑to‑Order processes help you:

• Reduce errors and improve product quality
• Deliver accurate configurations and pricing faster
• Increase design reuse and engineering efficiency
• Support multiple go‑to‑market strategies (ATO, CTO, ETO)
• Improve collaboration across engineering, manufacturing, and sales
• Unlock more value from your existing Windchill investment

CTO isn’t about adding complexity, it’s about controlling it.

If you cannot make the webinar and still want to find out more, please register and the recording will be sent to you afterwards.