The Part Management Challenge with PLM 3 HTi have been experts in the PLM industry for over 20 years. We have seen PLM systems play a tremendous role in improving part management and security, but the significant limitation of PLM is data access. Assigning attributes to make files accessible requires human effort, but this can […]

The U.S. Navy recently announced that they have selected PTC’s Windchill Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platform to form the backbone of their Model-Based Product Support (MBPS) digital transformation initiative. Let’s examine what the US Navy set out to achieve as part of this program, outline the criteria they considered, and the key reasons why Windchill […]

Modern IT departments grasp the reasons why the cloud is preferential to on-premise for many enterprise systems — if it wasn’t a secure and stable option, massive companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google wouldn’t be betting so heavily on its success. Where does cloud fit in for organizations that aren’t worth hundreds of billions of […]

You might think you know about PLM — product lifecycle management — but do you have the facts on which solution is right for your company? Like any software, PLM is only as effective as the environment built for it and the people using it. Without proper setup, maintenance, and training, even the best software […]

Digital Thread and Med Device It’s hard to think of an industry more challenging than medical device manufacturing. You face traditional manufacturing challenges (product design and development, go-to-market strategy, supply chain disruption, worker shortages, capacity restraints, etc.) as well as the challenges of modern medicine and the human body, along with stringent regulatory oversight. Success […]

When you think about ransomware, malicious attacks on your enterprise systems, and the potential cost of an attack, your PLM system might not be the first thing to pop into your mind. If you’re in the engineering department, you might even consider ransomware nothing more than a nuisance, something for the IT department or your […]

Windchill 12 is the latest release of PTC’s industry-leading PLM platform. The newest updates focus on four key areas: Digital deployment Closed-loop quality Concurrent manufacturing Collaboration and product data access The upgrades to these core areas expand into hundreds of key enhancements to tools and features across the platform. Here’s a quick overview of what’s […]