Since 1911, Whirlpool has been innovating home appliances. For the past hundred-plus years, the world’s #1 major appliance company’s products shifted from basic devices to complex fusions of machinery, electronics and software. In some cases, like the modern washing machine, the products barely resemble their original iterations. Constellation: The Star of Whirlpool’s Product Development Whirlpool […]

Customers today are used to being involved in product design. They’re used to getting the functionality they want, having the product look the way they like, and aren’t afraid to argue over a product’s cost. Most importantly, they know they live in a buyer’s market, which lets them be exacting in their choices. To exist […]

Any employee of a company in discrete manufacturing can use PTC Windchill to their benefit. Engineers can use it to collaborate and manage all types of product-related content. Executives, managers, and engineers can use it to oversee the complex challenges and data loads these projects carry. Windchill enables companies to manage and control important product […]

Manufacturing companies that develop new products rely on product lifecycle management (PLM) software to effectively manage projects. Cars, electronics, medical devices, sports equipment – the right PLM tool can make any design process more efficient. Of course, there’s no “one-size-fits-all” solution that suits every single type of business. A large marketplace has created a wide […]

A major part of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is Product Data Management (PDM). As an essential part of any product design effort, a PDM system needs to securely store your 3D CAD files and other data while providing a solution for easy access. You need to be able to share your designs with both internal […]

Have you had your CAD system crash from working on an assembly that is too large?  Do you fire up your CAD files before you leave the office at 5PM so they will be open the next morning?  It doesn’t need to be that way! Effectively and efficiently dealing with extremely large assembly structures (on […]

Product Data Management is now a “need to have” rather than a “nice to have” solution.  Being able to manage all your CAD files and CAD data easily and associate those