Document Management System (DMStec)Using DMS software to base collaboration on a common information foundation
In product-centric industries, the issue of document management poses a challenge that must be managed across departments and disciplines. Today, technical products and services need to be developed against ever tighter deadlines. In many cases, this results in development, production and sales departments working on the same [...]
Machine and Lifecycle FileThe basis for document management and document control
Complete documentation and therefore document management is a part of every technical product. Manufacturers are legally obligated to provide insight into every last detail about how their product is built and how the individual components are structurally interconnected. A thorough documentation simply cannot be created after [...]
Product Engineering and Product ManagementThe step towards 'Digital Product Engineering'
The lifecycle of a product starts with its creation – regardless of whether you are dealing with pumps, motors, components of a special-purpose machine, or a large technical facility in its entirety. Adapting and enhancing their existing and proven basic components to meet the specific requirements of their customers is [...]
Product StructuresProduct structures create context
By taking a DMStec approach, manufacturing companies can organize their product information in keeping with the product’s structure and control and manage their documents in a way that reflects their typical workflows. A part’s structural information is traditionally created by a company’s development team and [...]
Seamless ProcessesGetting out of the digital dead end
A PLM solution creates a seamless experience, giving everyone along the process chain – whether it’s order processing, design, production, or sales – controlled access to a consistent and unified Product Data Backbone. This means that establishing a Product Data Backbone is the key to end-to-end PLM because the [...]