1. Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting the Needs of Collaboration
Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting Needs of Collaboration
Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting the Needs of Collaboration
Steve Wobschall – Director, Product Management, QAD

2. Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting Needs of Collaboration
Safe Harbor Statement
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3. Agenda What is PLM PLM challenges Who needs PLM solutions
Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting Needs of Collaboration
Agenda
What is PLM
PLM challenges
Who needs PLM solutions
Aligning PLM with ERP
Our partner, PTC
PTC’s Windchill
QAD integration
Q&A

4. Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting Needs of Collaboration
What is PLM

5. CIMdata defines PLM as:
Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting Needs of Collaboration
CIMdata defines PLM as:
A strategic business approach
Supporting the extended enterprise
Spanning from concept to end of life of a product or plant
Integrating people, processes, business systems, and information

6. PLM: The Source of Truth
CRM
ERP
Product Development
PLM

7. Fundamental Concepts of PLM
Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting Needs of Collaboration
Fundamental Concepts of PLM
Universal product definition information
Integrity throughout the life of the product
Business processes to manage the information

8. Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting Needs of Collaboration
Key Components of PLM
One architecture
High performance
Secure & open
Interoperable
Supplier & Component Mgmt
Requirements Management
Program Portfolio Management
Embedded Visualization
Distributed Collaboration
Heterogeneous CAD Data Mgmt
Change & Config. Mgmt
Manufacturing Process Mgmt
Complete BOM Management
Document Mgmt
Product Analytics
Workflow
Service Information
Communities
of Practice
Quality Management

9. Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting Needs of Collaboration
PLM Challenges

10. Challenges Increasing pressure from global competitors
Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting Needs of Collaboration
Challenges
Increasing pressure from global competitors
IT environments are fragmented
Constant need to save money
Changing workforce demographics
More regulatory requirements

11. Product Development Challenges
Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting Needs of Collaboration
Product Development Challenges
Economic factors
IT fragmentation
Lean product development IT
consolidation
Global product development
Workforce demographics
Web 2.0 technology
Regulatory
pressures
Compliance management
CHALLENGES
INITIATIVES
Global competition

12. Medical Devices Demand for innovation
Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting Needs of Collaboration
Medical Devices
Demand for innovation
Strict environmental/regulatory requirements
Shrinking price premiums

13. Industrial Equipment Diverse customer requirements
Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting Needs of Collaboration
Industrial Equipment
Diverse customer requirements
Extremely cost competitive
Geographically dispersed customers and facilities

14. High Tech & Electronics
Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting Needs of Collaboration
High Tech & Electronics
Quick time-to-market
Falling prices
Environmental regulations

15. Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting Needs of Collaboration
Aligning PLM and ERP

16. PLM and ERP are Complementary
Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting Needs of Collaboration
PLM and ERP are Complementary
PLM
ERP
Financial
Logistics
Product
Definition
Manufacturing Execution
Planning
Requirements
Management
Sourcing
Maintenance
& Repair
Mfg

17. Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting Needs of Collaboration
PTC & QAD: A Natural Fit
Time to Market
Time to Customer

18. Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting Needs of Collaboration
Our Partner, PTC

19. A Global Leader 4,725 employees in >30 countries
Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting Needs of Collaboration
A Global Leader
4,725 employees in >30 countries
57,000+ customers/850,000+ users
World Class PLM
World Class
Revenue $1010M (FY10)

20. Benefits of the Partnership
Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting Needs of Collaboration
Benefits of the Partnership
Industry leading products
Reliable implementations
Integrated PLM & ERP
Scalable solutions
IT consolidation
Globalization capabilities 20

21. Integration Without Compromise
Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting Needs of Collaboration
Integration Without Compromise
Best-of-breed desktop Product families
Mathcad
Pro/ENGINEER
Arbortext
ProductView
Integral architecture
Windchill
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PTC’s Windchill

23. What is Windchill? Manages all forms of product data
Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting Needs of Collaboration
What is Windchill?
Manages all forms of product data
Secure data vaulting/sharing
Easy to use features 23

24. Open & Interoperable Web-based, secure access from anywhere
Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting Needs of Collaboration
Open & Interoperable
Web-based, secure access from anywhere
Integrations with all major CAD systems
Microsoft Office Integration 24

25. Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting Needs of Collaboration
QAD Integration

26. Windchill/QAD Integration Benefits
Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting Needs of Collaboration
Windchill/QAD Integration Benefits
Process benefits
Eliminates manual data transfer
Synchronizes BOMs
Changes communicated automatically
Architecture benefits
Closed-loop transaction management
Leverages web services architecture
Workflow based
Advanced administrative tools

27. Potential Touch Points
Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting Needs of Collaboration
Potential Touch Points
Items
BOMs (by site)
Routings
Item templates
Configurator rules
Co/By products
Supplier/item
BOMs (by domain)
ECOs (PCC)
Alternate BOMs/Routings
Service BOMs/Routings
Compliance attributes
Document attachments
Quality specifications

28. Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting Needs of Collaboration
Metrics Affected
Process
Benefit
Value
Product Development Process
Time To market
Product cost
Engineering cost
+10 to 20%
-20 to 50%
Product Maintenance
Engineering change
Parts re-use
Inventory reduction
+10 to 25%
Document Management
Document retrieval time
Document distribution time
Re-use and duplication avoidance

29. Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting Needs of Collaboration
Next Steps
Ask your account manager for information about the PTC/QAD partnership

30. Questions & Answers Steve Wobschall: swo@qad.com
Product Lifecycle Management: Meeting Needs of Collaboration
Questions & Answers
Steve Wobschall:

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