PTC Windchill Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Software

According to their website, “PTC® Windchill® provides a systematic approach for creating, configuring, managing and reusing product structures. Additionally, these product structures have associated product content, such as CAD files, documentation, requirements, manufacturing information, part/supplier data, calculations and illustrations, accommodating any level of data granularity. PTC® Windchill® has capabilities to define new configurations as well as create variations of existing products. Tasks can be easily defined and automatically distributed to both internal and external participants. And managers can visually monitor and manage all work in real-time to make sure issues can be quickly addressed.  Whether users need core product data management capabilities, optimization of processes to meet industry-specific requirements, or support for global product development, PTC® Windchill® has the capabilities to effectively manage global product development teams across the extended enterprise.”

Windchill® Product Categories include: 

• Windchill® Product Data Management (PDM)
   
• Product Analytics
   
• Quality
   
• Service
   
• Collaboration
   
• Integrations
   
• Utilities
   

Processes Supported

• Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA) / Failure Modes Effects & Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
• Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
• Level of Repair Analysis (LORA)
• Logistics Assessment (LA)
• Maintenance Task Analysis (MTA)
• Product Data Management (PDM), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Integrated Data Environment (IDE)
• Reliability & Maintainability (R&M) Modeling, Prediction, Allocation and Analysis
• Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) Analysis
• Risk Management
• Supply Chain Management (SCM)
• Supportability Analysis

Departments Associated

• Army
• Navy / Marine Corps
• Air Force

Integrated Product Support Elements Addressed

• Design Interface
• Maintenance Planning and Management
• Product Support Management
• Supply Support
• Sustaining Engineering
• Technical Data

Disclaimer
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