PTC Windchill Quality Solutions

​PTC® Windchill® Quality Solutions (formerly known as RELEX) offers an array of modeling tools including Reliability  Block Diagrams (RBD) and Markov modeling. With powerful behind-the-scenes calculation engines, our modeling tools are used extensively to analyze reliability and availability of complex, real-world systems. Windchill also provides tools to support various aspects of risk analyses including Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA or FMECA) software and Fault Tree. Additionally, we offer business process-based tools for reliability and correction action tracking, such as our popular Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS), which can be customized to support varied workflow processes and provide high-level system metrics.

Additional Information

In addition, according to their website, “PTC® Windchill® Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software 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.” 

PTC® Windchill® Product Categories include: 

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

Processes Supported

• Business Case Analysis (BCA)
• Diminishing Manufacturing Sources & Material Shortages (DMSMS)
• 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)
• Manpower Analysis
• O&S Cost Estimating
• 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
  
• Supply Chain Management (SCM)
• Supportability Analysis

Departments Associated

• Army
• Navy / Marine Corps
• Air Force

Integrated Product Support Elements Addressed

• Design Interface
• Facilities & Infrastructure
• Maintenance Planning and Management
  
• Manpower & Personnel
  
• Packaging, Handling, Storage, & Transportation (PHS&T)
• Product Support Management
• Supply Support
• Support Equipment
• Sustaining Engineering
• Technical Data

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