Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) are both mission critical, enterprise systems that product development and manufacturing companies have come to rely on to develop, build, and ship products successfully. When properly used, these systems allow companies to decrease costs, increase quality, and get to market faster.
The automated passing of data between these systems can be a huge advantage as it decreases human error, decreases labor, and enforces revision control. ETRAGE Publisher and complementary connectors allow organizations to easily, reliably, and permanently link these enterprise systems.
At ETRAGE our manufacturing process exports and our proprietary software make is easy to connect key systems, resulting in:
- Improved communication: Integration can help reduce errors and delays caused by miscommunication.
- Streamlined processes: Automation can help streamline processes and reduce operational costs.
- Better data management: Integration can help businesses make better decisions based on accurate, up-to-date information.
- Improved visibility: Integration can provide visibility into the product’s lifecycle and supply chain.
- Better inventory management: Integration can help optimize resource allocation and minimize wastage.
Connecting PLM to a variety of ERP Systems including (but not exclusive to):
- SAP
- Oracle
- Infor Siteline
- MS Dynamics
- SysPro
- IFS
- Home Grown Systems
- Others
Examples of types of data that can be pushed from Windchill to ERP, as needed:
- Engineering Bills of Material
- Manufacturing Bills of Material
- CAD Parameters (Creo, SolidWorks, NX, CATIA, Inventor)
- Change Management Attributes
- Drawings (PDF, JPEG, Other)
- Meta Data