Whether you're a global conglomerate, a regional supplier, or a small service bureau, you face obstacles while trying to manage product content and development processes. Your company's success relies on having efficient business processes and control over the complex information assets that define your product.

Production-proven content and process management software
Windchill, PTC's production-proven content and process management software, offers a solution. Fast, secure, and requiring only a Web browser to access, Windchill enables companies to streamline product development processes and deliver superior physical goods and information products.

Benefits

• Single source of product information/content enables development efficiencies, reduces errors and rework
  
• Complete product definition and collaboration capabilities expertly drive cross-enterprise understanding of information - regardless of source
  
• Repeatable, end-to-end process support and automation speeds time-to-market and reduces development cost
  
• Secure, industry-standard Internet architecture delivers a safe, high-performing technology platform

Key component of PTC's Product Development System
Integral connection with Pro/ENGINEER, Arbortext and ProductView

Interoperable
End-to-end process support to other enterprise systems

Strengthens business processes
Supports complete, real-world business processes such as design outsourcing, manufacturing process management, change and configuration management, component and supplier management and coordinating technical publications from start to finish.

Heterogeneous Data
With a deep understanding of electrical/mechanical design data, software, technical documentation and related content from the major authoring tools, Windchill can manage and allow collaboration on heterogeneous product content.

Designed for distributed product development
The pure Internet architecture of Windchill enables world-wide access, an integral user experience and interoperability with other enterprise technologies.

Powerful Configuration and Change Management
Manage the evolution of configurations over time using out-of-the-box, best practice lifecycle and change management templates that can be modified and reused.

Integral Manufacturing Process Management with Windchill MPMLink
Ensure that manufacturing instructions accurately reflect the current engineering design and modeling decisions take into account manufacturing best practices.

Windchill Archive Module
Enables administrators to easily archive and restore product information, providing data security and reducing compliance costs to meet regulatory information storage requirements.