Manufacturers are under intense pressure to bring new products to market faster, at lower cost, and with higher quality and more reliability than ever. Many of today’s industry leaders are achieving these objectives by leveraging advanced PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) applications which allow in-house design and manufacturing engineers to collaborate in real-time with external business partners. In addition, PLM also provides seamless integration between all essential software applications that support product development.
This paper discusses how PTC has leveraged Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) strategies and tools to provide the critical link between PTC’s Windchill PLM software solutions and external applications to create operational efficiencies not possible in a stand-alone systems environment.
