PLM Technology Guide
- Year Established : 1985
- Global Headquarters/Main Location : Boston, MA, USA
- Geographic Presence : Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America
- Founder : Samuel G. Cutler and Richard Sneider
- CEO/President : James Heppelmann
- Company Ownership : Public
- Stock Ticker Symbol : PTC
- Total Annual Revenues : $1.58 billion (2021)
- Annual Revenue from PLM : $1.58 billion (2021)
- Total Employees Worldwide : 7000
- Employees Dedicated to PLM : 7000
- Noteworthy Customers : Airbus, Alstom, BMW, Coca-Cola, Ericsson, Philips Healthcare, Toshiba, United Technologies, US Navy, Whirlpool
- Official Partnerships with PLM Software Vendors : None
- Reseller of PLM Systems : None
Foundational Capabilities (PDM)
- Document/File Management : Full Capability
- Part/Material Management : Full Capability
- EBOM Management : Full Capability
Extended Capabilities
- Classification Management : Full Capability
- Workflow Management : Full Capability
- Change Management : Full Capability
- Variant/Product Configuration Management : Partial Capability
- Product Portfolio Management : Partial Capability
- Program Management : Partial Capability
- Project Management : Partial Capability
- Resource Management : Partial Capability
- Quality Management : Full Capability
- Compliance Management : Full Capability
- Requirements Management : Partial Capability
- Software Development Management : Full Capability
- Content Management : Full Capability
- Specification Management : Full Capability
- Recipe Management : Partial Capability
- Label & Artwork Management : Full Capability
- Packaging Management : Full Capability
- MBOM/Manufacturing Process Management : Partial Capability
- Maintenance & Repair Operations (MRO) Management : Full Capability
- Sourcing & Supply Chain Management (SCM) : Full Capability
- Visualization & Markup : Full Capability
- Reporting & Analytics : Full Capability
Integration Capabilities
- CAD Integration : Full Capability
- Integrations to CAD System : AutoCAD, Creo, Solid Works
- Office Tools Integration : Full Capability
- ERP Integration : Full Capability
- MES Integration : Partial Capability
- CRM Integration : Partial Capability
- Integration to Portals and External Systems : Full Capability
Strategic Capabilities
- Innovation & Ideation Management : Full Capability
- Systems Engineering : Partial Capability
- New Product Development Management : Full Capability
- Collaboration : Full Capability
- Mechatronics/Integrated Product Development : Full Capability
- Application Lifecycle Management : Full Capability
- Configuration Management : Full Capability
- Configure - Price - Quote (CPQ) : Partial Capability
- Service Lifecycle Management : Full Capability
- Virtual Product Development : Full Capability
- Digital Twin : Full Capability
- Business Intelligence/IoT : Full Capability
- PLM Education : No
- PLM Assessment : No
- PLM Strategy & Roadmap : No
- Business Process Design & Optimization : No
- PLM Evaluation : No
- PLM Use Case & Requirements Definition : No
- Request for Proposal (RFP) Creation and Review : No
- PLM Financial Justification (ROI/NPV Analysis) : No
- PLM Solution Design & Architecture : Together with other service(s)
- PLM Project Management & Governance : Together with other service(s)
- Organizational Change Management (OCM) : No
- PLM Implementation (Installation, Configuration and Customization) : Yes
- PLM Application Integrations (CAx, ERP, MES, CRM, etc) : Together with other service(s)
- PLM Data Migration : Together with other service(s)
- Testing & Validation : Together with other service(s)
- User Training & Custom Training Material Development : Together with other service(s)
- Post-Go-Live Application and User Support : Together with other service(s)
- Aerospace & Defense : Excellent (> 10 Customers)
- Automotive & Transportation : Excellent (> 10 Customers)
- Consumer & Consumer Packaged Goods : Good (4 - 10 Customers)
- Energy & Renewables : Excellent (> 10 Customers)
- High-Tech & Electronics : Excellent (> 10 Customers)
- Machinery & Plant Equipment : Excellent (> 10 Customers)
- Medical Devices & Life Sciences : Excellent (> 10 Customers)
- Pharmaceutical & Process : Good (4 - 10 Customers)
- Retail, Footwear & Apparel : Excellent (> 10 Customers)

Windchill
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