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Most development departments have their data under control. The problem arises when that data needs to be shared: across disciplines, across systems, and across companies. PLM isn’t an archive—it’s the agreement on what’s current right now.
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The challenge
The solution
THE PROCESS
It is rarely the document itself that is the problem. It is the traditions—and there are typically three of them.
Which diagram is the current version, and which components have been released? This determines whether the rest of the chain is working on the correct basis.
Result: everyone is designing based on the same version.
The card must fit inside the case, and the case itself is changing as well. Two worlds, two systems, one product.
Result: changes that are immediately visible on both sides.
Purchasing, Production, and Quality are continuing to work on the bill of materials. They need the same one—not a copy from last Friday.
Result: one bill of materials that applies throughout the entire process.
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Some companies need a system to manage product data. Others already have one—and need to integrate their design data into it. We handle both.
Product Data Management
A single location for product data, documents, bills of materials, and changes. For those of you who don’t yet have a PLM system, or who have outgrown the one you have.
Integration
The bridge between your design tools and the PLM or ERP system you already use. Data stays where it belongs—it just moves to the right place.
AREAS
No one buys PLM just to have an archive. People buy it to avoid four recurring problems.
The bill of materials is the document that most people in the company handle—and the one that most often exists in multiple versions.
The question always comes up: Why was it changed, when, and who approved it?
The card must fit inside the case. Both components change over time, and they rarely change at the same time.
In industries where documentation must be approved, it is part of the product, not an afterthought.
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FAQ
It's rarely a matter of size. It's the number of iterations. A team of ten working on three product variants has more iterations than a team of fifty working on a single product.
An ERP system is designed for what happens after release. PLM covers what happens before—while changes are still being made. Most companies need both, and they need them to work together.
If you don't have a PLM system, Highstage is the place to start. If you have one that you're happy with, XPLM is the way to get your design data into it without switching systems.
Yes. Highstage can serve as the system, and XPLM as the link to the surrounding design tools and ERP systems.
It depends on how much you want to include from the start. We recommend starting with one area—typically the bill of materials—and expanding from there. It’s faster to get started, and it’s easier to get the team on board.
They're coming along. One of the first things we look at is how much cleanup will be needed along the way—and that's usually the part that takes up the most time.
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