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Utilise the full power of Microsoft SharePoint for product development

Windchill ProductPoint

Utilise the full power of Microsoft SharePoint for product development

Business View

The knowledge-base of your design process

In modern product design processes, save, version-based filing of design and CAD data plays a vital role. Transparency and traceability of data and information definitely enhance the product quality. This challenge is excellently handled by Windchill ProductPoint.

  • Dramatically reduce cost and cause of error
  • Handle administrative tasks fully automatically in the background
  • Finally shift design of new solutions to the focus of attention

Expert View

You will concentrate on your design, while Windchill ProductPoint ensures safety

Windchill ProductPoint does not only allow simplified data-based cooperation, but focuses on the full scope of product development, including visualisation of 2D and 3D CAD data. Be it wikis, blogs or discussion forums - these tools provide your team with fast and simple communication.

  • Data management and visualisation in a single package
  • Full-text search in documents and CAD data
  • Export of bills of materials to Excel
  • Good integration into the office environment

Overview

Improved cooperation, higher productivity

Windows SharePoint Services is a most effective technology simplifying file-based cooperation. However, it does not support functions which are crucial to manufacturing companies, such as comprehensive CAD design applications for creation of complex data and technical documentation or for performing of complex design calculations. Windchill ProductPoint is based on the functions of SharePoint and allows teams to share CAD and other structured data. Searching for files as well as company-wide release of product development data are handled rapidly and reliably.

Quickly in production due to little training effort required

Windchill ProductPoint is quickly operative and ensures fast learning with minimum training effort due to its familiar Microsoft user interface and integrated environment.

Fast information exchange based on Web 2.0 functions

Thanks to the 2.0 collaboration functions of SharePoint, Windchill ProductPoint provides the optimum platform for timely information exchange between team members. This is especially true when it comes to using tools such as toaster popup, online availability tracing, model wikis and joint project space, which allow users to share knowledge and enhance data acquisition and cooperation in their teams.

Specifications

  • Structure reports for assemblies and drawings
  • Takeover functions for standardised data required to load libraries and other CAD data
  • User-configured number generator
  • Timely information exchange between team members by means of the Web 2.0 Collaboration functions of SharePoint
  • Automatic creation of PDFs upon saving of drawings
  • Separation into product and library data
  • Social networking approach for the product development process (Social Product Development)
  • Integrated visualisation of CAD files
  • Online availability tracing of team members

Benefits

  • Uses Windows SharePoint Services integrated as free standard into Windows
  • Low overall operating cost due to fast, simple provision of the solution based on standardised start-up packages
  • Faster learning due to the familiarity of the Microsoft environment
  • Improved cooperation, higher productivity and effectivity in internal and external use and retrieval of CAD data
  • Full web-based solution with user specific access via Internet Explorer

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