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PLM system integration, add-on for Windchill

Next Generation Cloud Ready Windchill Integration für SAP

Seamless integration of PTC Windchill in SAP PLM

Overcome system boundaries - fully integrate PTC Windchill and SAP into your company's PLM strategy

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PLM system integration, add-on for Windchill enables you to connect your Windchill system to your SAP system and to implement consistent development processes across system borders. This integration improves product development, effectiveness and data consistency and ensures smoother business processes across the entire product lifecycle.

[Translate to Englisch:] Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Architektur Schaubild in SAP

In order to implement a cross-system PLM process, PDM/PLM systems must be integrated into SAP processes. PLM system integration, add-on for Windchill supports you with a seamless integration of your engineering data and information in SAP. Through that critical information is available to the entire logistics chain fully automatic and as quickly as possible.

From public cloud to on-premise – from SAP S/4HANA to SAP ERP

PLM system integration, add-on for Windchill was developed to fundamentally modernize, simplify and future-proof the integration of Windchill with SAP S/4HANA and SAP ERP systems.

Your product data flows seamlessly between your systems, no matter how you run SAP:

  • SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition
  • SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
  • On-premise

High-Level Architecture

Cross-system business processes

Support for end-to-end business processes from design to logistics

Whether it is new development or change management of existing products: the extension of PLM system integration using PLM system integration, add-on for Windchill improves collaboration in the areas of design and manufacturing right through to supply chain processes.

Example process: handover of a design parts list

Features

Focused on being invisible to the Windchill user’s eye, our background-first integration will transfer Parts from Windchill to SAP as they reach a certain maturity, enhancing the maintenance of material masters and aligning product revisions across systems.

Maintain version-controlled bills of materials within SAP through the integration, ensuring data integrity and transparency across engineering and supply chain departments.

Trigger change management processes in SAP based on engineering changes in Windchill, aligning operations and engineering more closely.

Create and manage document info records directly from Windchill and replicate lightweight viewing files from Windchill to SAP. This gives all stakeholders involved access to 3D visualization data, production drawings and accompanying documents, which improves master data quality and process integration.

Show critical business data within Windchill, providing a holistic view of the material master, bills of materials, change objects, document info records and more.

Benefits

  • Bidirectional Integration: Transfer of key PLM data between Windchill and SAP S/4HANA ensures consistency and transparency across the product development process.
  • Automation of Business Processes: The add-on enables automated workflows for change management, document transfers, and version control, reducing manual effort.
  • Version-Controlled BOM Management: Maintain synchronized, version-controlled Bills of Material (BOM) to ensure product updates are consistently reflected in both systems.
  • Enhanced Data Visibility: Windchill users can access critical SAP business data, providing a unified view of engineering and operational data.

Links

Official product announcement from SAP via the SAP Community Blog

Product annoncement

All information about upcoming releases in the SAP Road Map Explorer

 Road Map Explorer

All relevant information about the add-on in the SAP Help Portal

SAP Help Portal

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