Siemens PLM Software Transistioning to the Teamcenter unified architecture

Simplifying PLM

Benefits Summary Teamcenter supports discipline-specific • Greater productivity with Teamcenter® product lifecycle management environments with solutions for engineering enhanced MCAD, ECAD (PLM) software powers innovation and process management, simulation process and CAE management as productivity by helping connect people and management and manufacturing process well as unified software processes with knowledge. Now, using management – all using the same single management Teamcenter software’s unified architecture, source of product and process knowledge. you can gain greater productivity for your Teamcenter is the only PLM solution to sup- • Greater control for unified entire enterprise with the next generation, port unified requirements management. You end-to-end PLM with the single source of product and process knowl- can import requirements directly from your addition of requirements edge. With new, unified applications and an specification documents stored in Microsoft management, project and advanced PLM platform, Teamcenter helps Word files and maintain an associative link schedule management, you develop products faster, with greater between Teamcenter and the document, as well as manufacturing success and at a lower cost of ownership. process management allowing you to use the application best and more Powering end-to-end PLM suited to your needs. If you already have a Teamcenter is the first unified solution you requirements repository, it can be integrated • Greater manageability for can use for managing PLM data and pro- bi-directionally with Teamcenter to support lower cost of ownership with cesses from beginning to end. With a com- existing tool usage and improve product an enhanced user experience plete set of process management solutions development with requirement-driven pro- that lowers training effort, built on top of the world’s most widely used cesses in Teamcenter. In addition, if you use eases configuration, does not foundation for product data management, Microsoft Excel, Teamcenter can help you require costly customization Teamcenter supports your entire product maintain a “dynamic link” with Excel Live. and provides an improved development process. Requirements in Teamcenter regardless 4-tiered, service oriented of source can be processed through The Teamcenter unified architecture offers architecture for easy, workflows and linked to other items. the most complete out-of-the-box solution supportable deployability Traceability reports on parts and linked for managing all of your product data. requirements provide visibility to how • Greater success for transition MCAD, ECAD, CAE, CAM and even software product and process data are related and to when appropriate for your data can be managed in a common, truly drive requirements. Requirements manage- business with flexible complete bill-of-material (BOM) without the ment capabilities enable a common “digital transition strategies, tools, need for expensive custom integrations. best practices and experience thread” across the entire product lifecycle.

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Features • Single source for all digital product definition and processes for MCAD, ECAD, software, CAE simulation, manufacturing • Service oriented architecture for faster integration with external applications • Advanced visualization for multi-CAD collaboration, Teamcenter provides unified program and With the Active Workspace client, the digital mockup and digital project management capabilities. Projects Teamcenter user experience moves to the validation can be created, edited and viewed directly next level by providing a high performance using the familiar Teamcenter environment proactive environment that is personalized, • Unified requirements and and can be imported from or exported to intuitive and context aware. Active schedule management for Microsoft Project. Using Teamcenter, you Workspace helps you be more productive improved productivity in a have visibility to resource schedules to iden- and informed – leading to smarter decisions common environment tify those who have the skills needed for a and better products. • Richer client options with project and their availability. Project tasks Teamcenter extends secure access to man- common look and feel: can be related to workflows and deliverables aged data across the entire value chain for Web Client, Rich Client and managed using Teamcenter so that when a community collaboration with suppliers, application-centric clients task in the workflow is completed, the proj- partners and customers who may interact via ect task and schedule are updated as well. • Advanced business modeler a portal with Teamcenter. When granting and integrated development Lower cost of ownership access to your Teamcenter environment is environment (BMIDE) for The Teamcenter unified architecture builds not possible, you can now exchange product easy configuration and on Siemens PLM Software’s undisputed lead- design data intelligently using the Briefcase deployment ership in the PLM industry and adds best-in- Browser with your suppliers whether they class technology to create the next logical utilize Teamcenter or not. • Support for Eclipse frame- evolution in product lifecycle management. work for easy data model Teamcenter also supports application-centric With an enhanced, 4-tier, service oriented extension using plug-ins clients that allow you to access managed architecture (SOA) for improved perfor- data without leaving your familiar work envi- • Transition tools to support mance, scalability and extensibility, the ronment. NX™ software users have always flexible strategies for Teamcenter extended data model supports been able to access Teamcenter directly, transition from previous more domains and applications across your but now a greatly improved integration Teamcenter solutions enterprise. with Microsoft Office enables workers to • Continued releases and Richer client options include a powerful, interact with Teamcenter using Office appli- support for Teamcenter intuitive Rich Client and an easy-to-deploy cations for check-in/check-out and search Enterprise Thin Client both designed in the style of according to their Teamcenter access rights. the easy-to-learn, easy-to-use Microsoft Teamcenter even provides direct access to • Teamcenter in the cloud Outlook program to reduce training effort. managed data using Microsoft Windows enables rapid deployment Explorer. and scalability The Teamcenter unified architecture is now management. Extend with requirements, even easier to configure and deploy to service lifecycle, manufacturing planning reduce maintenance and support costs. The and supplier collaboration management. business modeler integrated development Transform with quality, cost and sustainabil- environment (BMIDE) enables “codeless” ity management, as well as systems engi- configuration versus the “codeful” custom- neering. All of this is on the same platform Solution ization typical of traditional PDM whenever you need those capabilities. implementations. focus Ready when you are Extensions to your Teamcenter environment You can continue using your current can be developed collaboratively and easily Teamcenter Enterprise solution as long as it deployed. Extensions can be replicated to suits your business requirements with the production environments across multiple confidence that maintenance and support sites with a single command. With support options are available well into the future. for the industry standard Eclipse framework, Siemens PLM Software is ready to support new plug-ins can be created and applied to your transition to the added value of extend your Teamcenter solution without Teamcenter on the unified architecture expensive custom programming. whenever your business needs require it. Our transition tools, best practice methodol- Once you have implemented the Teamcenter ogies and organizational expertise focus on: unified platform, adopting new applications no longer require upgrades of the whole • Flexibility in transition timeframes to meet PLM system. Teamcenter enables you to add business realities new applications to your environment across different releases of Teamcenter. When the • Availability of systems globally with zero need arises, you can install new applications downtime without a lengthy upgrade project. The inde- • Continuity of existing processes and pendence of PLM platform and applications systems enabled by using Teamcenter further enable you to reduce total cost of ownership. • Expansion into new business value Teamcenter applications support multiple Teamcenter is the world’s most widely used Teamcenter releases, allowing you to PLM solution for a reason. Our PLM value upgrade to a new release of a needed delivery methodology ensures the positive Teamcenter application without upgrading impact of a Teamcenter roll-out by aligning your entire installation, thereby reducing the success criteria with your business goals, cost of rolling out new capabilities to your providing a structured, yet flexible project users. governance model and re-using best prac- tices captured from our large customer The application suite with Teamcenter on the base. We have a reputation for delivering unified platform is extensive. You can start on our promises. with design, document, BOM and process

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