As I stated before, processes needed to be improved upon first. After you have the majority of the processes completed, we then needed to find a tool that will enforce the new processes and also accomplish our needs for being able to follow a product from cradle to grave.
We started investigating software that has been designed for product lifecycle management. Because we are a Pro/E house, we wanted to stay with PTC software, hoping that would save us money. They offer a tool called Windchill which connects their cad data manager to the cad modeler. This tool also enforces processes so information will be less likely to fall in the cracks. Other advantages of this tool is it's ability to publish designs quickly for technical publications.
The problem that we found with this software is it inability to offer a better communication method for collaborating at different sites. We wanted a tool that will help collaborate with different sites, help plan projects, control and manage of requirements, and manage our product data. PTC could offer only one aspect of our requirements. So we have to keep looking.
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