Enterprise PDM Capabilities
Want to find out more about the ways SolidWorks Enterprise PDM can help save you time and money? Here's a list of the features and capabilities you can take advantage of.
Secure access: Protect your product design data by providing secure, managed access only to authorized individuals, over a network or via the Web. You also can give access to partners, customers, and supply chain partners.
Revision control: Help your design team avoid overwriting files, and assist purchasing and manufacturing in ordering and producing the correct parts.
Full document preview. You can view and print more than 250 file types–including SolidWorks, AutoCAD®, PDF, and Microsoft® Office–plus images, animations, movie files, and more. Other CAD platforms like Inventor® and Solid Edge® can be previewed using readily-available viewers.
Design data search and re-use: It's easy to find documents based on their names, contained data, attached metadata, workflow state, and other parameters. For even greater productivity, you can predefine, save, and share your searches.
Custom configuration: SolidWorks Enterprise PDM is fully configurable, so it works well within your unique team structure, design process, and industry.
Scalability: As your design organization grows, you'll work with the same high level of speed, functionality, and security.
Vault replication: For multinational companies, or ones with multiple offices, SolidWorks EPDM supports document/drawing vault replication over a WAN, making current design information immediately available worldwide. EPDM supports Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian and Spanish.
Remote access: You can give your entire team access to design data from anywhere with a Web connection.
Automated approval process: SolidWorks EPDM supports automates functions like engineering change notices (ECN)/engineering change order (ECO) processes, and integration and connectivity to MRP and ERP systems. Workflow diagrams define the paths of documents and related information through the various processes, along with responsible individuals and their access rights (read, modify, approve, etc.). Automatic email notifications prompt team members on actions required at specific stages, while an overview of project status highlights bottlenecks for managers.
Audit trail: Record and access every event, each workflow, and every version that impacts data sets throughout the lifecycle of your technical data. Accessible from most popular report-writing tools, EPDM’s audit features help you prepare quality compliance reports for internal use, regulatory compliance, ISO audits, or project-specific performance criteria. Audit trails can also help identify potential problems and drive process improvements.
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