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October 2008

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  PDMWorks - Work Group and Enterprise Data Management

PDMWorks Enterprise Insight Data Management & Security
Many businesses are investing in Easy-to-use and affordable PDM for managing and re-using critical Design Data and Knowledge.


Design Data Management:

Companies are investing in technologies to stay competitive and provide unique value to customers.  It is important that the technologies created, acquired, refined and revised is put to good re-use within the organization in a safe and secure manner based on the organizational workflow structure.  Technical or otherwise, data related to company's products and processes should be accessible only on a need-to-know basis.  PDMWorks Enterprise from SolidWorks provides Data Management Solutions with emphasis on three aspects of day-to-day requirements, namely, Ease-of-Use, Security and Customizable/ Configurable Solution.  Key aspects of PDMWorks Enteprise that help customers stay focussed in their core-competence areas instead of the PDM environment are:
  1. Easy to deploy across large multi-location enterprises
  2. Save, Locate, Re-use and Update Knowledge
  3. Manage customizable Workflow without writing specialised codes
  4. Integrate with ERP/ MRP systems using Rule-based interfaces
  5. View CAD and Non-CAD data essential for Project Management in a secure manner with comprehensive array of options for control.
PDM or PLM?

On numerous occasions companies, having already invested in ERP/ MRP/ CRM systems with high levels of integration and customization, are unsure how an additional investment in a PLM solution would be beneficial.  The following matrix of functionalities help understand the operational requirements in a much better manner.

PDM vs PLM Functional Matrix

A closer look at the matrix helps us understand the differentiation between PLM and PDM.  It is common to find a PLM solution being used predominantly for the PDM functionalities since the other facets of PLM have either already been developed on an ERP/ MRP system or a home-grown specialised toolset addresses most of the other aspects of the PLM.

Security - Control and Empowerment

Streamlined and hierarchically structured organizations have workflows delineated to ensure decisions are made at different levels appropriately.  However, decisions are made based on data available and information flow pattern.  Bottlenecks in data and information flow necessarily result in time delays, deferred decisions and sometimes, painfully, wrong decisions that would cost the company dearly.

Empowering individuals to make decisions and ensuring ownership for decisions made are central to an organizational success.  In order to necessitate this practice, it is imperative that data and information flow are controlled on a need-to-know basis with appropriate security features. 

PDMWorks Enterprise provides a rich set of features for Data Security.

PDMWorks Enterprise Security Control Options
In the image above, we can see the permissions that can be provided to a person in the workflow at different levels depending on the functional requirements.

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