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February 11, 2015
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Windchill vs competition

  • February 11, 2015
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Hello everyone,


I am wondering if any one of you have benchmarked Windchill against Teamcenter and/or PLM360 from Autodesk.


I know that there are many aspects to consider and what can be good for one company may not be suitable for another one. However, as I have worked with Windchill for over 8 years now, I would like to stay with this software in my new company and therefore try to ensure we select Windchill.


We will soon consider those 3 solutions. So if you have (not too old) information about those software and why Windchill is better this will help my case 😉


So far we have Inventor with Vault


Thanks a lot


Best regards


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    Dan_Harlan1-Visitor
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    May 8, 2015

    Chris,

    Your PTC (or VAR) sales rep should be able to get you data that you are looking for.

    I've heard and have experiences similar to what Steve V. outlined, both as a consultant and an admin.

    Another source that I find very useful is TEC (http://www.technologyevaluation.com/). With their site you can go through a questionnaire and place value on functionalities and then it generates comparison reports on how each solution addresses your needs. And, though at some level it's generic answers, they do try pretty hard to get beyond the marketing hype ad actually give points on more than what the sales guys say the software can do.

    ~Dan

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    cc-21-VisitorAuthor
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    May 13, 2015

    HI Dan

    I have used them a few years ago when I was working for another company. It was PDMLink vs SAP PLM. Another story........

    Thanks

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    acoates1-Visitor
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    May 11, 2015

    Late to the party, but interesting discussion here. As PTC insist on charging for Print and View licenses (!!!) I'm investigating other PLM software. GrabCAD doesn't include a release strategy, so currently a no-go, but Aras has crossed my radar and I intend to start investigating in detail over the coming months. It's frustrating me hugely as, quite frankly, it's time I could do with not spending on something that should be a fundamental of such a system. Does anybody else charge for a viewer?

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    TomU23-Emerald IV
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    May 11, 2015

    Please let me know what you find. We are struggling with this as well. I would like to begin using Windchill for document management, but the licensing model is prohibitive. I wouldn't mind so much if the View/Print licenses were for concurrent users, but being required to have a named user license for everyone in the company is completely unrealistic. I don't even mind paying for licenses for content creators, but I'm not going to triple the purchase cost and annual maintenance costs just so everyone else can view a PDF stored somewhere in the system.

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    acoates1-Visitor
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    May 12, 2015

    Will do, Tom. How PTC think that SMEs with a limited pot of cash for these things are going to be able to implement a proper company wide CAD strategy with their model is beyond me. I know that they're currently reviewing this policy and I am expecting a response imminently (I was advised by a PTC exec. of early 2015, but to be fair it's a big decision for a big organisation, so it's no wonder it's taking a while), but I'm not holding out much hope. We shall see...

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    acoates1-Visitor
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    August 17, 2015

    Hi All. A quick nudge, since my search continues until all possibilities have been exhausted and we can make a fully conscious decision on what we purchase (if anything): has anybody heard anything regarding the Windchill Access App, please?

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      TomU23-Emerald IV
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      August 17, 2015

      To the best of my knowledge the Access app will be released with Windchill 11.0 in December.  Those with heavy or light Windchill licenses will automatically be licensed for it.  Those with existing view/print licenses will not.  New licenses are being developed for a viewer and possibly a contributor.  I believe these are still planned to be offered as concurrent licenses, but nothing is official yet.  For this reason, we are holding off on purchasing any more view/print licenses until the new Access licenses become available.

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      acoates1-Visitor
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      August 17, 2015

      Great stuff, thanks Tom. I had a look for a Windchill 11 document or a Windchill roadmap but cannot find one quickly online. Does such a document exist?

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      VladimirPalffy14-Alexandrite
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      November 19, 2015

      Hi folks,

      I would like to add my success story with PTC Windchill implementation too in this post.


      I was implemented the PTC Windchill and PTC Creo solutions for a lot of companies, in the Slovakia and in the UK. I have more than 8 years experienced with PTC Windchill - I worked as Application Engineer for PTC products in Slovakia and UK (for more info: check my LinkedIn profile: Vladimir Palffy | LinkedIn - or check my web: 4K Side


      I have choose the Windchill implementation for Slovak company EKOM: the company with a great deal of experience in the development and production of medical equipment. The company’s name is derived from their main product, ecological compressors, abbreviated as – EKOM

      This succeed story was described many time in the magazine or on the internet:

      With PTC Creo and PTC Windchill together, EKOM has improved efficiencies during development, reduced errors in manufacturing and assembly, become more flexible with partners, organized its data, and smoothly managed change throughout the organization.

      “Implementing PTC Windchill and PTC Creo helped us to progressively improve product design processes within the organization with no impact on product quality and with lower costs,” says Marian Ondrasik, purchasing and IT manager.

      For more information read this article: PTC Creo - EKOM Makes Dental Work Faster and Cleaner with PTC

      Have a nice day with PTC - PLM solutions >> with PTC Windchill

      Best Regards,

      vladimir

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