03 — PLM & MES consulting

From the design office to the shop floor, product data that flows

We support manufacturers with PLM and MES projects built on the PTC suite: scoping, configuration, data migration, ERP integration and change management, all the way to adoption by the teams.

PLM: product data under control

A single reference for parts, drawings, bills of materials and their changes, shared between design, manufacturing engineering, purchasing and quality.

  • Scoping: design processes, part lifecycle, change management
  • Windchill deployment and configuration: bills of materials, approval workflows, access rights
  • Creo CAD integration and version control for your models
  • Migration of existing data: shared folders, legacy PDM, spreadsheets
  • PLM–ERP link: parts and bills of materials passed to production and purchasing without re-keying

MES: the connected shop floor

Know what is happening on every machine and every work order as it happens, rather than at the end of the week.

  • Machine and operator data collection with ThingWorx and Kepware
  • Real-time production monitoring: OEE, downtime, scrap
  • Traceability of work orders and batches
  • Dashboards for shop-floor supervisors and management
  • Feedback to the ERP: quantities produced, material consumption, time spent

Our approach

A PLM or MES project succeeds when people actually use it. We start from your real processes, deliver in short stages beginning with a pilot scope, and train the teams as the project progresses: design, manufacturing engineering, quality, production.

PTC, Windchill, Creo, ThingWorx and Kepware are trademarks of PTC Inc. or its subsidiaries.

A consistent information system

PLM and MES do not live in isolation: our strategy & IT consulting practice fits the project into your IT master plan, and your ERP — including Dolibarr — receives parts and bills of materials.

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