Black & Decker Reveals PLM Plans
Black & Decker required a product lifecycle management (PLM) solution that would enable it to accelerate time-to-market without compromising quality and innovation. Equally important was the company's desire to maximize its technology investment by embracing a solution that would support the collaboration and data management requirements of its heterogeneous CAD environment and global product development initiatives.
Looking to improve the capabilities of the company's existing product data management (PDM) solution to successfully address these challenges, Black & Decker began searching for a replacement PLM system. It ultimately selected Windchill from PTC for strategic product lifecycle management (PLM) initiatives in its Industrial Products Group. The implementation includes Windchill PDMLink, Windchill ProjectLink, Windchill PartsLink and Windchill Enterprise Systems Integration (ESI) to SAP. Black & Decker will also take advantage of PTC services and educational offerings.
"As a global company with many design centers and manufacturing locations around the world, we have complex collaboration and data management requirements," says John Howson, vice president global engineering, Black & Decker. "Windchill now gives us the capability to easily integrate across our regions and functional groups."
Looking to improve the capabilities of the company's existing product data management (PDM) solution to successfully address these challenges, Black & Decker began searching for a replacement PLM system. It ultimately selected Windchill from PTC for strategic product lifecycle management (PLM) initiatives in its Industrial Products Group. The implementation includes Windchill PDMLink, Windchill ProjectLink, Windchill PartsLink and Windchill Enterprise Systems Integration (ESI) to SAP. Black & Decker will also take advantage of PTC services and educational offerings.
"As a global company with many design centers and manufacturing locations around the world, we have complex collaboration and data management requirements," says John Howson, vice president global engineering, Black & Decker. "Windchill now gives us the capability to easily integrate across our regions and functional groups."