What is Windchill?
Windchill is PTC's product lifecycle management (PLM) software for managing CAD data, bills of materials, change and configuration management and quality processes. It provides a single source of product data shared across engineering, manufacturing and service. It is available on-premises or as a SaaS offering (Windchill+). It is used by discrete manufacturers in industries such as industrial equipment, aerospace, automotive and medical devices.
Key facts
- Starting price
- Contact for quote
- Pricing model
- Quote-based
- Active users
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- Customers
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- Vendor employees
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- Launched
- 1998
- Deployment
- Cloud (SaaS), On-premise
- Platforms
- Web, Windows
Strengths & considerations
Strengths
- Robust BOM, change and configuration management
- Tight integration with Creo and other CAD tools
- Scales to complex, regulated product development
- Can run on-premise
Considerations
- Administration and customization are complex
- User interface has a learning curve
- Upgrades can be resource-intensive on-premise
- Pricing only on request
- No free plan or free trial
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Industries & use cases
Industries served
Manufacturing & industrial
Automotive
Life sciences
Technology, media & telecom
Government & public sector
Typical use cases
- Managing engineering bill of materials and change processes
- 3D CAD design of complex products
- Digital thread from engineering to manufacturing and service
Typical Deloitte services
- PLM implementation and data migration
- Digital thread and engineering process transformation
- Service lifecycle and field service modernization
Editorial profile based on public information.
Features
✓Workflow automation· Automation
✓File versioning· Documents
✓API access· Integrations
✓Custom reports· Reporting
✓Dashboards· Reporting
✓Single sign-on (SSO)· Security
✓Role-based access· Security
✓Audit log· Security
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