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Windchill+ with SaaS PLM Software
Experience the full capabilities of Windchill through a modern SaaS platform. Windchill+ helps manufacturers accelerate product development, reduce IT complexity, and stay current with continuous updates—all while maintaining the enterprise PLM capabilities engineering teams rely on.
What is SaaS PLM software?
SaaS PLM combines the proven capabilities of enterprise Product Lifecycle Management with the flexibility and scalability of cloud delivery. Windchill+ gives manufacturers a secure, connected environment for managing product data, engineering changes, bills of materials, and collaboration across the digital thread without the burden of maintaining on-premises infrastructure.
With continuous updates, configurable workflows, built-in security, and enterprise integrations, Windchill+ helps organizations improve collaboration, accelerate product development, and reduce the time and effort required to manage their PLM environment.
SaaS PLM Software: Achieving the Industry’s Top Priorities
IDC forecasts a surge in adoption of SaaS PLM software over the next few years, driven by its unique ability to digitally transform the product development process. Businesses rely on modern SaaS architecture to redefine the customer experience and accelerate the creation of innovative products with a more agile, secure way of working. In this InfoBrief, IDC supports these claims with recent research, including global surveys on product innovation, SaaS adoption, success factors, and outcomes.
“SaaS PLM is the key to product development in a disrupted, global economy—it simplifies collaboration and streamlines information to improve design, manufacturing, and support processes.” – IDC
Winchill+ SaaS PLM Software Advantages
The biggest advantage of Windchill+ isn’t simply moving PLM to the cloud—it’s giving engineering organizations a faster, simpler way to manage product development. By reducing infrastructure management, delivering continuous innovation, and keeping every team connected to the latest product information, Windchill+ helps manufacturers spend less time maintaining systems and more time designing, building, and supporting great products.
Whether you’re supporting global engineering teams, collaborating with suppliers, or scaling PLM across the enterprise, Windchill+ provides the secure, modern foundation needed to accelerate innovation while reducing IT overhead.
Accelerated Time-to-Capability
With just a few clicks, expand functionality to address changing needs or adopt new features to explore opportunities. Zero downtime upgrades ensure that software deployment never disrupts innovation.
Embedded Best Practices
Replace complex customizations with ready-to-use features and extensive configurability. Built-in best practices and standards allow you to focus less on validating software and integrations and more on designing and delivering value.
Ready-to-go Day One
Utilizing a comprehensive full stack with secure, up-to-date IT infrastructure can avoid system configuration hurdles, drive faster PLM adoption, expand capabilities efficiently, save time and money, and minimize risks.
Introducing Windchill+
For decades, Windchill has helped manufacturers manage product data, engineering changes, and collaboration across complex product development environments. Windchill+ builds on that same proven foundation while delivering the operational benefits of Software as a Service.
Because Windchill+ uses the same enterprise codebase as Windchill, organizations gain the functionality they already trust while benefiting from simplified administration, continuous feature delivery, enterprise-grade security, and a platform designed to evolve alongside the needs of modern manufacturers.
Success with SaaS PLM Software: Top Windchill+ Features
SaaS PLM Software and Windchill+ Packaging Overview
Enhance a company’s value realization with Windchill+ and PLM by accelerating enterprise adoption and growth. Expand PLM quickly beyond core engineering with persona-based packages designed for both expert and non-expert users.
| Users: | Engineering | Manufacturing | Quality | Service | Non-Expert Users |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | |||||
| Windchill+ View Access via a Web Browser | – | – | – | – | |
| Search/View all Windchill Content | – | – | – | – | |
| Download ANY NON-CAD Content | – | – | – | – | |
| CreoView Lite | – | – | – | – | |
| Participate in Collaboration Projects | – | – | – | – | |
| Access 9 Navigate View Apps | – | – | – | – | |
| Contribute | |||||
| All View Functionality | – | – | – | – | |
| Windchill+ Contribute Access via a Web Browser | – | – | – | – | |
| Document Creation | – | – | – | – | |
| Issue Identification | – | – | – | – | |
| Reviewer/Approver Access | – | – | – | – | |
| Access 2 Contribute Apps | – | – | – | – | |
| Author | |||||
| All View & Contribute Functionality (minus Apps) | | | | | – |
| Document Management | | | | | – |
| Change Process Management | | | | | – |
| Project Plan Authoring | | | | | – |
| Dynamic Document Management & Integrations | | | | | – |
| Markup Collaboration (including PDF) | | | | | – |
| IP Protection (security labels) | | | | | – |
| Document Classification | | | | | – |
| Publishing Capacity for Office Documents | | | | | – |
| Storage Allocation | | | | | – |
If you’d like to add to the base author capabilities listed above, the following role-based bundles are available:
| Users: | Engineering | Manufacturing | Quality | Service | Non-Expert Users |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design Engineering Lite | |||||
| Create/Manage Designs in MCAD | | – | – | – | – |
| Publishing Capacity for CAD | | – | – | – | – |
| Increased Storage Allocation | | – | – | – | – |
| Design Engineering | |||||
| All the Functionality of Design Engineering Lite | | – | – | – | – |
| Part Creation & Classification | | – | – | – | – |
| Supplier Part Management / Sourcing | | – | – | – | – |
| BOM Structure | | – | – | – | – |
| Product Engineering | |||||
| Part Creation & Classification | | – | – | – | – |
| Supplier Part Management / Sourcing | | – | – | – | – |
| BOM Structure | | – | – | – | – |
| Advanced Product Design | |||||
| Manage Complex, Configurable Product Platforms | | – | – | – | – |
| BOM Transformation | | – | – | – | – |
| Manufacturing | |||||
| Part Creation & Classification | – | | – | – | – |
| Supplier Part Management / Sourcing | – | | – | – | – |
| BOM Structure | – | | – | – | – |
| Create Associative Manufacturing BOMs | – | | – | – | – |
| Author Manufacturing Process Plans | – | | – | – | – |
| Deliver Work Instructions Associated with Process Plans | – | | – | – | – |
| Quality Management | |||||
| Manage Quality Control Processes Related to Product Design | – | – | | – | – |
| Create and Manage CAPA, NON-Conformances, Complaints | – | – | | – | – |
| Document Control & Training Tracking | – | – | | – | – |
| Part & BOM Management (including classification) | – | – | | – | – |
| Audit Management | |||||
| Deliver Quality Control Documentation | – | – | | – | – |
| Manage Quality Audit Processes | – | – | | – | – |
| Part & BOM Management (including classification) | – | – | | – | – |
| Service Information | |||||
| Manage Tech Pubs & Part Associativity | – | – | – | | – |
| Author Multi-Language Documents | – | – | – | | – |
| Service Information Management | – | – | – | | – |
| Part & BOM Management (including classification) | – | – | – | | – |
| Service Parts | |||||
| All ‘Service Information’ Functionality | – | – | – | | – |
| Author Corporate Parts Catalog | – | – | – | | – |
| Create Associative Service BOMs | – | – | – | | – |
| Automate Generation of Parts Lists | – | – | – | | – |
| Author Corporate Parts Catalog | – | – | – | | – |
| Create Parts List Illustrations | – | – | – | | – |
| Service Parts Creation | – | – | – | | – |
Packaging Overview
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Links to Other Pages
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- Mathcad Price Comparison Chart: Compare Mathcad pricing options with our comprehensive chart, helping you choose the right solution for your engineering calculations.
- Streamline Your Design – Creo Plus CAD SaaS Platform: Optimize your design processes with Creo Plus CAD SaaS Platform, enhancing efficiency and collaboration in product development.
- Onshape SaaS Introduction: Get introduced to Onshape’s Software as a Service (SaaS) model, offering scalable and accessible CAD solutions in the cloud.
- CAD Cloud SaaS with Onshape!: Explore the benefits of CAD Cloud SaaS with Onshape, providing secure and flexible CAD solutions tailored to modern design needs.
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