Autodesk Partner Blog Post - Benefits of Connecting Your PLM and PDM Solutions

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Autodesk Partner Blog Post - Benefits of Connecting Your PLM and PDM Solutions

When used together, PDM and PLM software provide a combined solution that is the best of all worlds for product data and process management. Connectors between PLM and PDM software allow for seamless integration between the two systems. Without a connector, data from the PDM system would need to be manually transferred to the PLM system, which wastes your engineers’ time and leaves your data and processes open to human error.

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How is Autodesk Fusion 360 Manage Integrated with Upchain?

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How is Autodesk Fusion 360 Manage Integrated with Upchain?

The industry is moving towards a software-as-a-service (SaaS) infrastructure.  Fusion 360 Manage, Upchain and the core of PLMConnect, Nexus, are all SaaS solutions leveraging REST APIs. The benefit of course is that updates occur in the background and are non-disruptive to the existing processes.  And by combining abstraction of the various processes to the middleware, no-code integrations can be established.  PLMConnect truly embraces this next-generation approach to connectivity and we’re thrilled to be providing a solution that seamlessly connects Fusion 360 Manage with Upchain resulting in a best in class PLM offering!

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Announcing PLMConnect - Connecting Fusion 360 Manage and Upchain

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Announcing PLMConnect - Connecting Fusion 360 Manage and Upchain

Announcing PLMConnect - Connecting Fusion 360 Manage and Upchain. The vdR Group is thrilled to announce the launch of PLMConnect!  PLMConnect enables Fusion 360 Manage (F3M) and Upchain to seamlessly work together. We think it’s a big deal.  With F3M and Upchain now being sold together as a single product by Autodesk, PLMConnect ensures these products perform as a best-in-class PLM platform with true SaaS and multi-CAD capabilities.

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Data Enrichment – Static and Dynamic Sources Part 1

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Data Enrichment – Static and Dynamic Sources Part 1

As mentioned in a prior post, CAD models are like mini databases, and these CAD models represent just part of a bigger picture. There’s related data in other apps like product lifecycle management (PLM), enterprise content management (ECM), enterprise resource planning (ERP) and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO). For example, a part referenced in a CAD model might have pricing and vendor data in ERP, maintenance data in MRO and user manuals in an ECM environment. There are multiple connections, but rarely is this related data found and/or virtually connected. That’s where data enrichment can add significant value to the wealth of information CADnection extracts from CAD models.

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