Solutions
Enabling Digital Transformation
Increased pressure from competition, globalization, regulatory compliance and shareholder requirements are common challenges associated with new product development. Companies need to drive new innovations to market while reducing total product costs and creating process efficiencies.
Increasingly, companies are turning to digitizing product information to achieve cost, improved quality and competitive advantages by reducing the time to market for new products. By partnering with Datafrond and implementing your vision of digital transformation, organizations can:
- Simplify the management of complex product information
- Create process efficiencies by streamlining steps required to design, build and support products
- Improve product traceability and implement effective controls to monitor regulatory compliance
- Adopt best practices and industry standards to lower product development costs
Our business ready, preconfigured and packaged PLM-IN-A-BOX, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution contains end to-end best practices which our clients to understand and leverage their product and enterprise data, including information from smart, connected products and machines, to build and manage a Digital Thread that connects all functions within the enterprise value chain.
Your Trusted Partner
Datafrond can help you to navigate the many challenges with your Digital Transformation including adapting business processes, harnessing information technology and implementing organizational changes. Our business knowledge, combined with our expertise in software deployments, allows us to help companies maximize the value of digital information throughout the enterprise.
Our offerings encompass all aspects of Digital Transformation, from creating a strategy and vision, to implementing a solution, to providing user support and training.
Our experts can help you
- Gain a clear understanding of strategic potential
- Create a business case that quantifies results
- Provide recommendations on how to best adapt processes and implement changes
- Develop a solution or combination of solutions that fit your unique business needs, schedule and budget
- Implement a digital thread backbone that connects various solutions such as:
Augmented Reality (AR), Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and CAD
Product Data Management
Product Data Management – Put Data in its Place
Strong product data management (PDM) capabilities are proven to drive better business performance. However, manufacturers can’t achieve this with basic PDM.
Basic PDM systems don’t do much beyond keeping data under control. No wonder, on average, engineers waste 15% – 25% of engineers’ time on non-valued-added data management capabilities. That’s time wasted searching for files, recreating data, updating systems and answering requests. An outdated PDM system can make this worse.
However, an advanced PDM system can completely transform a manufacturer’s engineering and product development practices. That’s because it supports advanced collaboration, configuration/BOM management, and project management – capabilities far beyond basic PDM systems. PTC makes data management easy with a single view to the latest multi-CAD and product data. Securely share more consumable data with non-engineering colleagues through role-based, self-service applications and 3D visualization technology.
Now available in the PTC Cloud, PDM removes your burden of data administration and lets you get back to design.
PDM-IN-A-BOX
Business Challenge
Today’s manufacturing environment involves the use of multiple CAD tools, disparate teams managing a higher volume of more complex product data and a greater need for collaboration. Without an effective PDM, product design engineers are often distracted from productively engaging in key design activities, resulting in time wasted searching for product information, recreating designs, updating systems, and responding to product data requests from the extended organization.
The Solution
PDM-IN-A-BOX is a smaller subset of the PLM-IN-A-BOX functionality for businesses are looking to adopt a business ready PDM Solution preconfigured with industry practices which be rapidly tailored to meet the demands of the organization. It makes data management easy with a single view to the latest multi-CAD and product data. Product design can securely share more consumable data with non-engineering stakeholders through role-based, self-service applications and 3D visualization technology. Based on PTC’s Windchill software, Datafrond’s PDM-IN-A-BOX solution removes the burden of data administration and lets product designers get back to what they do best – design. Because it is based on PTC’s Windchill technology, it is an easy step up to a full blown PLM if and when the organization is ready without the hassle of changing solutions or migrating data.
PDM-IN-A-BOX is a proprietary solution from Datafrond, designed by Datafrond PDM/PLM experts to help small and mid-size enterprises to respond to product innovation challenge by proactively focusing on product design related processes, and by enabling migrating to a full blown PLM implementation when the time is right.
Solution Features
Data Management
- Tight integration with Microsoft Office, desktop, and MCAD tools (Creo, Creo Elements/Direct Modeling, Creo Elements/Direct Drafting, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Inventor)
- Ability to understand, capture and manage CAD data relationships and dependencies
- Ability to understand, capture and manage Document relationships and dependencies
- File version/iteration control
- Workflow-driven review/release
- Simple search/reuse
Data Sharing
- ThingWorx Navigate role-based, self-service access to product data
- Controlled and secure project spaces for design collaboration
- Managed concurrent design environment
- Easy web access from desktop and mobile tools
Data Review
- Simplified CAD/document review, compare and release process
- Automated publishing of lightweight 3D/2D product data for non-CAD users
- Traceability and history of online markups, redlining and validation
- Life-sized review of 3-D designs through augmented reality
Product Life Cycle Management
Product lifecycle management is the power behind manufacturers leveraging the competitive advantages of digital thread/twin, generative design, additive manufacturing, industrial IoT, and augmented reality to drive innovation. Disconnected enterprise systems and silos throughout the product development process keep crucial data from those who need it most. Our out-of-the-box applications serve to orchestrate multi-system data, enabling your team to break down silos, reduce time-to-market, decrease costs, improve quality, and drive further innovation.
PLM-IN-A-BOX
Business Challenge
Manufacturers of all sizes are facing increased complexity in their product development environments, including faster product commoditization, outsourcing, globalization, cost pressures, and corporate pressures for growth. Benchmarks of small to medium-size enterprises (SMEs) indicate that about one third outsource production and 22% outsource at least some of their product design, with about 75% having a global product design strategy in place.
Despite the challenges with complexity, manufacturers are not satisfied with maintaining the status quo; they are simultaneously focusing on growth and place even higher strategic importance on revenue growth in combination with cost control. Best-in-class performers are organizing and automating their business for innovation leading to corporate success and are four times more likely to utilize PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) related technology.
The Solution
Increasingly businesses are looking to adopt business ready PLM Solutions preconfigured with industry practices which be rapidly tailored to meet the demands of a growing organization. Realizing this need, Datafrond developed a business ready, preconfigured and packaged Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution that contains end-to-end best practices in product development business processes.
PLM-IN-A-BOX is a proprietary solution from Datafrond, designed by Datafrond PLM experts to help small and mid-size enterprises to respond to product innovation challenge by proactively focusing on product-related processes.
PLM-IN-A-BOX process, methodology and implementation frameworks are registered patents with USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) assigned application number ‘13344601’, EFS ID ‘11772342’.
Solution Features
Project Delivery & Execution
- Product Project Management
- Customer Project Activities
- Supplier Project Activities
Product Design & Configuration
- Design Verification Process
- Design Validation
Secured Supplier Collaboration
- Product Design Package Management
- Supplier Design Exchange
- Supplier Project Collaboration
Product Change Management
- Problem Reports
- Change Request
- Change Notice
- Deviations
- Integrated Customer and Supplier Notifications
Product Quality Management
Business Challenge
Increasingly, manufacturers are looking to deploy solutions that adhere to Good Automated Manufacturing Practices (GAMP) and ensure quality at each stage of the product development process. Systems capable of providing electronic signoffs, record retentions and digital archives for Quality Documentation and Control on the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are essential for processes that can affect the quality of the finished product.
- Reduce the cost of engineering changes up to 75% by switching from correction to prevention*
- Increase operating margin 25% and reduce failure costs 29% with integrated PLM and quality tools*
- Reduce COPQ to increase earnings 10 to 15% with consistent, integrated quality best practices**
The Solutions
Closed-Loop Product Quality Management
Organizations need to assure product quality to their partners, regulators and customers. This requires a robust Quality Management Solution embedded within their Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system. For Best-in Class companies, Quality is an integral part of the Design and Manufacturing processes and tools.
Market Watch
Toyota’s massive recall in 2010 and J&J’s Tylenol mishaps all provide a snapshot into the benefits that can be reaped by designing and implementing the right quality management solution for the enterprise. Combined losses from Toyota’s and J&J’s recalls are easily in the Billions. PTC’s Windchill solution allows for real-time analysis, evaluation and actionable insights into the Governance, Risk & Compliance needs.
Best Practice
Good Automated Manufacturing Practice (GAMP) Deploy solutions that adhere to GAMP Practices and ensure quality at each stage of the manufacturing process. Systems capable of providing electronic signoffs, record retentions, and digital archives for Quality Documentation and Control on the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are essential for processes that can affect the quality of the finished product.
 | Productivity Real-time audits can be conducted in a snap. Analysis and evaluation times are four times faster than traditional Excel based solutions. |
 | Regulation Changes Provides small and large business the flexibility to adapt to changing governmental policies and new regulations that come with expanding into new markets and geographies. |
 | Risk Management Empowers organizations, big and small, to reduce the overall value at risk (VAR) by providing risk management tools that help with faster risk identification and mitigation. |
 | Oversight A strong oversight over the organizational capabilities and assets provides decision makers with critical information to create a competitive strategy. |
Solution Features & Benefits
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Quality Event Management
Facilitates capture of inspection data during material handling time for further integration into change notices and compliance audit processes
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Compliance & Training
Integrated solution allows firms to audit and manage employee training and integrate into QA process
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Equipment & Assets Tracking
Provides single point control for equipment & asset information, maintenance, safety and manuals
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SOP Documentation Control
Allows organizations to establish revision and change control process. Provides approval status and audits in real time to integrate in QA process.
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NEW WINDCHILL CLOSED-LOOP PRODUCT QUALITY MANAGEMENT FOR THE MEDICAL DEVICE INDUSTRY
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QLM-IN-A-BOX
Organizations need to assure product quality to their partners, regulators and customers. This requires a robust quality management solution embedded within their Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems.
Realizing this need, Datafrond developed a business ready, preconfigured and packaged Quality Management solution (QLM-IN-A-BOX) that contains end-to-end best practices compliant with ISO standards.
Solution Overview
SOLUTION BENEFITS
- Pre-configured validated business processes
- Software and configuration installed on customer hardware
- Basic operational package in few weeks… not months
- Training included for business process owners and end users
- Pre-administrative functions completed prior to on-site installation
- Add-ons available: validations, software, process, maintenance, remote sites, migrations, upgrades, etc. (For details, request a QLM-IN-A-BOX Data Sheet)
Solution Features
Design Control
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Document Control
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Audits
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Personnel & Safety
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Supplier
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Quality Control
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Customer
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Asset Management
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Three Deployment Options
PTC Cloud Model
| On Premise Model
| Private Cloud Model
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