Product Lifecycle Management with SOLIDWORKS PLM
What is Product Lifecycle Management Software?
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software is a digital solution that helps companies manage the entire journey of a product. From the initial idea and design, through development and manufacturing, to service and eventual retirement, PLM handles it all.
PLM centralizes all product-related data, processes, and stakeholders in one system, ensuring teams stay aligned, efficient, and compliant at every stage. A PLM helps streamline collaboration and maintain version control across the entire product lifecycle.
By linking engineering, manufacturing, quality, and business teams, PLM helps companies launch better products more quickly. It also reduces errors, costs, and delays.
What Types of PLM Software does SWYFT Solutions Offer?
At SWYFT Solutions, we offer both SOLIDWORKS PLM and SOLIDWORKS Cloud PLM. These solutions meet the diverse needs of engineering and manufacturing teams. While both solutions are designed to streamline product development and data management, they differ in deployment, scalability, and collaboration features.
SOLIDWORKS Cloud PLM Key Features
Ideal for agile teams, or companies with distributed workforces.
100% cloud-based, no installation or server maintenance required
Seamless collaboration across global teams in real-time
Automatic updates and scalable infrastructure built-in
SOLIDWORKS PLM Key Features
Ideal for companies with existing IT infrastructure or specific compliance requirements.
Integrates well with desktop SOLIDWORKS and local servers
Greater control over custom workflows and data storage
Built on SOLIDWORKS PDM (SOLIDWORKS Manage)
Why is Product Lifecycle Management Important?
Product Lifecycle Management is vital for companies that design and manufacture products. It centralizes data, streamlines collaboration, and ensures control throughout the entire product journey. By bringing engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain teams together in a unified system, PLM significantly reduces time to market.
It improves change management by tracking revisions and approvals, ensuring everyone works from the most up-to-date information. With all product data stored in a single location, teams benefit from better visibility and fewer communication breakdowns. PLM also plays a key role in meeting regulatory requirements, reducing risk by maintaining accurate records and audit trails. Ultimately, PLM helps companies cut costs, minimize errors, and deliver better products, faster.
Why Choose a SOLIDWORKS-Based PLM Solution?
Choosing a SOLIDWORKS-based PLM solution gives you a distinct advantage if your product development process is already built around SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD. Unlike generic PLM systems that require custom integrations or force your team into new workflows, SOLIDWORKS PLM is designed specifically for engineering and manufacturing teams that live in the SOLIDWORKS ecosystem.
Because it’s tightly integrated with SOLIDWORKS, it allows you to manage CAD data, revisions, and engineering change orders directly within your design environment. This reduces friction, improves speed, and ensures that your design data is always accurate, secure, and up to date.
In addition, SOLIDWORKS PLM scales with your business. Whether you need an on-premise solution like SOLIDWORKS PLM or a modern, cloud-based approach via the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, you get flexibility without sacrificing performance or usability. Plus, support and training are readily available from a wide network of certified SOLIDWORKS partners and resellers, ensuring you get expert help when you need it.
In short, if you're already using SOLIDWORKS or want a PLM system that's truly built for engineering, a SOLIDWORKS-based PLM solution is the smartest, most efficient choice.