Integration

Why ITI for PLM Integration?

When you need to implement CAD & PLM, or PLM & ERP, you need an experienced partner that you can trust. ITI brings more than 25 years of experience developing PLM, CAD and ERP integrations, under vendor/OEM agreements with the major PLM vendors.

Data management expertise - We know the document management, CAD & BoM data management, and ECR/ECO change management schema and processes.

Holistic approach - In addition to developing the integrations, we provide integration implementation and legacy data migration consulting services.

Experience - Hundreds of customers (representing over 25,000 licenses) have successfully implemented ITI’s PLM integrations across many industries, including aerospace, automotive, consumer products, electronic equipment, industrial equipment and medical/healthcare equipment.

ITI Vendor/OEM Partnerships and Integration Portfolio

We provide CAD and ERP integrations under long-term vendor/OEM partnerships, including Aras Corporation, Dassault Systemes and Siemens PLM Software.

Aras - Innovator

NX and Creo
Oracle ERP and QAD/Mfg. Pro

Dassault Systemes - 3DEXPERIENCE

NX and Creo
Oracle ERP and QAD/Mfg. Pro

Siemens PLM Software - Teamcenter

Creo, Solidworks, Inventor, AutoCAD, and AutoCAD Electrical

ITI Delivers Value for PLM/CAD Integration

Integration Features - Create new - Save-as (clone) - Rename - Check-in/Check-out - Attribute sync - PLM change status/refresh - Named baseline (establish and retrieve) - E-BoM synch - Derived output (2D drawing viewing) - Derived output (3D model viewing) - Lifecycle Mgt. (promote, demote, release) - Revise

ITI can help you create momentum toward realizing these PLM capabilities:

Improved data access and security

• Enterprise-wide, consistent CAD data security protocol
• CAD data access controls, via user, group and/or role

Improved process efficiencies

• Consistent, enterprise-wide CAD design, create, revise, and release process
• CAD design collaboration for geographically distributed teams
• Consistent CAD structure and engineering BoM synchronization

Improved data sharing

• CAD design/part re-use across product lines and/or business units
• More effective downstream use of 2D or 3D CAD data, via lightweight viewing tools
• Data sharing with internal/external customers and suppliers 

ITI Delivers Value for PLM/ERP Integration

Integration Features - Part transfer to ERP - ECO and E-BoM transfer to ERP - MCO and M-BoM transfer to ERP - Support for categories, catalogs and Mfg. Part No's - Flexible mapping attributes - PLM to multiple mfg. site-specific ERP systems - Incremental BoM transfer, based on BoM compare - Closed-loop synchronous data transfer - Remote view of ERP items & BoMs, using dialogs - ERP part item transfer to PLM

ITI can help you create momentum toward realizing these PLM capabilities:

Synchronization of data across PLM and ERP

• Automated exchange of data
• Closed-loop synchronous process, ensuring complete transactions
• Integrated as part of the PLM ECR/ECO process

Improved process efficiencies

• More efficient ECR/ECO processing time
• Reduced ERP data entry errors

Extensible solution

• Customer extensions on both the PLM front-end and ERP back-end

ITI Integration Implementation Consulting

As an Aras, Dassault Systems and Siemens integration development partner, ITI is uniquely qualified to assist you with your integration implementations. We understand how the legacy CAD data management systems are used, as well as their nuances and specific data management requirements. We have developed a step-by-step integration implementation methodology to ensure that your future PLM/CAD/ERP implementation will meet your business needs. Our integration methodology is scalable and extensible to address the unique needs of your business.

Visit our Integration Consulting page to learn more.

If you plan to implement an ITI PLM integration solution, let us help you