SOLIDWORKS Manage
SOLIDWORKS Manage provides users with an unique set of advanced data management tools. This is accomplished by leveraging the file management capabilities and ease of use of SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional and adding powerful project, process, and item management capabilities. SOLIDWORKS Manage provides an easy upgrade path to a distributed data management system. Distributed data management refers to the ability of the system to be utilized, or distributed to, many different groups within an organization.
Reduces the time in creating complete Bills of Materials through an easy-to-use editing feature that combines file and record data, and by automatically sharing product data with other business systems
• Lessens the expense of maintaining multiple data management systems and separate applications by providing access to synchronized data all in one system
• Avoids project development time and cost overruns by having all timelines, resources, tasks, and deliverables linked to a common project object and updated in one system.
• Provides project managers with information to make critical product development decisions with the aid of interactive dashboards and an overall view of resource capacity
SOLIDWORKS Manage has its own user interface but users can also access information and functions in Windows Explorer and via a SOLIDWORKS CAD Add-in. The major functional areas that will be available in SOLIDWORKS Manage are:
Project Management
• Manage project stages, timelines, and milestones
• View resource utilization and capacity
• Attach items and files and list deliverables
• Utilize user tasks and timesheets to track progress
Process Management
• Configure states and decision points for all types of processes
• Attach euected items and files and enable ad hoc approvers and user tasks
Item Management
• Create, edit and compare bills of materials using items and files
• Automatically or selectively create items for SOLIDWORKS configurations
Dashboards and Reports
• Create interactive graphical dashboards to display critical information
• Configure reports to company standards and publish automatically or on demand
| SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard | SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional | SOLIDWORKS Manage | |
| Secure Access | X | X | X |
| Revision Control | X | X | X |
| Find and Reuse Design Data | X | X | X |
| Audit Trail | X | X | X |
| Integrated Search | X | X | X |
| Advanced Search and Favorites |
| X | X |
| Integrated eDrawings Preview | X | X | X |
| Preview 100’s of File Types |
| X | X |
| Scalability |
| X | X |
| Automated Neutral File Creation (STEP, IGES) |
| X | X |
| Custom Configuration |
| X | X |
| Automated Data Import and Export | X | X | |
| Serial Number Generators |
| X | X |
| Distributed Design Teams | X | ||
| Remote Access |
| X | X |
| Automated Approval Process | X | X | |
| Email Notifications |
| X | X |
| Multi-CAD Integrations | X | ||
| Multi-site replication |
| X | X |
| Add non-modeled items to BOMs | (Limited) | X | |
| Database Replication |
| X | X |
| ERP XML Output | (Limited) | X | |
| Record (Item) management |
| (Limited) | X |
| Create BOMs from multiple vaults |
|
| X |
| Compare any BOM |
| (Limited) | X |
| Project Management | X | ||
| Task assignment |
|
| X |
| Graphical Dashboards |
|
| X |
| Case/Problem Tracking |
|
| X |
| Workflow process without files |
|
| X |
| Multiple processes at the same time |
|
| X |
| Cases for Change Requests (ECR) or Corrective Actions (CAPA) |
|
| X |
| Map properties from other systems (ERP) |
|
| X |
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