planning and manufacturing, Fetterman said, and the process requires real-time, cross-enterprise collaboration. “We’re not a PLM system, and we’re not a CAD/CAM sys-
tem, but we love it when our systems are tightly integrated with PLM.”
More fi ltration choices for cleaner coolant from Mayfran
Integration of the PLM-ERP-MES chain, tying manufactur- ing operations’ production with planning and order execution, is critical, he added. “When these two systems are integrated, the guy on the shop floor pushes a button and you can make quality parts. Nobody can afford to make bad parts,” Fetterman states. “Scrap is unacceptable.”
“A lot of times we’re at the table with customers because we’re a
cloud-based application.”
You never have limited fi ltration choices with Mayfran. Choose from at-the-machine chip and fi ltra- tion units like ConSep®,MagSep®, HPF-Series and VacuFilter® V-series. For plant–wide applications, select from standard regional to custom centralized fi ltration systems.
In Plex Online, the system has con- nections to solutions like those from Sie- mens PLM and Salesforce.com that can help manufacturers seamlessly integrate with those systems. “We’ve seen cost savings, and lowering the cost of quality, by 25–65%. The BOM [bill of materials] is more accurate. There’s a shorter time to market, with up to a 40% reduction in cycle time by reducing the number of data errors and giving people the right information in their hands.” In many cases, ERP and PLM sys-
tems handle some of the same functions through many manufacturing organiza- tions, noted CIMdata’s Bilello. Aside from the big two PLM developers Siemens PLM and Dassault, Bilello said some of the major “mindshare” leaders in the PLM space include Autodesk, ERP sup- pliers SAP (Newtown Square, PA), Oracle (Redwood City, CA), and CAD/PLM developer PTC (Needham, MA). After announcing in February its
cloud-based PLM 360, Autodesk has had great interest from customers with its low up-front costs and very low pricing model, noted Rob Cohee, senior manager, PLM