PDXpert PLM software features: Configuration collections
PDXpert PLM provides a powerful
database framework that manages the characteristics of your product
information using specialized attributes. These attributes cover a wide
variety of areas: organizations, part categories, document access
guidelines, file types, number and revision identifiers, change reasons,
dispositioning activities and many others.
Each of these are managed as
collections of individual members; most collections can have an unlimited
number of members, and each member can be tailored to your organization's
specific requirements.
The General group of
collections includes common attributes such as item classes (for managing
the default characteristics of documents, parts and changes); units of
measure; text templates for offering users pre-defined part names and
document titles; sequences that let you specify an unlimited number of item
number formats, each with its own prefix, suffix, sequential assignment and
invalid ("skipped") characters; baseline definitions; product families; and
other collections to support data export.
The Places/Organizations/People
group contains information such as countries, languages, and currencies
(which include conversion rates for calculating assembly costs using any
currency); organizations (e.g., suppliers, customers, regulatory agencies,
standards bodies); people; and security roles. Roles are flexible and
powerful, but also simple to manage - a series of checkboxes gives you full
control over whether a user can view pending, released or canceled parts and
documents, whether new items can be created, and whether the user can manage
the collections as an administrator.
The Document group of
collections is comprised of access guidelines, which informs users of
restrictions on how the actual document (or associated file) should be
managed; media type or location, which provides information about the
physical location or handling of a document; and document types. A document
type lets you classify your documents and defines the basic characteristics
of each type. You can specify whether the document type is available for use
only by your own organization or by supply chain partners (or both); the
document number and revision sequences; revision rules; whether you can
associate other documents, parts or files with the type; designate author
and user responsibilities; and define custom attributes that will be applied
to all documents of the specified type.
Parts collections include
part handling categories; make/buy categories; RoHS/WEEE/EVL-related areas,
such as material categories, material constraints, materials, and
recovery/disposal methods; bill of material categorization; and part types
(similar to document types).
All of the Changes
collections manage the definition, creation, characteristics and workflow of
part and document changes. The collections cover problem sources, reasons,
priorities; workflows; reviewer participation and response classifications;
change types, including numbering, workflow, default department reviewers
and observers; starting/ending date or serial number assignments; and
dispositioning information (in other words, what to do with on-order,
in-transit, on-hand, or sold inventory). Unlike some PLM systems, PDXpert
product lifecycle management does not limit you to a fixed number of pre-defined change forms;
you can create an almost unlimited selection based on specific department or
workflow needs.
While PDXpert PLM software's extensive
list of collections provides incredible flexibility, managing the
collections is easy: the interface is simple and consistent. You can learn a
few collections in minutes, and it's easy to become an expert in configuring
your system.