Shrink your SOLIDWORKS PDM SQL Transaction Log
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Within Microsoft SQL, every SOLIDWORKS PDM vault database has a
SOLIDWORKS Manage
Advanced Product Data Management Software
What is SOLIDWORKS Manage?
SOLIDWORKS Manage combines the ease of use and familiar Windows Explorer interface of SOLIDWORKS PDM with advanced capabilities that allow teams to manage, share and collaborate on project timelines and resources, complex business processes, and advanced record and Bills of Materials management.
SOLIDWORKS Manage has an easy-to-use administration tool with graphical UIs, so companies can easily configure and manage the system without a dedicated IT support team or outside consultants.
SOLIDWORKS Manage has an easy-to-use administration tool with graphical UIs, so companies can easily configure and manage the system without a dedicated IT support team or outside consultants.
SOLIDWORKS Manage Value Proposition/Tools
Project Management:
SOLIDWORKS Manage provides critical information to help teams focus on important
tasks and provides an overview of resource capacity for better planning and utilization.
- Manage project stages, timelines, and milestones
- View resource utilization and capacity
- Attach items, files, and list deliverables
- Utilize user tasks and timesheets to track progress
Item Management:
SOLIDWORKS Manage brings together, in one place, all components required for
product definition, whether represented by a CAD model, document, or database-only
items.
- Create, edit, and compare Bills of Materials (BOMs) using items and files
- Automatically or selectively create items for SOLIDWORKS configurations
- Drive SOLIDWORKS drawing BOMs and item numbers
Process Management:
SOLIDWORKS Manage streamlines business processes, automates document creation,
and brings together all involved stakeholders with new products, from sales and
marketing to production and support.
- Configure states and decision points for all types of business processes
- Attach affected items and files and enable ad hoc approvers and user tasks
Dashboards and Reports:
SOLIDWORKS Manage provides instant access to critical information in an easy-to consume format for better decision making.
- Create interactive graphical dashboards to display critical information
- Configure reports to company standards and publish automatically or on demand
SOLIDWORKS and PDM Manage Matrix
| Functionality | PDM Professional | Manage |
|---|---|---|
| Secure Access |  | |
| Revision Control | | |
| Multi-CAD Integrations | | |
| Multi-site Replication | | |
| Add Non-modeled items to BOMs | (Limited) | |
| Database Replication | | |
Download SOLIDWORKS and PDM Manage Matrix
SOLIDWORKS Manage Benefits
- Reduces the time in creating complete Bills of Materials (BOMs)
- Lessens the expense of maintaining multiple data management systems and separate applications
- Avoids project development time and cost
- Make critical product development decisions
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SOLIDWORKS Manage FAQs
Both systems are bi-directionally integrated by SOLIDWORKS so that they form a single system. However, when you look at the scale of the included functionality, Manage accounts for most of the delivered functionality. So PDM is an extension or ‘module’ of Manage not the other way around. Once you adopt Manage it assumes control of PDM and integrates PDM data.
Yes. Both PDM Standard and PDM Pro vaults may be upgraded to Manage. For PDM Standard, this means purchasing net new Manage licensing and the vault is then integrated to Manage as a Pro level vault. With PDM Pro the upgrade includes a discounted Manage license price to account for the investment already made previously in the PDM Pro license purchase.
Yes. By design, manage process records can assume control of lifecycle and revision management of PDM files. Ideally, this allows PDM workflows to be simplified and allow for Manage to handle all process decision making and relegates PDM states to only need to behave as lifecycle maps and no longer must perform as approval routes as well. It remains possible however for both workflow systems to be used separately or together.
Both PDM and Manage use the same licensing tiers: Editor, Contributors, and Viewers. Editors are for CAD editors, Contributors are for non-CAD editors, and Viewers are for read-only records access. All license types are concurrent use ‘floating’ networked global licenses.
To begin with Manage comes out-of-the-box integrated to SOLIDWORKS PDM for full system access bi-directional access. The level of sophistication of this integration between Manage and PDM is orders of magnitude deeper than could be done with third party PDMs. Manage has total situational awareness and control over PDM. Integrations between Manage and third-party systems such as ERPs may be done with a variety of techniques. Manage comes with powerful built-in data transformation and extraction tools for point-to-point data pushes and as well as an open SQL database for middleware based extractions and transformation.
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