PDM Migration Toolkit Features
The PDM Migration toolkit is based upon the PROSTEP OpenPDM® software suite.
PROSTEP was founded in 1993 to take advantage of emerging standards in the automotive and aerospace industries in order to facilitate engineering information exchange between heterogeneous companies and systems.
PROSTEP software is based upon proven and open industry standards.
Open standards mean that the solution is developed to be vendor neutral which facilitates bi-directional interoperability between PDM systems from different vendors, or even systems from the same vendor. Recent industry consolidation often leads to the situation where software that is supposedly in the same family does not interact effectively. Standards help level the playing field.Visual Mapping
Visual mapping tools are used to map the properties and attributes of the source and target systems to a neutral standardized data model. The neutral data model lets each system "speak the same language", which then allows for interoperability between the systems. Once this mapping is completed it can be re-used for subsequent migrations (example consolidating multiple systems).
Default mappings are provided for "off the shelf" PDM systems.
Migration Process Monitoring
The migration process monitor, built into the PDM Migration Toolkit, allows for precise monitoring of the migration process. This is a critical part of the process, especially for "Big Bang" migrations where the processes can be running for dozens of hours. Migration statistics are tracked which allow process to be queried, started, and stopped as necessary to assure optimal migration performance.
- Product structure transformation is supported to allow for on the fly updates
- Many to One, One to Many is supported. This allows for many challenging use cases to be realized.
- Dry Run and Validation Checking is fully enforced. Using vendor certified API's and processes.
- Big Bang Migrations, Incremental Migrations, Federation Migrations are fully supported, and much more........
Support Staff are PDM Experts, When you call for support, you can expect to speak to an expert in PDM Interoperability in addition to our software suite. read more
Expert Consultants
Subject Matter Experts have been with the company over 10 years and often have helped invent the open standards used globally for interoperability. Our Subject Matter Experts are involved in customer workshops, large scale project planning, and enterprise data modeling.. read more
Sr. Consultants have on average 5 or more years of experience and typically lead and architect large scale projects. On smaller scale but complex projects they may be the only resource utilized. read more
Consultants are experienced employees that often used for long term projects ( including staff augmentation) and have 2 years or more of training or experience in the the industry. read more