If these challenges are something you face every day, then you probably have considered a Product Data Management (PDM) system. This will store all your data in a single repository and help with automating workflows. But buying and implementing a PDM system seems costly and time consuming; how are you going to get started? 

The Teamcenter software Rapid Start configuration delivers the world’s most widely implemented product data management (PDM) solution, Teamcenter, preconfigured to leverage common best practices and the expertise of Siemens PLM Software. The Rapid Start configuration gets you up and running with PDM quickly and cost-effectively. By choosing preconfigured capabilities, you can minimize the costs of consulting and maintenance, allowing you to immediately realize the benefits of PDM with confidence that you have a growth path to product lifecycle management (PLM) when you need it. Teamcenter Rapid Start provides multi-CAD data management capabilities that enable you to effectively and efficiently manage, control and share mechanical CAD data across your entire design and supply chain. Supporting the most popular CAD tools, this environment provides a single view of your product data. The visualization capabilities of Teamcenter help you extend this into an even broader www.siemens.com/teamcenter collaborative environment. Your cross-functional teams can quickly find, share and re-use product data to help streamline product development. You can also use Teamcenter Rapid Start to manage everyday tasks and processes with preconfigured best practice workflows for engineering change and product release. Confident that these processes are followed consistently, you can work efficiently and effectively in a collaborative environment to meet design and schedule targets.

Follow the path to PLM With Teamcenter Rapid Start, you can start with what you need now and grow over time. Once you have Teamcenter Rapid Start up and running, you can add on Teamcenter capabilities as you need them. You can follow the proven Teamcenter path to PLM success, targeting key areas of your business to optimize performance.

Engineering & Design Support
  • Intelligent part numbering and best practice workflows
  • Best-in-class CAD data management 
  • Create review packages with XpresReview to share data with others who do not have Rapid Start 
IT Support
  • Streamlined software installation 
  • Users easily assigned to groups and roles 
  • Clients are deployed 
  • Intelligent part numbering can be configured 
  • Access lists secure data and let users interact with data based on group and role 
Manufacturing & Management Support
  • Contribute to product design and documentation within workflows 
  • Easily specify parts and assemblies to be revised 
  • Initiate change requests and changes in documents 
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Automotive and
Transportation

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Aerospace and
Defense

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Industrial Machinery and Heavy Equipment