Manufacturers of durable goods, heavy equipment and machinery, and industrial products face intense global competition, increasing product complexity, and pricing pressures. PMC offers innovative solutions that enable industrial manufacturing companies to accelarate time to market, reduce costs, improve quality, and gain a competitive advantage. Benefits of PMC solutions include: 
- Improved design and engineering collaboration
- Shorter product development cycles
- Shorter engineering change cycles
- Reduced design and assembly rework
- Shorter manufacturing and assembly times
- Lower inventory
- Optimized supply chain performance
PMC solutions for Industrial Manufacturing are organized into three categories:
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Product Life Cycle Management Solutions – Integrated product and process development with secure, synchronized data management that reduces time to market. Solutions include: Program Management, Requirements Management, PDM, Configuration Management, CAD Data Integration, Collaboration, Modeling and Simulation, Virtual Prototyping
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Manufacturing Productivity & Quality Solutions – Process-centric, statistical methods, tools, and best practices that increase efficiency and effectiveness while simultaneously increasing quality. Solutions include: Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Work Measurement, Capacity Planning, Part & Assembly Planning, Plant Optimization, Simulation, Scheduling
- Supply Chain Management Solutions – Strategic and tactical alignment of OEMs and suppliers that provides agility to meet changing demand and production schedules. Solutions include: Strategic Network Planning, Demand Planning, Inventory Optimization, Supplier Development, Transportation Planning and Route Optimization