Best Practice and Tips and Tricks from Mike Watkins

This week I'm covering a new app in the PLM 360 App Store, the  MFG Costing to Engineering app . The Costing to Engineering app helps with one of the most important phases of your product design. The costing, quote, order and engineering processes, use the app the track the progress at each stage and make sure that everyone is involved in the approval process. This app consists of 5 workspaces: Project Management: This is the top level project, all of the costing, quote, order and engineering process are managed and tracked via dynamic Gantt chart. Stage 1: Costing Management: To track the initial product costs and review with the internal review team. Stage 2: Quote Management: To produce the quote and submit to the customer, you can also create a bespoke print view to match your company standards and logo. Stage 3: Order Management: Once the quote has been approved this will take you through the order entry process. Stage 4: Engineering Management: This is...