Cloud PLM: The digital home for your projects, products & documents
From conception to market launch: Cloud PLM software for all phases of your digital product development
Modern engineering with Cloud PLM
Product lifecycle management (PLM) software improves processes and teamwork across disciplines, systems and organizations. However, traditional on-premises installations are not ideal in every scenario. That's why we developed CIM Database Cloud: our modern SaaS (Software as a Service) solution opens up the world of PLM to companies of all sizes. Your company benefits from fast onboarding, low investment costs, and high IT security.
Product lifecycle management (PLM) software improves processes and teamwork across disciplines, systems and organizations. However, traditional on-premises installations are not ideal in every scenario. That's why we developed CIM Database Cloud: our modern SaaS (Software as a Service) solution opens up the world of PLM to companies of all sizes. Your company benefits from fast onboarding, low investment costs, and high IT security.
Product lifecycle management (PLM) software improves processes and teamwork across disciplines, systems and organizations. However, traditional on-premises installations are not ideal in every scenario. That's why we developed CIM Database Cloud: our modern SaaS (Software as a Service) solution opens up the world of PLM to companies of all sizes. Your company benefits from fast onboarding, low investment costs, and high IT security.
Benefits of our Cloud PLM software
- Make product development more efficient and flexible
- Scalability and cost-efficiency – no expensive investments in server infrastructure
- Access product information smoothly and securely – anytime, anywhere
- Integrate software quickly and easily into existing IT infrastructures
- Focus on what matters most – the products
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Features at a glance
CIM Database Cloud connects teams, data, and processes. From the initial idea to testing and market launch, the software provides you with all the tools you need for modern product lifecycle management. Choose the range of functions that suits your requirements and goals!
Document Management
- Enterprise-wide organization and sharing of documents and knowledge
- Fast document retrieval with Enterprise Search
- Protection of know-how through roles & privileges system
- Ensures compliance with regulatory requirements thanks to automatic documentation
- Provision of documents, e.g., for review and approval processes
- Seamless integration with MS Office, including Outlook
Product Data Management
- Efficient management, distribution, and provisioning of product data such as CAx documents, parts, and bills of materials
- 2D and 3D visualization of individual parts and entire products
- Fast parts search, reduced parts redundancy, and lower costs thanks to powerful classification mechanisms (see “Classification” function)
- Accelerated and transparent planning and implementation of technical changes
- Ensuring quality by capturing issues and implementing appropriate resolution strategies
Project Management (Basic & Advanced)
- Share and collaborate on project documents and product data (Basic)
- Efficient task management with open issues and agile task boards (Advanced)
- Holistic planning, controlling, and execution of projects with work breakdown structures, Gannt charts, checklists, and quality gates (Advanced)
3D Collaboration
- Secure decisions and high process quality through the availability of 3D models everywhere
- Cost savings on CAD licenses and elimination of the need for workaround solutions through separate CAD viewers
- Diverse interaction possibilities for flexible usage
- Seamless integration into PLM specialist applications and direct interlinking with users' typical tasks
- End-to-end process integration from early design phase to product validation
Classification
- Efficient master data organization through universal classification system
- Transparent parts inventory and reduced maintenance effort
- Increased reuse and cost reduction through parts classification
- Rapid parts search through characteristics and the visual class browser
- Support for geometric similarity search through integration with 3D Collaboration
Requirements Management
- Easily enter and edit requirements using the integrated editor
- Manage requirements with transparency: Automate and trace every change with the integrated audit trail
- Graphical visualization of requirements relationships in the context of the virtual product model and intuitive drag & drop editing
- Monitor processing status and compliance with reports
- Exchange requirements with external stakeholders and systems in a secure and efficient manner using baselining as well as import and export functionality
Material Data Management
- Company-wide availability of detailed material information for a wide range of applications
- Seamless collaboration through reliable material data
- Clear representation and easy modeling of material data in various contexts (development, procurement, quality assurance, etc.)
- Efficient material selection and quick identification of alternatives with graphical comparison of material properties
Variant Management
- Efficient management of product variants through rule- and characteristics-based configuration for targeted product variability
- Combination of individual product customization for customer-oriented solutions with efficient value creation
- Management of variability from portfolio management to variant implementation
- Overview and improved decision confidence even in complex variant spaces
- Automatic provisioning of suitable data for subsequent systems such as ERP, CRM, digital shops, or IoT
Product Costing
- Quick and direct calculation of product costs in early development phases
- Easily adaptable costing schemes with fixed and variable costs, as well as unit and overhead costs for precise calculations
- Use bills of materials and product structures as calculation components
- Integrate and allocate project costs
- Setting of sales targets for optimal pricing and increased product profitability
Project Costing
- Cost planning, calculation, and recording directly within the project
- Break down according to your needs: Derive or customize cost items from project structure
- Determine actual labor costs from time tracking
- Synchronize work breakdown structure elements and cost items
- Easy and transparent comparison and analysis of project costs
- Real-time controlling of ongoing target, planned, and actual costs
- Recording and analysis of costs, e.g., time-based by cost type, cost center, or site
Resource Management
- Strategic resource planning to optimize the use of existing and future planned capacities across the entire project organization
- Define a hierarchical resource pool regardless of organizational structure for optimal alignment with demand planning requirements
- Early planning of rough resource requirements for new projects at the resource pool level
- Preplan requirements in project templates to speed up requirements planning for new projects
- Assign human resources to requirements and drill down to project tasks for detailed planning
xBOM
- Efficient collaboration between design and work preparation
- Fast and reliable transfer of design changes from the engineering BOM to the manufacturing BOM – for instance, simple and safe resolution of quantity discrepancies
- Reliable error prevention through synchronization in the central work preparation when supplying globally distributed locations with location- or order-specific manufacturing BOMs
- Synchronization with other BOMs for service, spare parts, and maintenance
- Direct and reliable assessment of deviations in the 3D model
Work Plan
- Efficient transition from development to manufacturing thanks to work planning in the PLM system at an early stage
- Address order-independent aspects of work planning in the PLM system, thereby establishing the foundation for integrated product and process planning
- Improved interaction between PLM, MES, and ERP systems
- Reliable transfer of changes to the engineering BOM to production
- Direct transfer of work plans for processing production order
Customizing Tools
- DevOps services developed for companies with high customization requirements for a PLM system
- Ensures customization of specific business processes
- Reliability: Continuity of business processes, both during and after migration
- Benefit: Combination of cloud technology and the adaptability of an on-premises system
Integrate existing systems
Easily connect CIM Database Cloud to the software tools you already use. Integrate MCAD, ECAD, ERP, MES, CRM, MS Office, and more.
Expand CIM Database Cloud step-by-step
The goals and key areas of the Cloud PLM project depend on your level of digital maturity. That's why we offer CIM Database Cloud in three packages that complement each other and enable growth at your pace: Collaborate, Accelerate & Innovate.
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Document Management
Systematically manage, organize, and control product information documents throughout the entire life cycle.
Product Data Management
Manage and control all relevant product information during the entire product life cycle.
Project Management Basic
Use projects as collaboration context for documents, parts, and other objects. Process and track project tasks in an agile manner using task boards.
3D Collaboration
Take design decisions quickly and confidently based on 3D model data available enterprise- wide.
Classification
Classify parts, documents, and other objects to increase transparency, accelerate processes, and reduce parts diversity.
Requirements Management
Automatically track and document requirements and their implementation and visualize relationships between requirements in the virtual product model.
Project Management Advanced
Plan, manage, and execute projects using work breakdown structures, Gantt charts, checklists, and quality gates.
Material Data Management
Manage material information throughout the company and collaborate seamlessly using reliable data.
Variant Management
Model product variability both rule- and feature-based and efficiently manage complex variant spaces.
Product Costing
Calculate product costs and analyze them throughout the entire lifecycle to enable well-informed decisions regarding cost optimization and profitability.
Project Costing
Capture, manage, and analyze costs for product development projects to stay within budget and ensure profitability.
Resource Management
Identify project requirements, plan according to capacity, and distribute resources precisely to optimize capacity utilization, increase deadline adherence, and timely recognize personnel needs.
xBOM
Reliably synchronize engineering BOMs and manufacturing BOMs and support order- and location-specific work preparation.
Work Plan
Connect product development and work planning – prequalify order-independent aspects of work planning in the PLM system.
ERP-Integration
Integrate ERP systems and create end-to-end processes along the entire value chain.
MCAD-Integration
Provide PLM processes with up-to-date design data, 3D models, and drawings to efficiently create physical product structures.
ECAD-Integration
Provide PLM processes with up-to-date data for electronic structures and designs to efficiently create mechatronic products.
Customizing Tools
DevOps services for companies with high customization requirements for their PLM system. |
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Systematically manage, organize, and control product information documents throughout the entire life cycle.
Manage and control all relevant product information during the entire product life cycle.
Use projects as collaboration context for documents, parts, and other objects. Process and track project tasks in an agile manner using task boards.
Take design decisions quickly and confidently based on 3D model data available enterprise- wide.
Classify parts, documents, and other objects to increase transparency, accelerate processes, and reduce parts diversity.
Integrate ERP systems and create end-to-end processes along the entire value chain.
Provide PLM processes with up-to-date design data, 3D models, and drawings to efficiently create physical product structures.
Provide PLM processes with up-to-date data for electronic structures and designs to efficiently create mechatronic products.
DevOps services for companies with high customization requirements for their PLM system.
Systematically manage, organize, and control product information documents throughout the entire life cycle.
Manage and control all relevant product information during the entire product life cycle.
Use projects as collaboration context for documents, parts, and other objects. Process and track project tasks in an agile manner using task boards.
Take design decisions quickly and confidently based on 3D model data available enterprise- wide.
Classify parts, documents, and other objects to increase transparency, accelerate processes, and reduce parts diversity.
Automatically track and document requirements and their implementation and visualize relationships between requirements in the virtual product model.
Plan, manage, and execute projects using work breakdown structures, Gantt charts, checklists, and quality gates.
Manage material information throughout the company and collaborate seamlessly using reliable data.
Integrate ERP systems and create end-to-end processes along the entire value chain.
Provide PLM processes with up-to-date design data, 3D models, and drawings to efficiently create physical product structures.
Provide PLM processes with up-to-date data for electronic structures and designs to efficiently create mechatronic products.
DevOps services for companies with high customization requirements for their PLM system.
Systematically manage, organize, and control product information documents throughout the entire life cycle.
Manage and control all relevant product information during the entire product life cycle.
Use projects as collaboration context for documents, parts, and other objects. Process and track project tasks in an agile manner using task boards.
Take design decisions quickly and confidently based on 3D model data available enterprise- wide.
Classify parts, documents, and other objects to increase transparency, accelerate processes, and reduce parts diversity.
Automatically track and document requirements and their implementation and visualize relationships between requirements in the virtual product model.
Plan, manage, and execute projects using work breakdown structures, Gantt charts, checklists, and quality gates.
Manage material information throughout the company and collaborate seamlessly using reliable data.
Model product variability both rule- and feature-based and efficiently manage complex variant spaces.
Calculate product costs and analyze them throughout the entire lifecycle to enable well-informed decisions regarding cost optimization and profitability.
Capture, manage, and analyze costs for product development projects to stay within budget and ensure profitability.
Identify project requirements, plan according to capacity, and distribute resources precisely to optimize capacity utilization, increase deadline adherence, and timely recognize personnel needs.
Reliably synchronize engineering BOMs and manufacturing BOMs and support order- and location-specific work preparation.
Connect product development and work planning – prequalify order-independent aspects of work planning in the PLM system.
Integrate ERP systems and create end-to-end processes along the entire value chain.
Provide PLM processes with up-to-date design data, 3D models, and drawings to efficiently create physical product structures.
Provide PLM processes with up-to-date data for electronic structures and designs to efficiently create mechatronic products.
DevOps services for companies with high customization requirements for their PLM system.
Highest security standards for your data
The security of your data is paramount to us. This is why we regularly subject our software to comprehensive penetration tests (pentests) by independent security experts. Independent penetration tests provide verifiable proof of potential security vulnerabilities and their subsequent remediation within the framework of our ISMS.
Furthermore, the development and operation of CIM Database Cloud adhere to the stringent requirements of the ISO 27001 standard. This certification confirms that CONTACT Software's cloud solutions meet the highest security standards and guarantee effective information security risk management.
Highest security standards for your data
The security of your data is paramount to us. This is why we regularly subject our software to comprehensive penetration tests (pentests) by independent security experts. Independent penetration tests provide verifiable proof of potential security vulnerabilities and their subsequent remediation within the framework of our ISMS.
Furthermore, the development and operation of CIM Database Cloud adhere to the stringent requirements of the ISO 27001 standard. This certification confirms that CONTACT Software's cloud solutions meet the highest security standards and guarantee effective information security risk management.
The security of your data is paramount to us. This is why we regularly subject our software to comprehensive penetration tests (pentests) by independent security experts. Independent penetration tests provide verifiable proof of potential security vulnerabilities and their subsequent remediation within the framework of our ISMS.
Furthermore, the development and operation of CIM Database Cloud adhere to the stringent requirements of the ISO 27001 standard. This certification confirms that CONTACT Software's cloud solutions meet the highest security standards and guarantee effective information security risk management.
From the cloud to the racetrack
Motorsport specialist Manthey relies on CIM Database Cloud to future-proof its product development. Find out what convinced Manthey about the SaaS PLM solution.
From the cloud to the racetrack
Motorsport specialist Manthey relies on CIM Database Cloud to future-proof its product development. Find out what convinced Manthey about the SaaS PLM solution.
Motorsport specialist Manthey relies on CIM Database Cloud to future-proof its product development. Find out what convinced Manthey about the SaaS PLM solution.
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