We use the Siemens PLM TeamCenter for global group CRM. They have R&D centers in Korea, India, and Germany, and they collaborate on all aspects of the project.
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We use the Siemens PLM TeamCenter for global group CRM. They have R&D centers in Korea, India, and Germany, and they collaborate on all aspects of the project.
The product's most valuable features are patch and data management.
The product's web interface and setup process could be better. Also, scalability and stability need to be improved. It could be easier to customize as well.
I have been using Siemens PLM TeamCenter for over three years.
I rate the product's stability a six out of ten.
We have around 80 Siemens PLM TeamCenter customers. They are all medium-level enterprises. I rate its scalability a seven out of ten.
The initial setup could be easier. The deployment took a few weeks to complete. I rate the process a four out of ten.
I rate Siemens PLM TeamCenter an eight on pricing. It is costly for small businesses.
I recommend small businesses to go for another product. Teamcenter is suitable for large companies. Overall, I rate it a seven out of ten.
TeamCenter is for a company with highly complex processes, like aerospace, defense, automotive and heavy machinery. For example, manufacturing industries must go through a design phase where they create CAD designs and a process-planning phase before they get to execution. Once the product is deployed, they need to constantly maintain and finally decommission it.
The entire product lifecycle is stored in PLM, which stores a complete set of data. You can do this with aerospace engines, fighters, or cars. Usually, the OEMs don't do car maintenance, but OEMs are often responsible for maintaining heavy machinery or aerospace equipment.
It starts with requirements. Next, they create the CAD, engineering, and manufacturing bills of materials. Then they need to track maintenance throughout the product's life on a bill of maintenance. After the part is decommissioned, the bill of maintenance is closed.
I like the Teamcenter Requirements Manager. It also has a structure manager where you create an engineering bill of materials and manufacturing process planning. There is something like service lifecycle management. That is where the maintenance data is stored. There are multiple modules. ALM Polarion is also a Siemens solution. It is a separate product, but it's part of the Siemens portfolio.
This solution works, but it has many issues. Smaller companies are coming up the cloud-based PLM solutions that may replace larger PLM companies like PTC or Siemens in the future. It has some performance problems, and the maintenance is too expensive. Recently, we completed a project, and it cost almost $6 million to upgrade.
I've been using TeamCenter for 20 year.
TeamCenter is highly scalable.
Setting up TeamCenter is complex. Every PLM is complex unless we're talking about cloud-based solutions, but those have fewer features. However, those are only suitable for small companies.
The time needed to deploy depends on the expertise of the person installing it. We can do it in a couple of hours if it is an out-of-the-box installation. If customers deploy it themselves, it may take a few days. It also depends on the complexity of the system we are designing.
The amount of employees needed also depends on the size of the company and its complexity. A massive company takes an army to run the solution, but a couple of people can make it work for a small company.
TeamCenter is primarily used for large, complex companies like aerospace, defense, and auto manufacturers. Only large enterprises can afford the fees and maintenance. Smaller companies won't see an ROI for it.
I rate PLM TeamCenter eight out of 10. I recommend it for managing complex processes.
