I'm looking for advice from any of you who are using PDMWE at
multiple offices. I realize that from one company to another there
will be differences in how each one uses PDMWE but how different
can (or should) things be from one office to another within one
company?
Right now we have one office who completes the models and drawings outside of the vault and doesn't check them in until they are complete. They fill in the custom properties in the SW file and wants them to propagate to the data card. Another office uses the templates we created within PDMWE to start parts and assemblies, fills in the properties on the data card and that info propagates to the SW file.
What I run into is that a minor change on a data card for one office can turn into what they perceive as a showstopper for another office.
I would like your opinion on how consistant the process should be from office to office. Are we just setting ourselves up for problems if we try to make PDMWE so flexible that everyone can use it how ever they want?
TIA, Jennifer
Right now we have one office who completes the models and drawings outside of the vault and doesn't check them in until they are complete. They fill in the custom properties in the SW file and wants them to propagate to the data card. Another office uses the templates we created within PDMWE to start parts and assemblies, fills in the properties on the data card and that info propagates to the SW file.
What I run into is that a minor change on a data card for one office can turn into what they perceive as a showstopper for another office.
I would like your opinion on how consistant the process should be from office to office. Are we just setting ourselves up for problems if we try to make PDMWE so flexible that everyone can use it how ever they want?
TIA, Jennifer
However if the politics are too much, each office can run in their own little environment. I've seen some that go to the point of each business unit has their own vault. It is a pain to set up 'cause you have to do the setups several times, but once it is up and running it is just like managing several companies through one interface.
I am working on developing new cards with just the necessary fields which is why I asked this question. Our company isn't that big and diverse so I think we should all be doing things the same way.