I am sharing another follow-up interview about PLM and Sustainability with a software vendor or implementer. Last year, in November 2023, Klaus Brettschneider and Jos Voskuil from the PLM Green Global Alliance core team spoke with Transition Technologies PSC about their GreenPLM offering and their first experiences in the field.

As we noticed with most first interviews, sustainability was a topic of discussion in the PLM domain, but it was still in the early discovery phases for all of us.

Last week, we spoke again with Erik Rieger and Rafał Witkowski, both working for Transition Technologies PSC, a global IT solution integrator in the PLM world known for their PTC implementation services. The exciting part of this discussion is that system integrators are usually more directly connected to their customers in the field and, therefore, can be the source of understanding of what is happening.

 

ecoPLM and more

Where Erik is a and he is  a long term PLM expert and Rafal is the PLM Practice Lead for Industrial Sustainability. In the interview below they shared their experiences with a first implementation pilot in the field, the value of their _ecoPLM offering in the context of the broader PTC portfolio. And of course we discussed topics closely related to these points and put them into a broader context of sustainably.

Enjoy the 34 minutes discussion and you are always welcome to comment or start a discussion with us.

The slides shown in this presentation and some more can be downloaded HERE.

 

What I learned

  • The GreenPLM offering has changed its name into ecoPLM as TT PSC customers are focusing on developing sustainable products, with currently supporting designer to understand the carbon footprint of their products.
  • They are actually in a MVP approach with a Tier 1 automotive supplier to validate and improve their solution and more customers are adding Design for Sustainability to their objective, besides Time to Market, Quality and Cost.
  • Erik will provide a keynote speech at the Green PLM conference on November 14th in Berlin – The conference is targeting a German speaking audience although the papers are in English. You can still register and find more info here 
  • TT PSC is one of the partners completing the PTC sustainability offering and working close with their product management.
  • A customer quote: “Sustainability makes PLM sexy again”

Want to learn more?

Here are some links related to the topics discussed in our meeting:

 

Conclusions

We are making great progress in the support to design and deliver more sustainable products – sustainability goes beyond marketing as Rafal Witkowski  mentioned – the journey has started. What do you see in your company?

Next week – week 46 – more news from Day 2 from the #plmroadmappdt conference