The Enterprise Architecture Translators

Senior PTC Windchill consultants for manufacturers.

Element Consulting is an independent PTC partner: a senior-only Windchill and PLM consultancy for manufacturers. We implement Windchill, upgrade it, connect it to SAP, Oracle and your MES, and rescue rollouts that stalled. 100+ PLM implementations since 2003.

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Serving industry leaders worldwide

40/40

Migration phases in an AI-verified Windchill 12 to 13.1 upgrade. Zero failures, zero production outage.

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80%

Lower cost of poor quality at one manufacturer once manufacturing reviewed the data before release.

100+

PLM implementations since 2003, from new Windchill rollouts to upgrades, ERP integration and rescue.

*Results from specific engagements. Clients are named only with their permission, and your results will depend on your scope and starting point.

What's your biggest challenge?

We've solved these problems hundreds of times. Pick yours and see how we fix it.

Systems don't talk.

Engineering releases in Windchill and someone re-keys it into ERP. Part numbers don't match, and changes reach the floor late or not at all.

Fix your integration

Upgrade on the calendar?

Support is running out on your release, and the last upgrade took a long weekend and a week of cleanup. We rehearse until cutover is boring.

Plan your upgrade

PLM nobody uses.

Go-live came and went, and people are back in Excel and network drives. Nobody trusts the BOM in Windchill. We find what's blocking use and fix that first.

Rescue your PLM

Starting Windchill.

You've licensed it, or you're about to, and you need someone to stand it up. The people who scope your project are the people who build it.

Start right

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A Production Windchill Upgrade: 40 Phases, Zero Failures, Zero Outage

40 of 40 migration phases, zero failures, zero production outage.

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Digital Thread Integration: Connecting Engineering, Manufacturing, and Service

Windchill, Solumina MES, ERP and Salesforce CPQ connected into one thread.

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MPMLink Implementation: Modernizing Manufacturing Process Management for Defense Contractor

eBOM-to-mBOM in MPMLink, with one revision control across PLM and ERP.

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How we work

Three things our clients mention when they refer us:

Process-First Integration

We design around how work actually happens.

We start with real workflows (including spreadsheets and workarounds)
Integration matches human behavior, not ideal diagrams
Technology supports the process — not the other way around

Technology last. Reality first.

Partnership, not reports

We don't disappear after delivery.

We guide decisions instead of just presenting options
We stay until it's working in practice (not just “live”)
We build systems you can sustain without us

That's why clients call us partners, not vendors.

Adoption is the metric

Success = people actually using it.

OCM is built into every engagement
Adoption is measured, not assumed
We fix what’s blocking usage instead of “launch and hope”

Because unused systems don't create ROI.

Meet our team

The manufacturing systems experts who translate between engineering, operations, and IT

Built for your industry

We implement PLM for aerospace and defense, federal and national-security programs, medical devices, automotive and industrial equipment. We know your compliance requirements, your BOM complexity, and your integration challenges.

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