Element Consulting is a PTC System Integrator partner with PTC Certified Windchill Implementation Practitioners on staff. We implement, upgrade, integrate and rescue PTC Windchill for manufacturers in regulated and engineer-to-order industries — 127 implementations since 2003.

We don't sell PTC licenses. We implement the platform, connect it to the rest of the enterprise, and make sure people use it.

The partnership

PTC's implementation model is partner-led. In June 2022, PTC sold a substantial portion of its PLM professional services business to ITC Infotech (now DxP Services), and PTC's Windchill+ Success Path directs customers to select an implementation partner, describing PTC's own role as an Implementation Assurance Service on partner-led engagements. That's the model we work in — the partner does the implementation; PTC stands behind the platform.

What PTC Windchill is

Windchill is PTC's enterprise PLM platform: the system of record for product data, BOMs, configuration and change across engineering and manufacturing. It's delivered on-premise or as Windchill+ SaaS, and it integrates with CAD (Creo and multi-CAD), ERP, MES and quality systems. [What Is PTC Windchill? — our full explainer]

Where we work in Windchill

• PDMLink — the core: product data, CAD management, release and change

• MPMLink — manufacturing process management: eBOM-to-mBOM, process plans, work instructions

• ProjectLink — program and project coordination

• Windchill+ — PTC's SaaS delivery; migration from on-premise

• Windchill ESI — the enterprise systems integration framework for ERP

• ThingWorx Navigate — role-based access to Windchill data

• Configuration and change management — ECR/ECN, effectivity, baselines

What we do with it