PDM system
GAIN Collaboration

GAIN Collaboration: Benefits for all employees
What is a PDM system?
PDM stands for Product Data Management. A PDM system operates throughout the entire lifecycle of a product. From design and planning, through construction and production, to sales and service.
Through its functions and interfaces to other systems, it manages all product and process-related data. For example, design drawings, parts lists from the CAD area, information about parts, images, PDF information and much more.
The advantages of a PDM system
A product data management system can be used throughout the company. This way, all connected employees benefit from the product information that is useful to them. Examples:
- The design department can quickly locate specific data or use it for further development.
- The work preparation department can call up parts lists at the push of a button.
- Sales staff from different branches or departments can print out a spare parts list instantly to support them in customer discussions.
In this way, the system generally increases the productivity and cooperation of all employees. The entire company gains efficiency.
GAIN Collaboration: Freedom in Product Data Management
GAIN Collaboration works across departments for all information of your products and their creation processes. Product data management with GAIN Collaboration shortens your design times and creates order and security thanks to intelligently networked company data.
You gain productivity every day, ensure high quality in the entire organizational process and save valuable time and resources. GAIN Collaboration increases your job satisfaction and is a first step towards Product Lifecycle Management (PLM).
Get to know GAIN Collaboration
Advantages
The GAIN lead
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FAQ
Questions & Answers before purchase
For managing directors, IT managers, CAD administrators, design managers and design engineers.
PDM Introduction
Implementation
Installation, configuration and data transfer.
highlights
Apply GAIN Collaboration
record and manage
Basics
collaborate
Project collaboration
Cross-departmental and cross-location collaboration via a project-appropriate workspace.
adhere to processes
Processes and workflow
Exact adaptation of your requirements to your system processes and workflows.
access in a controlled manner
Access Management
For regulated access to documents: rights management, check-in/check-out and document encryption.
Minimize search times
Search and find
Enhancements to GAIN Collaboration
Location
Cross-site PDM
Convenient product data management between any number of locations.
Plot Manager
Convenient printing
Print managed documents such as CAD, PDF, image and Office documents.
Classification
Classify product data
Structuring of documents or articles in product classes.
JoinServer
Exchange with external systems
Exchange of documents and meta data with external systems, e.g. ERP.
Impex
Convenient import & export
For up to 500 design documents or entire databases.
Job server
Automate routines
Increase your productivity. It’s automatic.
3 variants for all
View
Let’s take a look
Search, view and print documents. For example, in sales or in work preparation.
Office
Data Management
Link, generate and manage non-CAD documents such as MS Office, neutral formats, etc.
Professional
Product Data Management
Manage CAD, CAM and Office documents. Integration in CAD, CAM, ECAD and MCAD applications. PDM functionalities, for example, for process management, workflow, access management, automation and connection to external systems such as ERP or DMS.
Interfaces

PDM interfaces
Connection-friendly
For the integration of the product development and production process chains, the product data management system GAIN Collaboration offers highly developed, deeply integrated interfaces for CAD, CAM, Office, ECAD and ERP. You can enjoy maximum flexibility via the API interface.
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