OpenBOM and Bild are still PDM systems, except on the cloud. If I am looking for the traditional PDM/PLM paradigm for data management (which I already have said is an overkill for us), these cloud-based systems are less attractive than on-premise implementations. With the latter, atleast there is a ...

Thanks a lot for your comments, rodface , jcapriotti For simplicity, lets just limit this discussion to just a single part in an assembly. 1. The initial state of the part (in PDM). Lets call this release A. 2. (from your explanations) An ECN which could end up some or all of the following [specific...

Most one-size-fits-all PDM systems are an overkill for many companies. We are a small company (8-10 engineers) designing/developing simple to medium complexity products (imagine a lawn mower as the most complex product we make). We use SolidWorks as the main design tool, but have a couple of legacy ...

Thanks for the response @rodface. We did look at Dropbox & other cloud storage. They are good for managing the results of a change cycle. But what we are looking for is a way to capture the evolution of the design through the change cycle. What good is it to store just 'release A' and 'release B...

We are a small company (8-10 engineers) designing/developing simple to medium complexity products (imagine a lawn mower as the most complex product we make). We use SolidWorks as the main design tool, but have a couple of legacy products too. We do not have a PDM/PLM system - we find almost all the ...