AeroTEC is an aerospace engineering company that develops, tests, and certifies aircraft and related systems. Its headquarters and main engineering offices are located just north of Boeing Field in Seattle. AeroTEC also has two additional campuses: the AeroTEC Flight Test Center in Moses Lake, Washington, and the Engineering Center in Wichita, Kansas.
For over 20 years, AeroTEC has helped companies design, test, and certify new aircraft and aerospace products worldwide, including hybrid/electric, hydrogen technology, supersonic, and eVTOLs. Leveraging software such as Teamcenter allows AeroTEC to streamline integration and help its innovative customers bring their products to market efficiently and quickly.
Before Teamcenter
AeroTEC’s PLM journey started years ago with a file and folder-based storage system for its CAD data. This manual system limited AeroTEC because it did not allow the company to control its design data in a thoughtful manner.
This limitation motivated AeroTEC’s CDO to find software that allows AeroTEC to streamline its workflow and boost efficiency.
After Teamcenter
Bringing in Teamcenter as its PLM solution allowed AeroTEC to improve its data management.
In the initial stages, AeroTEC used Teamcenter as a simple repository for data, without thinking through how to leverage the complete tool. Since then, the company has come to understand that it can be used in far more powerful ways.
AeroTEC began exploring various options within the Xcelerator portfolio and found that its immediate needs were focused on the change management process and modifying how the company handled ITAR-restricted data. These tools allowed AeroTEC to digitalize its product development process and simplify control of user access to different types of data.
Additionally, AeroTEC uses Teamcenter Reporting and Analytics to extract data out of the design cycle. This provides the company with deep insights into product data, which facilitates data-driven decisions and operational efficiency.
In the future, AeroTEC plans to explore more features to move toward a fully digital thread.
Partnership with Applied CAx
Bringing a PLM system into any company for the first time is a long road and not something to take on lightly. Applied CAx’s experience made that road shorter and the process more efficient.
From the change management process to Teamcenter integration, Applied CAx helped AeroTEC tailor the Siemens ecosystem to its business needs.
Applied’s involvement spans both sides of the engagement, translating the value proposition commercially while bringing genuine technical bench depth through the people it puts on the ground.
Watch this video to learn more about AeroTEC’s digital transformation journey.