Aerospace and defense

AeroTEC’s Teamcenter Journey: modernized data management and workflows

AeroTEC is an aerospace engineering company that develops, tests, and certifies aircraft and related systems. Discover how AeroTEC implemented Teamcenter to help its innovative customers bring their products to market efficiently and quickly.  

Overview

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. 

Company
  • AeroTEC
software
  • Teamcenter PLM
industry
  • Aerospace and Defense

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.  

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The challenge

File-based management limited control, efficiency, and scalable product development.

02
The solution

Implemented Teamcenter with Applied CAx to modernize data management and workflows.

03
The impact

Improved data control, enabled digitalization, and supported efficient product development processes.

Solutions

Tailored PLM implementation

Bringing in Teamcenter as its PLM solution allowed AeroTEC to improve its data management. In the early stages, the team used the platform primarily as a data repository without fully leveraging its capabilities, a starting point that quickly evolved as AeroTEC began to understand the depth of what the tool could do.

From there, AeroTEC focused on two immediate priorities: streamlining its change management process and tightening control over ITAR-restricted data. Both were addressed through tools within the Xcelerator portfolio, allowing the company to digitalize its product development process and simplify how user access to sensitive data was managed.

AeroTEC also implemented Teamcenter Reporting and Analytics to pull insights directly from the design cycle. The result was better visibility into product data, enabling more data-driven decisions and improving overall operational efficiency.

 

Results

Gained operational efficiency with Applied CAx's partnership

From the change management process to Teamcenter integration, Applied CAx helped AeroTEC tailor the Siemens ecosystem to its business needs. 

Working with the Applied CAx team has been a positive experience for AeroTEC, both on the business development side and at a technical level. The depth of expertise Applied CAx brought to the engagement was immediately apparent, with a team that could speak to the value proposition and deliver on it technically.

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Improved data insights

Teamcenter Reporting and Analytics enabled extraction of design data insights to support informed decision making.

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Digital process transformation

Digitalized product development processes reduced manual effort and improved efficiency across engineering and operations teams.

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Stronger PLM adoption

Expanded understanding of Teamcenter capabilities allowed AeroTEC to leverage the platform in more impactful ways.

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Foundation for growth

Established a scalable PLM foundation supporting AeroTEC's future vision of a fully connected digital thread.

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