Manufacturers must share product and production information with suppliers while safeguarding their intellectual property, configuration, and change processes. As supply chains become more distributed, managing information across multiple organisations and systems becomes increasingly challenging.
ShareAspace Design to Manufacturing (D2M) provides a secure collaboration environment for exchanging product and manufacturing data across the supply chain. It connects existing engineering, manufacturing, and enterprise systems, allowing organisations to collaborate without requiring all partners to use a common Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platform.
Connect data across the extended enterprise
ShareAspace is based on the PLCS standard and supports information exchange across diverse IT environments. By integrating systems such as Product Data Management (PDM), PLM, and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), organisations can manage controlled information sharing between original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), suppliers, manufacturers, and partners.
This approach helps organisations:
- Improve supply chain visibility
- Protect intellectual property
- Maintain configuration control
- Reduce reliance on proprietary data-sharing methods
- Support collaboration across multiple organisations
Share information while maintaining control
With ShareAspace Design to Manufacturing, organisations can share controlled product and manufacturing information with the right suppliers at the right time.
Access rights, traceability, and governance controls ensure suppliers receive only the information relevant to their work, while maintaining visibility into what has been shared, updated, and approved.
Improve traceability and change management
Every information exchange is recorded through a complete audit trail, providing visibility into:
- Who accessed shared information
- What data was exchanged
- When changes occurred
- How revisions and updates were communicated
This supports better change management processes, improves data quality and strengthens control across complex supplier networks.
Build a more agile supplier network
By creating a standard-based collaboration hub for product and manufacturing information, ShareAspace Design to Manufacturing enables organisations to collaborate more effectively with suppliers while maintaining ownership and control of critical data throughout the product lifecycle.