🧬 Agentic PLM on an Open Digital Thread
Governed AI agents for product lifecycle management on Aras — an open, upgrade-safe PLM platform with an AI-ready digital thread. Sovereign by design, vendor-neutral, and run by your AI Center of Excellence.
Agentic Product Lifecycle, End to End
PLM capabilities delivered as governed agents on an open Aras core — the work engineering teams actually do, automated with a human in the loop
Low-Code Development Platform
Rapid application development with enterprise-class DevOps and CI/CD — customisations that stay upgrade-safe, never locking you out of the next release.
- Visual development tools and builders
- Drag-and-drop interface design
- Built-in CI/CD pipelines
- Custom application creation
- Enterprise DevOps framework
AI-Ready Digital Thread
An extensible digital thread that serves as the governed data backbone for digital engineering and broader enterprise AI initiatives.
- Connected product data ecosystem
- Real-time data synchronisation
- AI/ML integration capabilities
- Cross-functional data sharing
- Predictive analytics foundation
Multi-Disciplinary Design Management
A unified platform for mechanical, electrical, software, and systems engineering collaboration and integration.
- SysML model integration
- CAD data management
- Requirements traceability
- Cross-discipline collaboration
- Design intent preservation
Bill of Materials Management
Dynamic BOM resolution with advanced variability management and program-specific configuration control.
- Dynamic BOM resolution
- Variant management
- Configuration control
- Part reuse optimisation
- Supply chain integration
Change Management
Comprehensive change control with impact analysis and agent-driven workflows — human approval at the gates, full audit trail underneath.
- Change impact analysis
- Agent-driven approval workflows, human-in-the-loop
- Release management
- Audit trail compliance
- Regulatory documentation
Global Collaboration
Multi-language support and distributed development capabilities for global product development teams.
- Multi-language interface
- Global team coordination
- Time-zone optimisation
- Supplier collaboration portals
- Partner ecosystem integration
How We Build — Open & Upgrade-Safe
A governed agentic layer on an open PLM core — Aras open architecture → upgrade-safe customisations → AI-ready digital thread → governed agents
The Architecture Spine
Open Architecture
Built on open APIs and standards on the Aras platform — no proprietary lock-in, so the digital thread connects to the CAD, ERP, and MES systems you already run.
Low-Code & Upgrade-Safe
Customisations are modelled in low-code and carried forward on every release — you stay current without re-implementing, never frozen on an old version.
AI-Ready Digital Thread
An extensible, connected product-data backbone — the governed foundation that agents and analytics read from, with lineage end to end.
Governed Agents
Agents act on the digital thread with a human in the loop and full audit trails — orchestrated across your tools, never a black box.
Trust, Compliance & Standards
The security, sovereignty, and governance posture an engineering and risk team needs to see
Status is indicative and confirmed per engagement. This is an Aras-based open PLM; we are vendor-neutral and not an SAP partner. Certification letters available under NDA.
Where It Earns Its Keep
The outcomes engineering teams target — each tied to a real workflow. Figures are targets confirmed against your baseline, not guarantees.
Accelerated Development
Low-code build and a connected digital thread compress development cycles.
- Shorter development cycles (target, baselined per engagement)
- Faster time-to-market delivery
- Accelerated design iterations
- Fewer prototype cycles
Cost Optimisation
Lower total cost of ownership through efficient resource use and upgrade-safe customisation.
- Lower total cost of ownership
- Reduced licensing overhead
- Minimised customisation re-work
- Streamlined upgrade processes
Operational Excellence
Agent-assisted workflows and intelligent process optimisation lift day-to-day efficiency.
- Streamlined approval processes
- Automated documentation
- Improved collaboration efficiency
- Higher data quality
Upgrade Flexibility
Stay current regardless of customisation level — upgrades carry your work forward.
- Customisations preserved across releases
- Low-disruption upgrade path
- Continuous feature updates
- Future-proof, open architecture
Global Scalability
Enterprise-grade scale for global operations and large product-data estates.
- Scales with users and sites
- Large-volume data capacity
- Multi-site deployment
- Global compliance support
Structured Implementation
A phased deployment that lands value early and keeps customisations upgrade-safe — not a big-bang rebuild
Requirements & Architecture
Weeks 1-3: analysis of PLM requirements, open-architecture design, and integration planning.
- PLM requirements gathering
- System architecture design
- Integration roadmap development
- Data migration strategy
- Security framework planning
Platform Configuration
Weeks 4-6: core platform setup, low-code environment configuration, and initial application development.
- Platform installation and setup
- Low-code environment configuration
- User role and permission setup
- Workflow configuration
- Initial application development
Data Migration & Integration
Weeks 7-9: legacy data migration, CAD integration setup, and enterprise system connectivity.
- Legacy data migration
- CAD system integration
- ERP connectivity setup
- API configuration
- Data validation and testing
Build, Agents & Testing
Weeks 10-12: custom application and agent build, comprehensive testing, and user acceptance validation.
- Custom application development
- Agent build with guardrails, human-in-the-loop
- System integration testing
- User acceptance testing
- Performance optimisation
Training & Go-Live
Weeks 13-15: comprehensive user training, production deployment, and go-live support.
- User training programs
- Administrator enablement
- Production deployment
- Go-live hypercare
- Change management
Optimise & Support
Ongoing: continuous optimisation, new agent use-cases, and managed upgrade services.
- Performance monitoring
- New agent use-cases
- Managed upgrade services
- Continuous improvement
- Ongoing technical support
Who It's For
Built first for the Australian enterprises where governance and sovereignty matter most
AU manufacturers needing a sovereign digital thread
Australian manufacturers who need a connected, AI-ready digital thread with data and agents that stay onshore — sovereignty the global SIs underserve.
Engineering teams on Aras
Teams running or moving to an open PLM platform who want low-code, upgrade-safe customisations and governed agents — never frozen on an old version.
Governance-first buyers
Risk-sensitive enterprises that need Australian data residency, audit trails on every agent, and vendor-neutral, open-standards architecture from day one.
Aligned to Australia's Whole-of-Government Cloud posture and Hosting Certification Framework for sovereign workloads.
Built and Run by Your AI Center of Excellence
This platform runs on five CoE capabilities — strategy, people, agents, data, and governance. We design, deploy, and govern a clean-core-safe agentic layer that keeps your data sovereign in Australia and every agent auditable and cost-controlled.
Bring Agentic PLM to Your Open Digital Thread
Book a walkthrough with a PLM specialist — we'll map your engineering and change workflows and show where governed agents act on an open, upgrade-safe digital thread.