The bottleneck is usually the process, not the people
Release cycles stretch when every change has to go through the same review board, when manufacturing cannot start planning until engineering is fully released, and when the same bracket is redesigned for the fifth time because nobody could find the fourth.
What we do
- Concurrent engineering with controlled early access to in-work data for manufacturing and procurement.
- Platform and module libraries so new products start from proven building blocks.
- Workflow design based on how work actually flows, with parallel approvals and delegation rules.
- Performance tuning so Windchill itself is never the reason someone waits.
Typical result
Teams we have worked with have taken weeks out of their release cycle without adding headcount, mostly by removing waiting time rather than working faster.