Propel and Bild: Product development with strategic partnership

Propel, creator of the first product value management (PVM) platform to transform how businesses create, market, sell, and service products, has entered a strategic partnership with Bild to provide advanced product data management (PDM) integration to Propel. Bild is a secure, cloud-based data management tool built for modern hardware teams to increase engineering innovation. Its configurable and scalable solution is designed for teams relying on shared file folders or using one or more legacy PDM systems to manage CAD files. The partnership enables Propel customers to further bolster their digital product thread with enhanced design data to strengthen collaboration and speed product development.

“Many manufacturers are struggling to manage multiple design tools in a streamlined fashion, which is time consuming and pulls engineers away from the more strategic aspects of their job,” said Eric Schrader, Chief Product Officer, Propel. “Our Bild partnership provides a ready-to-use solution built around core business use cases, helping product companies accelerate development cycles with a single product thread for managing design review and changes.”

Bild’s CAD-agnostic approach integrates Propel’s PVM with several of today’s well-known systems including AutoCAD, Creo, Inventor, SolidWorks, NX, and many others. This collaboration creates a secure, traceable data flow across the entire product lifecycle. By connecting engineering data directly to Propel’s PLM, companies can accelerate product design while improving version control and change management. Engineers gain the ability to generate part numbers in Propel, synchronize BOMs, and simplify change order workflows, all within a single, connected system.

• Key partnership benefits:
• Automate and synchronize change orders across PLM and multi-CAD environments
• Design handoff occurs in existing work environment for engineering teams
• Cloud-secure architecture connects CAD and PLM systems

“As a rapidly growing medical device company, we needed a solution that would enable us to collaborate more effectively and accelerate innovation,” says Jason Samson, senior manager and architect of business applications, Advanced Bionics. “The Propel-Bild cloud-based solution gives us exactly what we need; it’s modern, flexible, and easy to adopt, without the complexity of traditional on-premise systems. It’s helping us get up and running quickly and achieve value faster as we transition from our previous PLM solution, Agile.”

“Our partnership with Propel delivers out-of-the-box integration between PDM and PLM, creating a seamless feedback loop between CAD data, change order management, and document management,” says Pradyut Paul, CEO, Bild. “For customers moving from on-premise to the cloud, this integration simplifies what used to be a heavy lift. It supports the complexity of existing environments while making processes readily available and easy to adopt. Instead of relying on manual workflows in legacy systems, companies can now replicate and automate processes, ensuring design and release cycles stay tightly connected while accelerating time to value.”

This strategic partnership is part of Propel’s ongoing commitment to an open, configurable ecosystem that supports modern product development. Learn more about Propel and Bild’s joint offering.