Using the PTC Competitive Wiki for Windchill
Campaigns
Overview
This document is a companion piece to the PTCU COURSE : USING THE PTC COMPETITIVE WIKI FOR
WINDCHILL CAMPAIGNS. The demonstrations from this course are captured in this document for you to
reference if necessary.
Demonstration 1: User Interface and Navigating the Site
Example: Navigate to Major Windchill Competitors for SMB PLM Siemens Information
Simply log in to the Competitive Wiki and use the competitors table located on the home site to quickly
find out Windchill competitors in the SMB PLM space.
Figure 1 - Competitive Wiki Competitors Table
From the Competitors you can quickly view that PLM Competitors in the SMB Market are:
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Siemens – Teamcenter Express
Dassault Systems – Enovia SmarTeam
SolidWorks – SolidWorks Enterprise PDM
Oracle – Agile PLM
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Example: Navigate to Siemens PLM Products Information
From the Competitors table on the Competitive Wiki Home site, select on the either the Teamcenter
Unified or the Teamcenter Express Link.
Figure 2 - Competitive Wiki Competitors Table: Siemens Information
The Navigation tree expands to show all the Siemens PLM Products in the structure.
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Siemens PLM Products
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Teamcenter
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Teamcenter Express
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Siemens Collaboration
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Siemens Quality Management
Figure 3 - Competitive Wiki Navigation Tree
Example: Navigate to Learn how to Compete Against SAP Information
If you are on a content page, it’s very easy to navigate back up to the Competitive home site. Simply
select the Competitive Wiki link in the Site breadcrumb.
Figure 4 - Breadcrumb Links
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From the home page, navigate to the SAP row and select on the General Company Info link from the
Windchill competitors table.
Figure 5 - Competitive Wiki Competitors Table: SAP
From the Company Information page, you can directly access the Wiki Child Pages
at the bottom of the right column on the page. In this list of links, select the How to
Compete against SAP link.
On this page you will find out that SAP will try to leverage their ERP installation and
make the argument that they own the manufacturing BOM and therefore can easily
own the design BOM.
Figure 6 - Competitive Wiki
Navigation Tree
Example: Navigate to Data Management offerings from SolidWorks
You can always navigate back to the Home site and leverage the Product Table, but it’s easy to navigate
the Competitive Wiki Site Tree.
Select on the Arrows next to SolidWorks, then SolidWorks
Enterprise PDM. Now select on the EPDM MCAD Data
Management link. In the middle of this page you will find
out that SolidWorks Enterprise PDM only supports the
following CAD offerings:
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Pro/E
AutoCAD
Inventor
SolidWorks
Figure 7 - Competitive Wiki Navigation Tree
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Demonstration 2: User Interface and Navigating the Site
Example: Using Direct Links to Top Differentiator for SolidWorks Enterprise PDM
Navigate the Competitive Wiki Home Page and locate the SolidWorks Row in the Windchill section of the
Competitors table. Select on the SolidWorks Enterprise PDM link.
Figure 8- Competitive Wiki Competitors Table: SolidWorks
At the bottom web part in the right column on the page is the Child Wiki
Links. Select on the EPM Top Differentiators link to quickly find this
information.
Figure 9 - Wiki Child Pages
Example: Searching for Pricing Information
To search for information, navigate to the top right corner of any page. You will find a search box under
the Add to Favorite Sites icon. Simply type in your search string and you results will appear in the
browser.
Figure 10 - Search Field
Search Results can be refined further by using the Search Filters on the left column of the pate. You can
use the filters of type, such as are you looking for a webpage or a PowerPoint presentation, author,
modified date and Competitor (if applicable).
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Figure 11 - PLM Pricing Search Results
Example: Searching for Dassault’s Visualization Tool
Navigate to the top right corner of any page and enter the search field of Dassault visualization.
Figure 12 - Search Field
A search result not only contains a link to the resulting content, but also provides a short description and
metadata on the content such as the author, date last modified and file size. Also listed is the full link to
the search result.
Figure 13 - Search Result for 3DVIA: Dassault's Visualization Tool
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Example: Posting a Question on Discussion Forums
Posting a question on the Competitive Discussion forum is very simple. Navigate down to the bottom of
the discussion forum and select Add new discussion.
Figure 14 - Posting a Question on a Discussion Forum
After selecting this link, a wizard will open for you to enter the subject and then the body of your
posting. You can attach files, change the body font, and such as embolden text and changing color. Also
you can add Tags to your posting to help others in searching the Discussion Forums.
Figure 15 - Add New Discussion Wizard
Once a discussion has been posted, you can add a comment by replying to the posting. Select the Reply
icon to the right of the posting link and a similar wizard to adding a new discussion will appear.
Figure 16 - Replying to a Discussion
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Example: Finding an Expert
Every content page has a link to Find An Expert on the competitive product. On the right column of all
content pages, you will locate the Find An Expert web part with a link to the competitive product.
Figure 17 - Find an Expert: Siemens Link
Selecting the link will take you to all identified experts for that competitive product. In the left column
on the page, you can filter the results to refine the results. Within the results, the experts contact
information and email is listed for you to directly ask a questions if necessary.
Figure 18 - Find an Expert Results: Siemens
Demonstration 3: User Interface and Navigating the Site
Example: Setup email alerts on content pages to be sent on an immediate interval.
On every content page you can setup a subscription for when there are changes to the page. Navigate to
your desired topic page and then select the Page Tab at the top of the page. This will open up the
Microsoft Ribbon.
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Figure 19 - Page Tab and Microsoft Ribbon
Located in the middle of the Microsoft Ribbon is the Alert Me icon and pulldown menu. Select the action of Set an alert on this page.
This will open up the New Alert Wizard where you can set the following option
for the alert:
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Alert Title
Delivery Method (Email or Text Message)
Send Alerts for Specific Changes
When to send alerts (Immediately, Daily or weekly)
Figure 20 - Set Alert
Figure 21 - Set Alert Wizard
Summary
The PTC Competitive Wiki is a simple, easy way to access rich, accurate and timely content on PTC
Competitors information. https://share.ptc.com/sites/sales/competitivewiki/Pages/Homepage.aspx
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