Turn suppliers and customers into partners, so you can co‑design better products
In joint programs, each company brings its own tools, processes, and PLM. CoLab connects them all in one environment—so engineering, manufacturing, and supplier teams can review the same data, discuss changes, and make decisions together without complicated data sharing setups.
- 30%shorter lead times
- 8 figuresannual cost savings
- 15%COPQ improvement
- 4Xfaster supplier reviews
- $3Msavings in one VA event
Organize project files securely in one place across multiple PLMs
CoLab connects your PLM with your supplier’s or customer’s, creating a shared workspace where everyone can securely access the right design files. Whether you’re working in Creo, NX, CATIA, or SolidWorks, CoLab supports 30+ CAD and document formats for true multi-CAD collaboration—all without manual file transfers or version confusion.
Get on the same page fast with tools for communicating design intent
Instead of exchanging screenshots or slides, you can guide external partners through comments and markups with saved view states to convey design intent. You can even merge models from multiple authoring tools, then create annotations on the combined CAD. By making feedback clear and visual, you tap into your partners’ expertise earlier, so they can help you design a better product.
Keep internal and external discussions separate with secure Portals
When external feedback raises questions or design trade-offs, your team can discuss it directly inside CoLab without the supplier seeing those comments. Internal and external threads stay linked to the same model, so your engineers can evaluate supplier feedback in full context, capture decisions, and respond with clarity without revealing internal discussions.
Drive programs forward with automatic issue and review tracking
As teams conduct reviews, CoLab tracks every design comment as an issue automatically. Issues move through clear stages — open, in progress, resolved — so you can see what’s blocked, what’s done, and who’s responsible. Filter by supplier, part number, or priority to stay focused and keep joint reviews moving without extra meetings or spreadsheets.
Automatically integrate supplier feedback into AI-powered lessons learned
Feedback provided via CoLab doesn’t just get tracked as an issue, it also becomes part of a robust design history, linked to the 2D and 3D design data. That way, CoLab can resurface design insights as lessons learned for future programs. When you use CoLab with suppliers and customers, their expertise becomes a part of that knowledge base too.
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“It makes it easy to understand why design decisions were made and go back and reference that information. Everything’s in one place—and it makes everything easy to document.”
Collaborate seamlessly with suppliers and customers.
Centralize shared files, discuss designs visually, and track every decision — so your joint programs move faster and deliver better results.