ABB Ability Solution Suite vs Siemens PLM Teamcenter

Likelihood to Recommend

Of course this is the one of the best solution available in the market at present. When you have Multiple system in a plant then you need a powerful tool for Computation which Ability does it smoothly.

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Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employees

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Well suited for:

Enterprise companies who want to enforce a specific workflow to get products from concept to production;
Companies who have a large workforce that do not talk to each other in person but communicate product data between departments in the form of datapacks.

Not Well Suited for:

Companies and individuals who have very few products of which many are very simple. The cost is just not justified for these.
Companies without an IT department to manage the Teamcenter software (it is a lot of work and requires a full-time administrator).

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Defense & Space Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

ABB Ability Solution Suite

Siemens PLM Teamcenter

API for custom integration

Plug-ins

ABB Ability Solution Suite

Siemens PLM Teamcenter

Single sign-on capability

Role-based user permissions

ABB Ability Solution Suite

Siemens PLM Teamcenter

Inventory tracking

Location management

Manufacturing module

ABB Ability Solution Suite

Siemens PLM Teamcenter

Pricing

Order entry

Cost of goods sold

End-to-end order visibility

Order exception Resolution

ABB Ability Solution Suite

Siemens PLM Teamcenter

Project Planning and Scheduling

Project Manager Dashboard

Resource Manager Dashboard

Task Insight for Project Managers

Project Manager Mobile Functionality

Team Member Task Collaboration

Team Member Mobile Functionality

Project Candidate Search

Project Candidate Comparison and Analysis

Defineable Resource Pools

Talent Profiles

Real-Time Project Reporting

Absence Management

Product Lifecycle Management

ABB Ability Solution Suite

Siemens PLM Teamcenter

Production Process Design

Supply Chain Business Flows

Production Management

Contracted Manufacturing Management

Configuration Management

Work Definition

Work Execution

Advanced Fulfillment

Manufacturing Costs

ABB Ability Solution Suite

Siemens PLM Teamcenter

Forecasting

Inventory Planning

Multi-tier Supply Chain Planning

Performance Monitoring

ABB Ability Solution Suite

Siemens PLM Teamcenter

Ideation Management

Requirements Management

Proposal Management

Innovation Portfolio Management

Product Master Data Management

Vendor Portal

Project Portfolio Management

Pros

Computation of data.
Presentation to right person.
Ability to perform critical task and sending to users.
Multiple control system connectivity.

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Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employees

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Teamcenter tracks & creates revisions pretty well, but that is after much customization we've done to it.
Quite a bit of search power, although very complicated and challenging to use the search features.
A database that can be integrated with ERP systems, but that does require much code writing and an SOA system.
Document security -- not sure if these features are out-of-the-box or customizations, but this capability is highly valuable to protect IP.

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William Pinson

Sr. Electrical Engineer

National Oilwell VarcoOil & Energy, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

May be for smaller PLCs this can't be implemented.
Cost may an area ABB can look in to.
Improvement in GUI

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Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employees

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Within the NX CAD package, there are often various little bugs and glitches that we come across in daily use. We generally submit incident reports to Siemens on these.
In general, the Teamcenter software package lacks ease of use, general users within the department require frequent intervention and help from higher users for seemingly simple tasks.

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Engineer in Manufacturing

Airlines/Aviation Company, 51-200 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

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Siemens PLM Teamcenter 8.8

Based on 8 answers

Because of our current customer needs, we will most likely maintain use of Siemens PLM products for some time. Aside from the initial software cost, we pay for yearly maintenance. Maintaining our yearly maintenance licensing with Siemens, we receive access to all of the latest software releases, as well as premier technical support

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Airlines/Aviation Company, 51-200 employees

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Usability

ABB Ability Solution Suite 10.0

Based on 1 answer

One of the best solutions in the market with a user-friendly system. This is very useful when the ABB system (Like we had 800xA) is there, new or existing; all the ABB systems can be integrated using this rather than going to a 3rd party vendor, which may have interface problems.

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Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employees

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Siemens PLM Teamcenter 6.0

Based on 3 answers

As previously mentioned, due to the intense amount of features and modules present in the software, the usability of the software suffers greatly. Many of the features are not used in our context, and many of the modules are not purchased, but the options are still present on the interface leading to a lot of clutter, much of which is never used. The interfaces suffer from a lack of design and tend to feel like a conglomerate of Windows 98 elements.

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Support Rating

ABB Ability Solution Suite 10.0

Based on 1 answer

Good support in terms of quality and promptness. When we had problems with some of the commands not getting executed, their online support also provided a good solution to solve the problem. Even mission-critical task we were able to solve during this Pandemic time. The suggestion is to go for the online support 1st in the future, followed by a visit.

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Siemens PLM Teamcenter 10.0

Based on 4 answers

I have never personally dealt with Siemens customer support, but the consultants who did the initial setup of Siemens PLM (Teamcenter) did a really great job in answering all of our support queries in record time. Many of the queries were directed back to Siemens and answers were given via the consultants; this process never took more than 24 hours and usually solved the problems we had.

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Alternatives Considered

Better suited for the ABB System as Microsoft is a third party for ABB Control System.

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Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employees

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Siemens PLM software is a complete packgage that fully inegrates PLM, CAD, CAE, and CAM. It drove effciency, innovation, and workflows within my organization. Each individual piece of software is either the leader in its own area of functionality or comparable to the competition that I have used previously.

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Matt Gill

Design Engineer

The Valspar Corporation LtdaPackaging and Containers, 5001-10,000 employees

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Scalability

No score

No answers yet

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Siemens PLM Teamcenter 9.0

Based on 1 answer

It's a very robust and mature tool. The only thing that would make it better is the have a version embrace the cloud, which I'm sure is underway, but it's complicated, so it will take more time. But when it's done, look out. It will be near-perfect!

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Rick Stavanja

PLM Manager

CAD SocietyMechanical or Industrial Engineering, 201-500 employees

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Return on Investment

Positive is definitely ROI since manual intervention is minimized and the process is automated.
Cost wise, ABB has been looked upon considering the small industry.
Overall, a good solution for a large companies.

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Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employees

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Decreased time to process ECNs with electronic workflow and notifications
Ability to track status of ECNs has given us a better overview of the health of our process and resource constraints
Version control for released items going through revision has reduced risk of manufacturing the wrong revision

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Program Manager in Information Technology

Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

ABB Ability Solution Suite

Siemens PLM Teamcenter

ABB Ability Solution Suite

Siemens PLM Teamcenter

ABB Ability Solution Suite

Siemens PLM Teamcenter

ABB Ability Solution Suite

Siemens PLM Teamcenter

ABB Ability Solution Suite

Siemens PLM Teamcenter

ABB Ability Solution Suite

Siemens PLM Teamcenter