HCLTech xLMate an AI driven solution on Azure to enhance PLM and ALM efficiency through AI-powered intelligence

HCLTech xLMate solution on Azure cloud addresses the increasing complexity in business and product lifecycles by leveraging AI to revolutionize Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). Key features include process improvement, real-time insights, validation processes, and operational efficiency enhancements. The platform optimizes repetitive tasks, generates product data, delivers actionable insights, and leverages machine learning to detect defects early. Our xLMate offers on Azure cloud significant benefits, including improved productivity, user efficiency, cost and time savings, and enhanced collaboration and decision-making. Its functional agents, such as product data training, language translation, BOM generation, requirement generation, part search, and predictive change ensure seamless integration and support for leading PLM and ALM systems.

The xLMate solution features use cases for transforming PLM and ALM applications, including systems engineering, configuration and BOM management, change management, project management, quality management, regulatory compliance, and supply chain. These applications enable requirement elicitation, CAD validations, generative designs, impact analysis, predictive scheduling, and more.

HCLTech xLMate solution, delivers a comprehensive suite of AI-powered features designed to streamline, automate and optimize the PLM processes.

1. Automated Bill of Materials (BOM) generation - Effortlessly create multiple product structures, including manufacturing BOMs (mBOMs) and service BOMs (sBOMs) with greater accuracy and speed

2. Automated Bill of Process (BOP) generation - Generate detailed BOP structures to improve planning, resource allocation and manufacturing efficiency

3. Predictive change management - Leverage AI-led insights for impact analysis and predictive modeling to anticipate the effects of changes and make data-driven decisions

4. Content translation - Ensure accurate and consistent translation of technical content, manuals and catalogs to address and support global market demands

5. Application localization - Provide native language support and tailored user experiences to meet the needs of diverse user groups

6. PLM bot - Integrate an AI-powered chatbot within your PLM applications to provide instant L1/L2 support and assist users with common tasks

Key benefits include:

1. Up to 50% improvement in efficiency for various repetitive tasks such as BOM generation, requirement elicitation and validation, CAD validation, impact analysis and predictive scheduling

2. Seamless integration with all the leading PLM and ALM platforms such as Siemens Teamcenter and Polarion, PTC Windchill and Codebeamer, Dassault Systems 3DExperience

3. Improved Collaboration between Design and Manufacturing Teams

HCLTech offers Assessment and Consulting service covering the following activities,

a. Assess current business process

b. Assess PLM and ALM application landscape

c. Define the scope and use-cases for implementation

d. Define MVP objectives and scope

e. Define Gen-AI Governance Guardrails

f. Define target architecture and design

g. Prepare implementation roadmap

These activities are estimated to take 1 to 2 weeks.

The assessment phase is followed by implementation of the MVP, Rollout and end-user support.

HCLTech leverages Microsoft Azure AI services such as OpenAI Service, AI Search, and Content Safety. Other supporting Azure services include Azure ML Service and Azure Cosmos DB.