PLM Adapters help eliminate data latency between source and target applications by providing instantaneous and predefined exchanges across firewalls. This exchange of information and product data can take place between diverse applications using heterogeneous data models, and geographically disperse business units or strategic partners.

These adapters can be deployed for collaborative product engineering, as they enable an enterprise-wide unified product reference, thereby aiding in the management of all changes in the extended enterprise. They also assist in federating secure access to PDM application, PDM data replication, achieving accurate BOM, product configuration and documentation across the enterprise using real-time synchronization of meta-data and CAD files.