TRISTAR
A New Paradigm in Optimizing Product Development

In today’s challenging manufacturing environment, product lifecycle management (PLM) is a strategic catalyst for making products faster, cheaper, and better. State-of-the-art PLM tools, like PTC’s Windchill software, holistically automate business processes and create a smart and connected enterprise. But its implementation is not often as successful as envisioned, primarily due to resistance to change, inadequate user training, and intricacies in data integration and migration.

TriStar, a category leader in the PLM industry, is the preferred choice for manufacturers. Its comprehensive planning and user training help fully leverage the functionalities and maximize the benefits of Windchill, ensuring a smoother and more efficient PLM.

Leading TriStar on a remarkable path of success is its stellar team of architects, engineers, and consulting experts who bring over 300 years of collective experience with a history of working on PLM adoption strategies. Over 500 successful PLM implementations are a testament to their commitment to delivering outstanding solutions to nearly 5,000 customers.

"A Distinguishing Factor is Tristar’s Comprehensive Approach to Streamlining People, Processes, and Technology"

“We are driven by the mission of making product development a competitive advantage for our businesses, helping them promptly get their products out the door with higher quality and at a competitive price,” says Dave Wallace, executive vice president, TriStar.

Harnessing the Full Potential of PLM

A value-added reseller of PTC, TriStar is adept at providing a wide range of Windchill PLM services, including business advisory, process consulting, systems selection, and implementation.

Most organizations have multiple manufacturing facilities located globally, requiring their teams to collaborate effectively and manage the product data in real-time. TriStar implements the Windchill PLM platform as a single source of truth for product information, enabling them to seamlessly integrate disparate entities.

This central hub of data delivers a seamless collaborative environment to designers, engineers, manufacturers, and suppliers across the entire production cycle. They can easily access, share, and manage up-to-date visual representations of product data, making informed business decisions. A value add is Windchill’s storage and management of every iteration of change occurring in the data, regardless of tools like CAD or ECAD used for authoring the content.

Using Windchill’s power of seamless integration, TriStar helps businesses easily integrate a broader PLM footprint into their existing ERP and CRM workflows.

A distinguishing factor is TriStar’s comprehensive approach to streamlining people, processes, and technology. It takes a holistic approach to connecting, automating, and simplifying various systems and design tools supporting the PLM ecosystem, bringing closed-loop quality-driven change management. TriStar also employs heterogeneous CAD management using CAD models, specifications, bills of materials, and documentation.

"We are Delivering a Quicker Time to Value, Helping Customers Incrementally Adopt Phases of PLM with Major Milestones and Successes Along the Way"

Close on the heels of the widespread adoption of Windchill PLM, TriStar has exceptional finesse in tailoring its PLM cloud solutions, allowing companies to access data from anywhere based on their specific needs. Its specialized programmers customize PLM solutions, resolving their concerns of storing data in-house or migrating it across different cloud systems. This approach results in significant cost savings and enhances data security, offering customers peace of mind.

Pillars of PLM Success

At the heart of TriStar are its seasoned professionals. Actively engaging with a sheer volume of customers in multiple industry domains, including IT, healthcare, defense, and aerospace, they have the unparalleled business acumen to uniquely approach the needs of every manufacturer. Spread throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, the dispersed workforce can conveniently work across remote and on-site environments covering a wide demographic, depending on client requirements.

Rather than a one-size-fits-all strategy, the TriStar team delves deep into the product development processes of clients and recommends an ideal PLM tool. According to the organization’s size and business objectives, it takes approximately 2 to 25 days to assess different entities engaged within the organization, like design, manufacturing, and purchasing and understanding their fundamentals. All the silos and change management associated with product development aspects are thoroughly documented.

Following the in-depth assessments, TriStar’s consulting team addresses the challenges head-on by implementing Windchill’s best standards and practices. It customizes the highly-configurable solution architecture and improves the overall CAD and PLM efficiency, allowing customers to innovate products faster with reduced costs.

A striking advantage is TriStar builds a custom demo and shows them the product they envisioned. It develops an ROI-focused business case, meticulously looking at saving money and hours of product engineering time by eliminating the use of various legacy systems that support product development.

Precision lies at the heart of TriStar’s optimal PLM implementation. Embracing advanced AI, analytics, and automation, its team ensures clients achieve futuristic quality and accuracy in their product designs, simulations, and manufacturing processes.

We are driven by the Mission of Making Product Development a Competitive Advantage for our Businesses, Helping them Promptly Get their Products out the Door with Higher Quality and at a Competitive Price

TriStar goes a step further, investing in hands-on training sessions, workshops, user guides, and adoption strategies to equip them with the necessary skills. It also provides ongoing support post-implementation of the Windchill PLM platform.

“We are delivering a quicker time to value, helping customers incrementally adopt phases of PLM with major milestones and successes along the way. Our blue ocean strategy ensures the solution is perfect before they use it,” states Wallace.

Unleashing the Power of Synergy

What makes TriStar stand out is the culture it fosters among employees, nurturing longevity and retaining top talent. It is a team of like-minded and empathetic people wanting to be the best at what they do and creates a family atmosphere for its employees while maximizing their potential.

TriStar's paramount asset is it has acquired seven renowned companies in the PLM industry that constantly add a wealth of knowledge and expertise to its harmonious team. These strategic acquisitions further empower the company to solidify its position as a robust PLM service provider.

Forging ahead with innovation, TriStar aims to hire more professionals and expand its data migration services and high-value acquisitions. As fringe technologies like augmented reality and IoT mature, it is poised to broaden the scope of its core foundational PLM services and help companies automate their connected product realms.

For TriStar, growth is not just a destination; it's a continuous journey. Embracing its tailored PLM solutions can support businesses at every stage of the growth trajectory, expanding their horizons.

Manufacturers can unlock their true potential by looking no further than TriStar to ideally bring products to fruition, transforming every challenge in the product development process into opportunities.