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Model-based Supplier Collaboration Software for the Digital Thread
Make fewer errors, faster decisions with model-based supplier collaboration
Transform how you work with suppliers through secure, model-based data exchange and traceable collaboration. Empower your teams and partners with 3D-enabled TDPs and PLM-integrated workflows without the burden of CAD and PLM complexity.
What is Model-based Supplier Collaboration and Why It Matters
Model-based supplier collaboration connects engineering, sourcing and supplier teams in the context of shared digital product definition with 3D models, PMI, 2D drawings, BOMs, and more.
This content-centric collaboration approach enables full traceability of threaded comments, markups, and feedback loops.
By enabling secure, traceable collaboration (not just file transfer), manufacturers reduce sourcing costs, improve supplier performance, and extend the digital thread across the supply chain.
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reduction of supplier interaction time by automating TDP publishing during early supplier collaboration.
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savings on annual part fabrication costs by sharing 3D TDP vs. 2D models.
Traditional Supplier Collaboration Fails at the Data Exchange Point
Manufacturers rely on PLM and CAD systems to manage internal product data. But when it’s time to share that data with external suppliers, everything slows to a crawl.
Engineers, procurement teams, and suppliers are stuck in an endless loop of manual workarounds—emailing screenshots, repackaging files, and waiting for answers.
This disconnected process leads to:
- Lost time, missed deadlines, and rework
- Revision and version control mismatches
- Data shared through unsecured channels
- No traceability of feedback and approvals
- Frustrated teams and suppliers
The result? Higher costs, lower quality, longer cycle times, and poor supplier performance.
Download Anark's Supplier Collaboration datasheet to learn how to solve these problems, and give suppliers something to smile about.
Anark’s Role: Model-based Supplier Collaboration that Works
Anark connects suppliers to your digital thread by delivering Technical Data Packages (TDPs) directly from PLM. Digital product definition data and collaboration spaces are easy to access via the web and 3D PDFs.
With Anark, your teams:
— Deliver TDPs that every supplier can use
— Automate TDP publishing from PLM with version control and role-based access
— Comment, markup and disposition with full traceability
— Optimize supplier collaboration by avoiding CAD and PLM complexity
Watch the GE Vernova interview with Kena Yokoyama, Engineering Manager for Product Definition, to learn how they used Anark to optimize supplier collaboration.
Anark Products Enable Secure, Scalable Supplier Collaboration
Anark’s product suite extends your digital thread across the supply chain—connecting engineering, sourcing, and suppliers with accurate, complete, and traceable product data and collaboration. From RFI to RFQ through to first article inspection, Anark streamlines supplier collaboration and ensures suppliers get exactly what they need—without CAD or PLM complexity.
Anark Workstation
Package supplier-ready data with precision
Create 3D-enabled Technical Data Packages (TDPs) with PMI, 2D drawings, BOMs, and reference files. Standardize supplier content with configurable rules for content, format, and metadata.
Anark Collaborate
Secure, simple supplier workspaces
Deliver engineering data to suppliers through browser-based collaboration spaces. Control access, capture feedback, and maintain traceability—without email or CAD systems.
Anark Publish
Automate supplier-ready data delivery
Publish role-based TDPs from PLM to 3D PDF or HTML. Automate CAD conversion, supplier-specific variants, and metadata population for consistent, compliant outputs.
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