Specification Intelligence

Automated Design Reconciliation.Proven in production.Applicable across industries.

When a valve manufacturer with over 75 years of heritage in Canada receives a customer order, each line item carries a figure number that encodes exactly what product the customer needs. Before PLM Neo, engineers decoded each number by hand, searched Teamcenter for a matching design, and recorded availability one line item at a time. PLM Neo automated the entire process. The same capability applies wherever incoming specifications must be cross-referenced against an existing design library, product portfolio, or past programme data.

Manual reconciliation

Days

per order — per engineer

With PLM Neo

Minutes

automated, linked, traceable

Applicable:Proven at: A 75+ year-old valve manufacturer, Canada · Applicable: Automotive · Aerospace & Defence · Industrial Equipment · Process Industries

Proven ImplementationA 75+ Year-Old Valve Manufacturer, Canada

How it works

Every valve order arrives with a figure number. PLM Neo reads it, decodes it, and reconciles it — automatically.

Each line item on a sales order at this manufacturer carries a figure number — a structured code that encodes the valve family, bore size, pressure class, material class, and end connections. Decoding this number, searching Teamcenter for the corresponding design, and marking availability was entirely manual. PLM Neo delivers a complete design availability map in minutes.

Before PLM Neo

Sales order received

Multiple line items, each carrying a figure number per valve ordered

Engineer decodes the figure number

Manually extracts valve family, bore size, pressure class and material from the coded number

Manual search in Teamcenter

Searches the design library for a matching design for each decoded configuration

Records availability — one by one

Marks each line item: existing design available, or new design must be created

⏱ Days per order · Scales poorly · Senior engineer time on data lookup

PLMNeo

With PLM Neo

PLM Neo reads the sales order

AI service configured in plain English — reads every line item and its figure number from Teamcenter

Decodes every figure number

Extracts valve family, bore, pressure class and material from every line item simultaneously

Searches, matches, and flags

Design library searched automatically; each line item flagged as available or new design required — matched design linked in Teamcenter

⚡ Minutes · Every line item · Matched designs linked · Zero manual effort

Broader applicability

The same capability. Applied across industries.

Design Reconciliation at this manufacturer is one instance of a universal pattern: an incoming document carries product or requirement specifications, and those specifications must be cross-referenced against an existing design library, product catalogue, or past programme data to produce a structured decision. PLM Neo addresses this pattern wherever it appears.

Valves & Process Equipment

Sales order figure number to design library match

Sales order line items carry coded figure numbers

PLM Neo decodes each number and searches Teamcenter

Design availability map generated — existing designs linked, new ones flagged

✓ Deployed — 75+ yr valve manufacturer, Canada

Automotive & Tier Suppliers

OEM Statement of Requirements to bid compliance response

OEM sends SoR or RFQ in their own format

PLM Neo extracts every requirement and maps it to the product portfolio and past programme data

Each line item tagged: Comply / Deviate / Cannot Meet — with alternatives; 70–80% of bid response auto-generated

Aerospace & Defence

Customer configuration requirements to qualified design matching

Customer sends configuration control document or qualification requirement

PLM Neo maps each requirement to existing qualified designs, test records and certifications

Qualification gap matrix generated — compliant designs identified, gaps flagged for engineering action

Industrial Equipment & Project Business

Project specification to standard product and gap identification

Customer project specification defines required equipment configurations

PLM Neo matches specified items to the standard product catalogue in Teamcenter

BOM proposal generated — standard items, modified items and new design requirements clearly separated

Output

Structured decisions — automatically generated.

Design Reconciliation · Valve Manufacturer, Canada · Sales Order #SO-7741

Line Item	Figure No.	Decoded	Status
LI-001	BV-3-150-A	Ball Valve · 3 in · Class 150	✓ Available
LI-002	GV-4-300-B	Gate Valve · 4 in · Class 300	✓ Available
LI-003	GV-6-600-C	Gate Valve · 6 in · Class 600	✗ New Design
LI-004	CV-2-150-A	Check Valve · 2 in · Class 150	✓ Available

3 of 4 line items matched · 1 flagged for new design · All linked in Teamcenter

Bid Compliance · OEM SoR Response — RFQ #2026-0044

Req #	Requirement	Status
REQ-001	Operating pressure ≥ 350 bar at 150°C	✓ Comply
REQ-002	NACE MR0175 material compliance, sour service	✓ Comply
REQ-003	Actuator response time ≤ 5 seconds	⚠ Deviate
REQ-004	IP68 ingress protection, full submersion	✗ Gap

2 comply · 1 deviate with upgrade path · 1 gap flagged · Response 74% auto-generated

Impact

What this means for your business.

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Proven in production

Design Reconciliation is not a prototype — it is a live PLM Neo deployment at a 75+ year-old valve manufacturer in Canada, processing real sales orders in Teamcenter today.

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Days to minutes

Multi-line-item orders that took days of engineering time to reconcile are processed in minutes — for every order, at any volume.

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Faster bids, higher win rates

For industries where the pattern applies to bid response, the same automation cuts response time from weeks to hours — directly improving competitive win rates.

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All decisions tracked in Teamcenter

Matched designs are linked directly to line items. New design requirements and open gaps are pushed as trackable items — no spreadsheets, no lost information.

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