eC offers implementation of several industry standard systems available in the market, for engineering and manufacturing enterprise, that provide improved management of the engineering process through better control of engineering data, of engineering activities, of engineering changes and of product configurations. The systems provide support for the activities of product teams and for techniques such as Concurrent Engineering. These systems are known generically as Engineering Data Management (EDM) or EDM/PDM systems. Within the generic class of EDM/PDM systems are many types of systems such as Product Data Management (PDM) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems and Engineering Document Management Systems (EDMS).

eC implementation services including EDM/PDM systems offer several other things. eC solutions help manage Engineering Data - all the data related to a product and to the processes used to design, manufacture and support the product. Much of this data will be created with computer-based systems such as CAD, CAM and CAE. EDM/PDM systems also manage the flow of work through those activities that create or use engineering data. They support techniques, such as Concurrent Engineering, that aim to improve engineering workflow.

At a time when manufacturing success increasingly depends on the speed with which a company develops new products, EDM/PDM systems have an important role to play.