Autodesk Fusion Manage Reviews & Product Details

What is Autodesk Fusion Manage? Fusion Manage is cloud-based product lifecycle management that is easy to implement and use. Powerful PLM processes with data-driven workflows empower greater productivity across roles and responsibilities. As teams work together to bring product ideas to life, everyone uses the same data and live record of a product. Enjoy the flexibility, faster time to value, and low total cost of ownership of cloud PLM that adapts to your business. Implement what you need, when you need it with the simplicity of configurable, out-of-the-box workflows and an open API for integrations with other business systems. Key features: - New product introduction: Reduce delays and get to market faster with project templates, standardized phase-gate milestones, and automated workflows. - Product portfolio management: Build a competitive product portfolio with automation helping you manage the whole lifecycle of products from ideation through development to launch. - Quality management: Improve product quality and traceability with automated processes to manage non-conformance, return merchandise authorizations (RMA), corrective/preventative actions (CAPA), failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA), and supplier quality action reports (SCAR). Quality and engineering have a closed-loop change process to improve product designs, identify supplier problems, and make corrections. - Bill of Materials management: Ensure everyone is working with the most up-to-date information with centralized, structured BOMs and items. - Change management: Manage changes efficiently, including change requests, change orders, change tasks, electronic approvals, and problem reports with automated processes and full traceability. - Supplier collaboration: Stay connected to your supply chain with anytime, anywhere access to the information your extended stakeholders need for quoting, procurement, and product development processes. - Requirements management: Ensure that your products meet market and customer expectations by managing all requirements in a connected environment. Automated workflows manage approval signoffs, revision control, and track changes. - Ideas management: Drive innovation by capturing ideas and applying a formal process to review and implement those ideas and documentation of outcomes. - Comprehensive process template library: Increase productivity using the Fusion Manage template library. A collection of free, ready-to-implement business processes with pre-configured workspaces to reduce implementation time. Fusion Manage provides enterprise-wide access to data and collaboration for all involved in the product lifecycle—from engineering and supply chain to quality and manufacturing so you can bring better products to market faster and at lower cost.

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Autodesk

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English

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All-in-One

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Teresa Pisciuneri

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Time to Implement

4 months

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David C.

Support engineering

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/20/2020

"Great tool that delivers what it promises."

4.5/5

What do you like best about Autodesk Fusion Manage?

Upchaim is incredible since never has the innovation of a product been so easy, since the arrival of availability of this cloud-based software with ample storage guaranteeing complete operation, mentioning that it constantly reduces production errors, being a A great alternative for most companies, I love this software, essentially because of its objectives to run as software with a plm solution, without excluding that it is not necessary to download the application, which is my favorite aspect in relation to the system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Autodesk Fusion Manage?

Exclusively to the entire system issue, we can mention that it does not have a mobile application, it would be incredible if it had access to this availability, since it greatly facilitates its functionality, since in the web version it is something difficult to promote , considering that it has a low performance when referring to work, emphasizing that its user interface is somewhat dry according to the illustrations it has, it lacks color, in order to have the possibility of calling more users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Autodesk Fusion Manage:

Upchain is a software with main ideas for companies with engineering staff and themes, designers and business stakeholders that need to collaborate in very complex value chains, it is a software totally for companies of any category, when we address their size or percentage of productivity, that is, whether they are large, medium or small organizations, that identify with the creation of physical structural innovation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Autodesk Fusion Manage solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is used in our company in large proportion with an essential objective, which is the reduction of production errors, in order to have less losses and more profits, this software has provided us with these solutions, which are quite significant, obtaining greater source and entry of income thanks to this system, mentioning that we innovate our products in different versions of each one and at the same time improving them favorably, including creation of new acquisitions totally favorable to us and obviously to those of the client requesting the constructions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Louis H.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/12/2020

"Incredible upchain for design and storage."

4/5

What do you like best about Autodesk Fusion Manage?

Upchain, I love it because it allows me to keep all the information stored in the cloud in a layer system where the information is encrypted, to be later used in sending or sharing specific information. However, this offers us other tools and collaborates with us in the design processes for marketing and advertising campaigns. This offers us a tool to create a filter and thus be able to find errors or find positive things to spread to the clients. We are happy because it has been handled very well and has shown no problems with clients from the campaigns already sent. In summary, a useful and easy system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Autodesk Fusion Manage?

I have a main problem and that is that their server support or their status in the cloud is in problems because it is cumbersome to enter the system and download the program in circumstances it is difficult are optimization problems that can affect being effective. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Autodesk Fusion Manage:

I recommend it because it has worked differently from the others because it has allowed us to be in contact and communication with technical support, so it offers more solutions and greater viability to be able to offer our clients greater publicity. I am happy because we have reached the goals and in addition to saving the information to the cloud, an additional tool. In my opinion, the users indicate that they can use the service, however, it is possible to see other options but I emphasize that the technical support and costs make the service more viable, so I recommend it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Autodesk Fusion Manage solving and how is that benefiting you?

The main problems that we have had so far is to send quality or poor quality designs that make the products not important or not get results in advertising. It is for this reason that we seek some type of filter or help without having to reach the digital marketing processes that are expensive. Also, because in general, the majority of software indicates that everything works in a good way. For this reason, Upchain is the service that has handled this problem because it has provided a solution and has worked objectively and just what is good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Danian Y.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/27/2020

"Industrial designer"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Autodesk Fusion Manage?

1. UpChain provided a great opportunity for the whole team (not only inside the company, but also combined with external vendors and clients) to work on the same platform, from pre-project to the end of the R&D process.

2. UpChain creates a bridge to link CAD users (MD, ID, ED) and non-CAD users together, so we don't need to rely on installed CAD software for everyone. Everyone can check the CAD file easily.

3. The issue ticket system is amazing. Once an issue is found, we can quickly create a ticket and assign it to the person responsible for fixing it. It also creates a link that everybody will know who is going to take responsibility and who is going to review and approve it.

4. Compared to Solidworks EPDM, Upchain doesn't require a server setup. So everybody can access it from anywhere. No VPN needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Autodesk Fusion Manage?

1. Upchain has a plugin for Solidworks. As a CAD worker, I would like to keep all features in the plugin, so I don't need to switch to the browser to make some operations. But in the current Solidworks plugin version, some features are still only available in the browser.

2. CAD file version management for the Solidworks plugin still needs more work to make it more practical to check/compare different versions.

3. In the support section, most of the Q&A are based on the browser version. Hope we can have more Q&A focused on CAD software users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Autodesk Fusion Manage:

It's a platform that can combine the whole R&D requirement together. Connect each internal department and external resources together. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Autodesk Fusion Manage solving and how is that benefiting you?

1. When working remotely, no VPN needed.

2. Quickly check CAD and compare different versions in the browser. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/16/2021

"The training sessions were good."

3.5/5

What do you like best about Autodesk Fusion Manage?

I liked all of the trainers' willingness to answer questions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Autodesk Fusion Manage?

I found it unnecessary to talk about what the trainers were going to talk about... this could have saved 10-15mins per session which would have avoided the need to rush through the content right at the end.

The software overall seems like a good tool, but there do seem to be a few annoying bugs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Oleksandr D.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/19/2020

"Upchain Tenant Administrator User Review"

5/5

What do you like best about Autodesk Fusion Manage?

Cross platform compatibility. Not limited to using one software within an organisation. Easy to share and view CAD data without the need to have a CAD package installed on your machine. Good customer support, and very quick response times on issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Autodesk Fusion Manage?

Its not easy to understand until training is complete. Some naming and layouts are not logical and take some getting used to. The integration process requires a lot of time and planning. Metadata importing from existing sources could be made more user friendly. Mapping metadata from a database proved more difficult than expected (very specific data formatting required for Upchain's plugin to read the data properly. Part numbering rules limited in term of the format and delimiter types. On some new releases the layout changes and throws the user off. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Autodesk Fusion Manage:

Its a perfect all round solution compatible with multiple software. Having worked in other organisations and used multiple PLM/PDM packages, Upchain seems to cover most bases and can be adapted to different business models and processes or used out of the box. Its super easy to set up part numbering rules and a number of business procedures from design to purchasing. The software provides project, product, design, procurement and supplier management platforms all in one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Autodesk Fusion Manage solving and how is that benefiting you?

Upchain is used as a PLM & PDM system in our organisation. It has helped loads in the current situation in the world with allowing us to seamlessly transition into working from home and not have project or design downtime. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mohammad Ali A.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/27/2020

"Excellent Tool for managing our product"

5/5

What do you like best about Autodesk Fusion Manage?

I like that it combines all the documents needed in one place. It is easy to view everything at a one stop location. I also like that it is Cloud based and can be accessed by multiple users at the same time. This is really beneficial especially that we have couple team members in different remote locations, and can't have access to the local server. I also like the user friendliness of the file. It is not too complicated, not so many buttons are present that could mess things up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Autodesk Fusion Manage?

It can include more things and more capabilities. I think some points to improve is having the ability to manage more documents such as FMEA & APQP as well as work instructions documents. This would be super beneficial! One thing I dislike, is the duplication of some documents. I wish there is a feature to lock things and control them better. This would be super beneficial from a document control perspective. We wouldn't want two documents to be copied twice and worked on twice. I also suggest having approvals of parts or drawings so it can be controlled more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Autodesk Fusion Manage:

Recommend updating the thumbnail for having a good visual aid Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Autodesk Fusion Manage solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are trying to have all our files in one system in relation to a part number. Upchain have helped managing them and grouping them in one place. It is easier to use this tool as a one-stop for everything related to a certain part. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Andrew E.

Senior Product Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/26/2020

"Very easy to use, great customer service and solves problems."

5/5

What do you like best about Autodesk Fusion Manage?

It is one of the only cloud based PDM/PLM solutions available at a reasonable cost. Other software only offers PLM, no CAD storage and a significant set-up fee. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Autodesk Fusion Manage?

Need some more BOM functions such as being able to re-arrange the position of a part within the BOM. We also need to figure out how to integrate with our apparel design team who uses a lot of 2D and Adobe software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Autodesk Fusion Manage:

Upchain is one of the only cloud based PDM/PLM solutions available at a reasonable cost. Other software only offers PLM, no CAD storage and a significant set-up fee. Upchain has an easy to use, self explanatory interface. Once others in our organization saw it, they wanted to have access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Autodesk Fusion Manage solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are improving communication with our supplier development, purchasing, engineering and quality teams. We have seen tremendous improvements in change management and maintaining project design freeze. We have reduced confusion about product specifications by being able to directly link documents and drawings to the part. Product cost is also finally becoming transparent across the organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/12/2020

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"A Whole Different Approach to PLM"

5/5

What do you like best about Autodesk Fusion Manage?

Upchain is clearly focused on simplifying complex PLM processes. Recently, we conducted a review of several major PLM platforms, and Upchain was the only one that our users were excited about. They were able to pick up on the platform with very little training, and felt like it would allow them to do their day-to-day job better.

The Solidworks integration for Upchain is a differentiator. They've done a really good job bringing the major capabilities of the system into the plugin, and it does a really good job blurring the lines between "PLM Data" to "CAD Data".

From an IT perspective, their Cloud approach makes it much easier to quickly get started with the platform. Their "Partner Enablement" team (Upchain terms for sales & support) has also been helpful in getting us on-boarded and trained. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Autodesk Fusion Manage?

Upchain does not have all of the functionality of a traditional, major PLM. This has been changing pretty rapidly, and they've been very receptive to our feedback in terms of priority. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Autodesk Fusion Manage solving and how is that benefiting you?

We're primarily using Upchain for its Design Collaboration features, including CAD Management, Bill of Materials Management, and Change Control (ECO). We're also using some of the document management and requirements management tools. As we, and the platform, mature, we intend to use it to manage the service & maintenance of our products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Carlos G.

Propulsion Design, Development, & Production Lead

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/23/2020

"Upchain provides CAD Data management"

3/5

What do you like best about Autodesk Fusion Manage?

Upchain has greatly improved our CAD handling. Our previous process involved a google drive folder. The ability to lock parts, revision control parts, and associate drawings/analysis/manufacturing files with a part in a way more elegant than a file tree has proven its use time and again. The cloud based system was very easy to stand up for a small team without dedicated information technology personnel. It supported our team members both locally and at remote sites. All other pain points aside, it's a powerful tool for ensuring everyone is working on the same models and isn't losing work due to conflicts or disorganization. The online view and measurement tool is powerful, useful, and awesome capability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Autodesk Fusion Manage?

Upchain has several rough edges still. Their provided tutorials are often outdated by the time you see them, and it is frustrating for the program to behave differently than expected. Upchain does not support some of our processes well (such as tying free-text to configurations in Solidworks). It is also frustrating that not all functionality is available in all places, for example, moving a part back to development has to happen in the CAD plugin rather than on the web interface. It's occasionally frustrating as you need to be in certain views (Project vs cBoM, etc) to do certain activities. Doing in-house integrations with Upchain is proving difficult with limited documentation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Autodesk Fusion Manage:

Upchain is especially powerful to groups where not everyone is an engineer, have limited IT support, and don't have anything for PDM now. Teamcenter is more mature, but it looks like Upchain is headed in that direction, with additional functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Autodesk Fusion Manage solving and how is that benefiting you?

Upchain is providing revision and configuration control. Without a cloud based CAD solution our work from home engineers and representatives at conferences would be less effective. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jack S.

Mechanical Design Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/22/2020

"Different approach to a PDM system that is well integrated and intuitive to adapt to."

5/5

What do you like best about Autodesk Fusion Manage?

Plug in for Solidworks is well integrated and simple enough to pick up and use for day to day tasks. The development/support team are good to work with, very responsive and helpful. The majority of issues and feature requests we come across are already in the pipeline to be fixed in upcoming releases. Updates happen frequently and are quick and simple to carry out. Online Upchain academy is good for getting an overview of all parts of the system. I liked the format of the live "Connect the Chain" video training, with each short session dedicated to a single topic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Autodesk Fusion Manage?

Some extra features would be useful to aid day to day usability, things like a collapse all option for the tree or clearer visualization of the different levels of the BOM. Migration process seemed to be very manual with the potential to miss files that are not in the top level assemblies. Some significant issues were encountered with the hybrid vault solution (Upchain interface with the data on a local server), but due to be fixed in upcoming releases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Autodesk Fusion Manage:

Upchain is a good all-round package for a PDM/PLM system. It is a cost-effective option, the different tiers of access are well thought out, and without extra migration costs on top of the standard subscription. The team genuinely wants to help users make the most of their product and support is very good. The online nature of Upchain means it is very flexible and is capable of a lot more than I was exposed to in my role. Overall I would recommend. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Autodesk Fusion Manage solving and how is that benefiting you?

As any PDM system, Upchain has allowed better control of files and revision management. The benefits of Upchain in particular is its strong plugin integration into multiple CAD packages and easy access to the software anywhere with the internet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.