CADLink is a turnkey system designed to tightly connect your SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional information to your ERP system. By allowing engineering designers to view, modify, update and create ERP engineering information, such as bill of materials and item master data, without ever leaving PDM, CADLink saves a significant amount of Engineering resources. The real-time, two-way link between engineering design and ERP also allows Engineering to benefit from item description standardization already in your ERP database. Production benefits from having drawing information identical to work order documentation eliminating ambiguity and reducing rework and scrap. CADLink creates the building blocks that will allow you to automate and integrate your entire revision and Engineering Change Order Process. The ECx Manager module bolts onto CADLink providing engineers with critical change information such as inventory, open work orders, and sales orders as engineering changes are made. This allows your engineering team to make informed decisions regarding stock disposition and inventory rework requirements.