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Business Process Considerations and Guidelines
There are business process decisions that need to be made prior to determining how to implement Windchill ESI or ERP Connector. The major areas to consider are:
Data Management
Publishing Management
Change Management
Data Reconciliation
System-of-Record
Creating or Changing Business Objects
Within each of these areas, the business process decisions shape the way these solutions work and are configured.