The owner of a small, medium-sized company in the plant engineering sector commissioned his CTO to upgrade the company’s technical processes. The interim manager’s task was to work with the CTO to set up a CAD environment based on SolidWorks and to implement the SolidWorks PDM system “PDM Professional”. He was also in charge of the step-by-step migration of relevant inventory data. When selecting the interim manager, it was crucial for the candidate to have extensive experience in the implementation of PDM Professional in a similar environment in order to meet the specific requirements in terms of cost and complexity of the PDM system at a small, traditional plant engineering company.