What is Propel?
Propel is a modern, AI-powered product management platform built for today’s manufacturers. It brings Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Quality Management System (QMS), Product Information Management (PIM), and robust supplier management together in one cloud-based solution, giving teams a single, always-accurate view of their products across the entire lifecycle.
With AI embedded directly into the platform through Propel One, teams can automate routine tasks, surface insights faster, and make more confident decisions using real product and quality data. AI helps reduce manual effort, identify risks earlier, and keep work moving across change management, quality events, and product operations.
Propel replaces spreadsheets and disconnected systems with a governed digital product record that spans engineering, quality, operations, supply chain, and product teams. Built-in workflows standardize change control, streamline quality processes, and support compliance without slowing teams down. Every update and approval is tracked with full traceability, helping manufacturers reduce errors, shorten cycle times, and improve cross-functional collaboration.
Trusted by medical device, high tech, and industrial manufacturers, Propel is designed for complex products and regulated environments. The platform scales easily as products, teams, and requirements grow, providing a strong foundation for long-term innovation.
Propel delivers enterprise-grade security and reliability through its architecture on the Salesforce platform, including robust data protection and access controls. Customers do not need to be Salesforce users to benefit from Propel’s security and capabilities.
Propel has been recognized by Deloitte as a fast-growing technology company and named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies, reflecting strong customer adoption and momentum helping manufacturers modernize how they build, manage, and deliver products.
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Supplier Relationship Management Software
Propel empowers manufacturers to enhance their partnerships with suppliers while ensuring proper governance and oversight. It seamlessly integrates supplier data, component specifics, and authorized manufacturer lists into product records, providing teams with immediate insights into sourcing choices and potential risks. With controlled access, suppliers can engage in collaboration without compromising sensitive information. By associating suppliers with BOMs, modifications, and quality incidents, Propel facilitates quicker problem-solving and improved coordination throughout the supply chain. Propel Component Insights offers access to an extensive database of over one billion electronic components, allowing teams to evaluate availability, lifecycle conditions, and supply risks directly within the product record. Utilizing AI-driven insights, Propel helps detect sourcing risks proactively, while the Supplier Community feature fosters secure collaboration, change participation, and real-time issue resolution with suppliers. The end result is a more robust supply chain characterized by enhanced visibility, expedited decision-making, and reduced risk.
Quality Management Software
Propel's Quality Management solution empowers manufacturers to streamline, automate, and oversee quality processes without increasing complexity. It integrates the management of nonconformances, CAPAs, deviations, complaints, and audits into a single system that is directly linked to product and change information. This comprehensive approach enhances root cause analysis, minimizes recurring problems, and bolsters compliance. The platform is trusted by a substantial number of medical device clients, with nearly half of Propel's customer base, and is designed for regulated environments. Featuring AI-driven functionalities, it creates training quizzes from quality data to help teams bolster compliance and close training gaps. The built-in workflows ensure standardized processes while allowing for flexibility to adapt to changing needs. With complete traceability of quality events, approvals, and corrective actions, Propel aids teams in enhancing audit preparedness, mitigating risks, and fostering continuous product quality improvement. It is supported by a top-tier security infrastructure.
Product Lifecycle Management Software
Propel offers a cutting-edge and secure Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution tailored for the dynamic needs of today’s manufacturers. This platform seamlessly integrates individuals, workflows, and product information throughout the entire lifecycle—from the initial design and development phases to manufacturing, product launch, and continuous enhancement. Key features of our PLM system encompass change management, bill of materials (BOM) oversight, approval processes, version control, lifecycle monitoring, and comprehensive traceability. Utilizing AI-driven insights, Propel helps prioritize modifications, detect potential impacts earlier, and supports more informed decision-making as product complexities evolve. By consolidating product records, changes, and approvals within a single system, Propel effectively removes silos and manual transitions that can hinder team efficiency. Our built-in workflows streamline change management processes while offering the adaptability necessary for evolving products and organizations. With complete traceability and real-time insights, teams can swiftly adapt to changes, minimize cycle durations, and adeptly manage intricate products at scale.
Product Data Management Software
Propel's Product Data Management solution equips manufacturers with a centralized and authoritative repository for all product information. Rather than being dispersed across spreadsheets, shared drives, and various uncoordinated tools, crucial documents such as engineering files, bills of materials (BOMs), revisions, approvals, and change histories are consolidated within a secure cloud-based platform. Leveraging AI-driven features, the system enhances the speed of data retrieval, identifies discrepancies, and minimizes the manual labor associated with handling intricate product records. Teams are empowered to manage access, monitor version control, and ensure complete traceability as product information evolves over time. Propel guarantees that stakeholders consistently work with the most current and validated data, thus minimizing mistakes, redundant efforts, and discrepancies among teams. By utilizing organized data, automated processes, and robust governance, Propel facilitates manufacturers in navigating product intricacies while fostering cooperation among engineering, quality assurance, operations, and supply chain teams. Designed for contemporary, agile product organizations.
PIM Software
Propel's Product Information Management (PIM) solution serves to unify and regulate product attributes, specifications, and commercial data across various teams and channels. Its core functionalities include the creation of SKUs, management of attributes, approval processes, and version control for product content distributed across different channels. By replacing the traditional use of spreadsheets and disjointed systems, manufacturers can access a single, reliable source for precise and current product information. Propel promotes uniformity across engineering, operations, marketing, and sales departments, while also minimizing the need for manual updates and the potential for errors. With structured data and managed workflows, it becomes simpler to oversee product modifications, facilitate new launches, and expand product catalogs. This leads to enhanced data quality, quicker market readiness, and increased assurance that product details are consistently accurate. Powered by AI, Propel One aids in lessening manual tasks and boosting precision, all under the security of enterprise-level protection to keep product information safe and trustworthy.
Medical Quality Management Systems
Propel offers a comprehensive Medical Quality Management System tailored specifically for the needs of regulated medical device sectors. This system ensures that quality management processes—including nonconformances, CAPAs, complaints, audits, and change control—are fully interconnected and traceable to product information. This holistic method aids in adhering to FDA and ISO standards while enhancing operational effectiveness. Propel empowers medical device manufacturers to mitigate risks, boost audit preparedness, and maintain a thorough, regulated record of all quality-related decisions. With almost 50% of Propel's client base coming from the medical device industry, the platform has demonstrated its efficacy in environments with strict regulations. Propel One for Quality introduces AI-driven features such as automated insights and quiz generation for training purposes, enabling teams to strengthen compliance, close gaps, and foster continuous improvement. Designed for scalability and adaptability, the platform keeps pace with changing regulations without hindering innovation and is supported by top-tier security measures suitable for regulated sectors.
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Product Portfolio Management
Propel's Product Portfolio Management features offer organizations a comprehensive perspective on the progression of products within various markets and teams. Leaders gain insight into which products are contributing to growth and identify potential risks early on. The portfolio data remains linked to real-time execution, ensuring that planning is aligned with actual engineering advancements and performance quality. Teams benefit from adaptable portfolio views that refresh as priorities and circumstances evolve. Propel facilitates direct comparisons of different initiatives, allowing for effective assessment of trade-offs and scheduling. Dependencies among products, components, and resources are identified early to mitigate conflicts later in the process. Quality and compliance factors are addressed at the portfolio level, reducing the likelihood of late discoveries. Insights from the portfolio enhance the alignment between executive strategies and everyday product activities. As product lines grow, Propel empowers organizations to streamline decision-making without requiring additional manual coordination, resulting in quicker, data-informed portfolio choices.
AI PLM
Propel's AI-driven Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) integrates intelligence seamlessly into product and quality processes. With Propel One, artificial intelligence automates mundane tasks, accelerates insights generation, and aids teams in making informed decisions based on real-time product information. Rather than sifting through isolated systems, teams can leverage context-aware suggestions that enhance efficiency and precision in change management, quality incidents, and product operations. The AI component complements existing workflows, empowering manufacturers to minimize manual tasks, foresee potential issues sooner, and scale effectively as complexities increase. AI is woven into the fabric of daily operations, facilitating intuitive engagement with product data, streamlining team onboarding, and ensuring uniform execution across various roles. By continuously learning from curated data, Propel One enables organizations to establish standardized best practices while remaining adaptable to evolving products, processes, and requirements. Notable PLM features encompass change management, bill of materials (BOM) oversight, approvals, version control, and more.