We are a T1/2 to DCX and are current users of the "Powerway Suite" and have registered to Powerway.com (we like to keep DCX as a customer).
Understand that the company "Powerway" makes 2 products - "Powerway.com" and "Powerway Suite" the powerway suite is broken down into modules (similar to microsoft office's Excel, Word etc...)
DCX is mandating the use of Powerway.com NOT the Powerway Suite. The powerway.com software is provided via an ASP (Applications Service Provider) type environment on a yearly fee. The software resides at "Powerway" and you log into it from the internet. The Powerway.com software can convert 400 or so different formats into it's own format (Adobe PDF). So you don't have to use the "
APQP Writer from the Powerway Suite" you can use MPACT or ACAD or Excel etc...
The way I have explained it to people here is "Think of it as another binder that you must maintain documents in." It just happens to be on the internet and it just so happens that DCX can view it whenever they want.
The other "feature" that DCX likes is that the software uses Quality Gates. So this leave your
FMEA till the last minute and submit it will now be impossible because they will track the progress of your Draft FMEA. Oh Yeah !!
Anyway just wanted to clear up the "Powerway.com" and "Powerway Suite" confustion