PDM, 3rd Party Consulting Articles

Product Lifecycle Management in Increasingly Dynamic and Complex Supply Chains, Deloitte (176KB)

A point of view on innovation and product lifecycle management - Many of the great vertically oriented manufacturing companies of the twentieth century are either gone or have been radically transformed. The new supply chain structure that has emerged is often more comples with interdependencies that require cross-company coordination between trade partners. Ensuring that product development is integrated with the supply chain is now an even greater challenge...

Agile Software Integration Strategy, D.H. Brown Associates, Inc. (630KB)

Agile’s business strategy centers on successfully establishing its role as the keeper of the
product record in the enterprise. This role extends through the entire product lifecycle and
across applications. To fulfill this objective, Agile PLM provides each stakeholder with
visibility and control of critical product information and processes, both inside the
enterprise and across the extended supply chain.

Understanding Product Lifecycle Management, Datamation (192KB)

Since the term Product Data Management (PDM) became unfashionable there has been a flood of confusing terms and acronyms. Though there appears to be an emerging consensus on the use of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) as the credible successor to PDM, there is still confusion as to what PLM actually mean. This document explains: the background the emergence of PLM, causes of the confusion relating what PLM
means, and proposes a clear definition that helps developers, users and investors in this technology make informed decisions.

PLM Strategic Issues, Collaborative Visions (554KB)

Why is PLM a superior Strategic Cornerstone for enterprise growth and profitability in comparison to other IT initiatives and what are the key elements of a successful PLM strategy?

ERP vs. PLM: The User’s View, Engineering Automation (192KB)

Manufacturing companies are actively debating the roles of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) in their future solutions for product definition. Our research shows that the key to success is the ability to employ abstraction to share information at the appropriate level.

Effective Data Management Key to Streamlined Product Development Process, Daratech online (29KB)

Throughout the years, manufacturing industry has employed hundreds of strategies to improve decision-making ability and speed product development cycles. Parametric-based CAD, intelligent mark-up capabilities, Internet-based collaboration tools, and tighter CAE integration are just a handful of advances manufacturers have leveraged to improve their work processes. Yet while new applications continually flood the market promising noticeable process gains, the ability to adequately manage and reuse data is universally looked upon as the key to product development.

CIMdata Reports Continuing Solid PLM Market Growth (46KB)

According to figures released from consulting and research firm CIMdata, Inc., the worldwide Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) market achieved overall growth of 4% during an economically tough 2003. CIMdata forecasts overall PLM investments will continue growing at a solid pace over the next five years to exceed $20 billion by 2008 (as shown in Figure 1), for a compound growth rate of 7.5%.

CIMdata, Product Lifecycle Management (644KB)

In today’s challenging global market, enterprises must innovate to survive. Business innovation must occur in all dimensions—product, process, and organization— to improve competitiveness and business performance. To differentiate themselves, enterprises must capture, manage, and leverage their intellectual assets. This can best be accomplished through proper application of a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) approach that addresses the needs of the extended enterprise.

Enterprises of All Sizes Can Benefit from PLM, CIMdata (53KB)

Historically, Product Data Management (PDM) and now PLM solutions were practical primarily for large, distributed enterprises that had the extensive resources required to deploy and maintain them. Today’s PLM solutions are designed not only for large companies, but also for mid-sized enterprises in multiple industrial sectors. Increasingly companies of all sizes are recognizing the need for PLM solutions. At the same time, the capabilities of the solutions being offered have improved significantly.

Growing Demand for Design Collaboration Solutions, CIMdata (121KB)

The demand for design collaboration solutions and tools will continue to increase over the next twelve months, according to a recent survey jointly conducted by consulting and research firm CIMdata, Inc.

PLM - It's for Any Manufacturer Striving for Product Excellence, Aberdeen (77KB)

Today, a new manufacturing game is afoot. To address the rapidly changing demands of customers, manufacturers are moving away from make-to-stock toward assemble-to-order and engineer-to-order. Moreover, as the trend toward outsourcing and customer's unique requirement demands converge — only a collaborative product lifecycle process will allow manufacturers to meet goals of cost efficiencies, product quality, manufacturability, time-to-market, and serviceability. This is the domain of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM).