Our Offerings
Education & Awareness
PLM Workshops
Strategy & Selection
PLM Capability and Maturity Assessment
PLM Strategy & Roadmap
PLM System Evaluation & Selection
PLM RFP Creation & Review
PLM Vendor Proposal/RFP Response Analysis
PLM Business Case & ROI Analysis
Implementation
Process Design & Optimization
Rapid Results Implementation
Program & Project Management
Solution Architecture
Data Migration
Organizational Change Management
User Training
Operation & Support
Application Support & Administration
Post-Go-Live Support & Mentorin
Comprehensive, Unbiased Advice - Extensive Practical Experience and Expertise
Committed to delivering innovative PLM solutions, we help our clients to find, implement, and operate the best PLM strategies, practices, processes and technologies for their business needs. As a vendor and technology neutral consulting firm, we provide comprehensive information and objective advice and leverage our extensive knowledge and industry experience to enable you to make the best decisions, drive desired business improvements, and achieve the intended results.
PLMadvisors PLM Framework
We work with all major PLM vendors, including Aras, Autodesk, Dassault Systemes, Oracle, PTC, SAP, Siemens PLM as well as with many smaller software providers. To remain unbiased and provide our clients with truly objective advise we do not have partnerships with any software vendor and we do not sell PLM software, but we have extensive expertise in and actively implement all major software solutions, including Aras Innovator, PLM 360, Enovia, Agile, Windchill, SAP PLM, Teamcenter and several smaller point solutions. This gives us a true and practical understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of all these different systems and allows us to help you make the right decisions, both during the selection as well as in the implementation and operation of the selected system.
PLMadvisors Offerings
PLM Capability and Maturity Assessment
- Determine current state of PLM practices, processes and use of existing technologies
- Identify and illustrate gaps to industry best practices and processes as well as best-in-class use of leading technologies
- Define steps to achieve higher PLM process and technology maturity and increase the value of PLM
PLM Strategy & Roadmap
- Define the desired future state of your PLM practices, processes and technologies
- Develop a long-term strategy and roadmap for a phased implementation of the desired practices, process improvements and best-in-class PLM technologies
PLM System Evaluation & Selection
- Define detailed business needs, company-specific use cases and functional system requirements
- Identify 3 – 4 candidate systems that can meet the defined use cases and requirements
- Create a detailed Request for Proposal (RFP) for the PLM system evaluation and send to the vendors of the pre-selected systems
- Conduct detailed system demonstrations with the pre-selected PLM vendors and systems based on the company-specific use cases
- Evaluate vendor RFP responses/proposals and system demonstrations
- Recommend the best PLM system for your business needs
PLM Business Case & ROI Analysis
- Determine the total cost of ownership over the life of the PLM solution
- Quantify and qualify tangible and intangible benefits of the PLM solution
- Determine the return of investment (ROI) and net present value (NPV) of the PLM solution
PLM Process Design & Optimization
- Design and/or optimize PLM related business processes, such as new product development (NPD), BOM management, engineering change (ECR/ECO), manufacturing change (MCR/MCO), issue and complaint management, non-conformance (NCR), deviation, product discontinuance and obsolescence, etc
- Develop custom, role-based training for all involved employees
- Conduct hands-on training with all involved employees
- Lead and manage the implementation and deployment of all designed and optimized processes
PLM Rapid Results Implementation
- Implement the selected PLM solution using our proven, agile-based implementation methodology
- Incremental implementation of the PLM solution in short, clearly defined phases to achieve rapid results and a quick return on investment
PLM Consolidation
- Determine the feasibility, benefits, potential challenges and costs of consolidating several PLM, PDM and/or CAD systems in your organization into one company-wide, standardized and integrated environment
- Develop a detailed PLM consolidation strategy and roadmap
- Determine the benefits, costs and ROI
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