In my last post on this topic (“How to Get More Value from PLM”), which I published back in June, I wrote that many companies are not getting the value
I already wrote extensively on how to go about selecting the best PLM system for your organization in my White Paper “10 Best Practices for Successful PLM Evaluations”, and I
Two of the most important things to know when planning a journey are your current location and your destination. Just ask any sailor who has sailed the high seas. You
If your company manufactures a product or provides a service, you are involved in ‘product lifecycle management’. A Product Lifecycle… Your product or service begins with an idea and follows
I received a lot of positive feedback about my recent post “PLM – An Enterprise System Without Purpose?”, with most people confirming that their companies in fact are not using
Andreas Lindenthal recently posted a blog addressing PLM – An Enterprise System Without Purpose… Many companies that use PLM today don’t really seem to have a greater purpose for it
The term PLM has been around for about 15 years (see also my article on “PDM and PLM”), and a few years ago a new term, application lifecycle management or
PLM today, it seems to me, is often similar to home computers in the early years. A few people had one, but most of them didn’t really know what to
To understand the terms better, it is useful to go back in history a few years. Until about 1999 the term PLM did not exist. Before, everything that had to
Latest PLM Insights How many of the PLM capabilities available today do companies actually use? The answer is sobering… About 20 years ago I had just started to work as