PLM Library · Paper
Product lifecycle management – from its history to its new role
- Author
- Sergio Terzi, Abdelaziz Bouras, Debashi Dutta, Marco Garetti, Dimitris Kiritsis
- Publisher
- International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 360–389
- Year
- 2010
- Pages
- 30
Summary
Written after broad consultation among the authors and with scientists and leading actors in the PLM field, the paper discusses PLM as a reference term for a set of developments in the industrial community.
It traces PLM from its history to its constituent elements and its role in current industry.
The authors set out their vision of the next steps for PLM, naming emerging issues and topics that industrial practitioners and researchers need to address.
Our verdict
Worth reading for context. A well-cited academic overview of where PLM came from and what it consists of — useful background for anyone writing or teaching about PLM.
Who should read it
- —Researchers, educators and students who need an authoritative PLM overview
- —Consultants who want historical and conceptual grounding
How it relates to your work
- —Gives a shared, academically grounded definition of PLM's elements.
- —Its outlook on emerging topics helps put today's trends in context.
Keep in mind
- —Academic in style; limited practical guidance.
- —Behind the publisher's paywall; the 2010 outlook is now partly historical.