Every Product Realization Strategy Needs a PLM Strategy

Products are developed (designed and engineered), manufactured and managed throughout their lifecycle through a collaborative approach across  a combination of functions (people, departments, organizations), processes and IT tools. Every...

Effective Requirements Engineering: Science or Art?

Typically, requirements are defined as follows: A function that the product or process must have, or a process must do (e.g. a functional attribute like the ability to sign-off the approval of an Engineering Change Notice or ECN followin...

Model-Based Definition: The Death of the Drawing

Rapid changes in technologies and IT solutions provide opportunities for increased adaptability and flexibility in terms of enabling or sustaining competitive advantage. Manufacturers, OEMs and Tier 1-2 suppliers spend millions of dollar...

‘PLM-as-a-Platform’ and Platform-to-Platform Integration to Enable Competitive Advantage

Rapid changes in technologies and IT solutions provide opportunities for increased adaptability and flexibility in terms of enabling or sustaining competitive advantage. Manufacturers, OEMs and Tier 1-2 suppliers spend millions of dollar...

The Reluctant Engineer: a Love-Hate Relationship with PLM

By definition (according to the Oxford dictionary), an engineer is: A person who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines, or structures. A person qualified in a domain or industry of engineering, especially as a professional: eg ...

The Periodic Table of PLM

Product Life-cycle Management (PLM) is an operating model and a platform covering across many business needs, dimensions, functional, integration, technical and non-technical layers. These ‘elements‘ represent the foundations of product ...