When it comes to modern manufacturing, there is often a temptation to merge or blur the lines between systems such as Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)...
7 Key Performance Indicators When Testing PLM Solutions
2021-03-31Platform, PLM, Implementation, KPI, UATEvaluating and testing PLM solutions require a clear understanding of business objectives, processes, levels of automation of enterprise platforms and interfaces. Key performance indicators (KPIs) are used to measure and track success. S...
Driving PLM Implementations Towards Successful User Acceptance Testing
2021-03-30Platform, PLM, Change, Implementation, UATDelivering new PLM solutions implies series of solution testing, verification and validation, covering functional and non-functional requirements, from storyboard-based test cases to detailed methods, technical interfaces, data migration...
17 Key Considerations When Evaluating PLM Solutions
2021-03-26Enterprise, Platform, PLM, Strategy, Change, TechnologyPLM vendors range from mainstream to niche editors serving multiple to specific industries, addressing more or less business capability scope. The so-called mainstream PLM vendors, or “mindshare leaders” as CIMdata refer to them, inc...
PLM Vendors: Expectations from Platform Strategies
2021-03-25Enterprise, Platform, PLM, Strategy, Stakeholder, TechnologyPLM solutions rely on digital enterprise platforms to deliver data management processes and integrations with ERP, MES and other platforms. Some of these solutions are targeting specific industries, focusing on certain manufacturing or e...
PLM-ERP Integration: 3 High-Level Use Cases
2021-03-17Enterprise, ERP, Platform, PLM, Digital Thread, IntegrationData continuity and traceability is what this is about: how data flows to and from PLM, ERP and MES platforms. Others also refer to this as the Digital Thread, or multiple threads as they represent various data flows across the enterpris...