ETO vs CTO

Product configuration typically covers how products are architected, maturing, changed, and structured for optimum reuse and economies of scale and scope. It is core to manufacturing organizations as they define their product portfolio, ...

BOOK REVIEW: How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, a Technologist Perspective by Bill Gates

I recently took part of a book review with fellow PLM experts from the PLM Green Alliance, discussing Bill Gates’ new book “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: the solutions we have and the breakthroughs We Need“—and expanding in a group ...

Business Change: the Stormtrooper, the Ninja and the Superhero

Effective business change relies on communication clarity, empathy and continuous strategic alignment; full stop. There are numerous ways to convey messages, including various communication types (verbal, written, visual, non-verbal), co...

7 Key Performance Indicators When Testing PLM Solutions

Evaluating 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

Delivering 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

PLM 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...