PLM in Action: Maximising Return on Operations

PLM drives measurable return on innovation by connecting creative intent with business outcomes. Arguably, innovation alone is only part of the story—and not every organisation is set up to compete through innovation. Many succeed thro...

A Brief History of PLM: 10 Years Later

Over a decade ago, I published A Brief History of PLM, tracing the evolution of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) through the parallel digital transformations of engineering (from CAD and PDM) and manufacturing (from MRP to ERP). At tha...

Driving Transformation: Data or People First?

The debate between "data first" and "people first" has become central to digital transformation discussions....

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, ...

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...

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...