Do All Stakeholders Benefit From Profit Maximisation?

Dealing with multiple stakeholders is a given for any organisation, either operating in the private or public sector. Stakeholder management is a critical component to the successful delivery of any project, programme or activity. A stak...

Who Pays for PLM?

Companies continuously face tough decisions when it comes to enterprise technology investments, should they relate to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. In practical terms, “PLM is the ena...

Product Realization Life-Cycle with a Capital C

Simply put, a PRODUCT is a good, idea, method, information, object or service created as a result of a process and serves a need or satisfies a want. A product has a combination of tangible and intangible attributes (benefits, features, ...

Value is in the Eye of the Beholder

What may provide value to one specific end user, stakeholder group or function may not provide the same value to another. One universal ‘one-size-fits-all‘ solution does not exist or may not be perceived in the same way; therefore, it is...

Overcoming Change Challenges Facing the Manufacturing Industry

Change is becoming a way of life across the manufacturing industry. Even very traditional sectors can no longer afford to stay still. The stimuli are both internal and external.  1) Change typically comes from outside Change is often imp...

Lean Product Development: Focusing on Value

The concept of “Lean” is not new and has different meanings: “do more with less”, “process optimization”, “resource efficiency”, “productivity improvement”, “increased throughput”, “just in time”, “waste elimination”, “Kanban”, “seiri, s...

Why do PLM Implementations Fail?

Product Life-cycle Management (PLM) implementations are often difficult to justify as their business cases are typically complex, long time driven; it is not straightforward to get them approved by the board as they don’t see short term ...

PLM as an Operating Model

Product Life-cycle Management (PLM) can be defined as an operating modelenabling Product Realization [create, make, sell, service, re-iterate, re-use or re-cycle]. Short: PLM is the glue between Product Engineering & Project Execution [d...

The Value of Robust Materials Information Management

Centrally managing materials information in a holistic manner across the enterprise is critical for manufacturing organizations ultimately seeking to enhance products, processes and profitability. Selecting and applying the right materia...

Creating Value through Strategy Execution

Organizations thrive for robust mechanisms to deliver their business strategies and create more value for their organization. One key difference between successful and unsuccessful executives lies in their ability to execute and delivery...