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PLM Evaluation Center

Nov 23, 2009
Today's usage of Decision Support Systems (DSS), combined with vetted PLM knowledge bases, allows organizations to save time and money, achieving better and more reliable/fully-documented decisions, a quantum improvement over the widely-used subjective process of selecting complex enterprise software...
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Product Lifecycle Management Agility Founded on Innovation (3 Pages)
by Michael Bittner
Apr 14, 2006 Abstract : Agile Software recognizes product lifecycle management (PLM) as an emerging business imperative for innovation. Now, Agile has a unique opportunity to leverage its position as the sole PLM vendor of significance to have a pure PLM pedigree.
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The Different Evolutionary Stages of ERP and PLM (6 Pages)
by Predrag Jakovljevic & Jim Brown
Oct 9, 2003 Abstract : The product development life cycle - innovate, conceptualize, plan, design, procure, produce, deliver, service, and retire - naturally includes multiple people, operating in multiple departments, and typically from multiple companies, each with locations in multiple countries around the world. Solving inherent difficulties that result from managing this complexity are the raison d’être for PLM solutions.
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Can ERP Speak PLM? Part Two: Examples and Recommendations (5 Pages)
by Jim Brown
Aug 2, 2003 Abstract : Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions have to work with many other systems, not just ERP, so integration is not a new issue for PLM vendors. Most PLM vendors recognize the need for integration and have addressed the need in their toolkits. The additional work comes from integrating the concepts and semantics of one system to the next, if this business level integration has not already been provided between the two systems. This can be a big challenge for best of breed vendors, who may need to rely on systems integrators for much of this conceptual and semantic integration.
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The Many Faces of PLM Part Two: The Future of the PLM Suite (6 Pages)
by Jim Brown
Dec 30, 2003 Abstract : The future of the PLM Suite will include more applications that cover product-related functionality and further expand the benefits available. As the PLM Suite matures, companies will benefit from increased functionality and increased integration between business processes. The ultimate expression of this more mature solution will result in a broad suite of focused, integrated applications that leverage a core of unified, structured product data - the PLM Platform.
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Vendor Feels the Heat in Hot Product Lifecycle Management Market (3 Pages)
by Michael Bittner
Mar 9, 2006 Abstract : The product lifecycle management (PLM) market is expected to experience double digit growth through 2008, driven by market dynamics like outsourcing and global product development. However, not all PLM software vendors are riding this wave of PLM market growth and profitability.
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Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) in Process Part 1 Proven in Discrete, Ready to Blossom in Process (5 Pages)
by Olin Thompson
Dec 1, 2002 Abstract : Process industry companies could benefit from many of the PLM concepts that have accrued to discrete industries. But PLM has had minimum penetration into the process industries. Why?
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Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) in Process - Part 1 Proven in Discrete, Ready to Blossom in Process (5 Pages)
by Olin Thompson
Nov 20, 2001 Abstract : Process industry companies could benefit from many of the PLM concepts that have accrued to discrete industries. But PLM has had minimum penetration into the process industries. Why?
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Critical Components of an E-PLM System (4 Pages)
by Michael Bittner
Oct 21, 2005 Abstract : E-business has prompted a lot of vendors to move towards creating electronic product lifecycle management (e-PLM) suites. However, enterprise resource planning vendors with extensive e-commerce initiatives, development staffs, and renewed interest in PLM, are as likely to lead the way.
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Where is Oracle in the Product Lifecycle Management Software Market? (3 Pages)
by Michael Bittner
Feb 3, 2006 Abstract : Oracle is in the processing of developing their product lifecycle management capabilities. The question is whether they will accomplish this through the acquisition of a pure-play PLM vendor, or through internal technology development.
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