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Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)

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Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) defines the processes involved for product development; i.e. design through to manufacture, to service and disposal.

 

PLM systems are designed to manage the entire process and by definition have been architected to manage process, people, tasks, issues, costs and documents.  By design, PLM systems will achieve this by collaborating and synchronising information with existing systems (including 2D & 3D CAD, Excel, Project Management, MS Office, ERP and any other legacy systems in place), or replace those systems, either up front or over time in a controlled manner.

 

PLM systems should be considered as a strategic platform and are designed to deliver a ‘single Version of the Truth’ for the design to manufacture / sourcing process.

PLM

What is PLM?

The core philosophy surrounding the Product Life Cyclemaps out the various stages that a product will go through, from initial conception through to retirement.

The stage of a product’s life cycle impacts the way in which it is marketed to consumers. For example, a brand-new product needs to be explained to consumers, while a product that is further along in its life cycle needs to be differentiated from its competitors.

Stage 1: Introduction

This includes market analysis, research and development as well as competitive analysis

Stage 2: Growth

The product has shipped to market and is now starting to generate revenue. A decision is made whether to scale or not

Stage 3: Maturity

 Innovative product companies establish a competitive advantage to maintain and further grow market share

Stage 4: Scale Down

Product saturation, commoditisation and declining sales force companies to reexamine their production volume and perhaps harvest their solution by spending minimally and having no new investment in new releases

Why PLM?

Companies embark on PLM projects for a number of reasons, including:

  • Reduce the time and cost of getting a product to market
  • Support business growth by enabling reductions in data entry across multiple systems and reduce the pain staking task of searching for information
  • Provide a standard product specification and development process when dealing with multiple systems and company acquisitions
  • Support ‘Go’ ‘No Go’ decisions early in the innovation cycle
  • Reduce the number of sample production or sourcing runs
  • Support strategic sourcing initiatives by giving visibility of supplier and material costs across the enterprise early in the product development cycle

Another key element of PLM is support for compliance standards by enabling the integration of all requirements and information in a single platform and process irrespective of the origin of that information.

Key Benefits of PLM

Reduce time to market

Make quicker engineering change cycles and resource allocation

Reduce Costs

Reduce costs through improved version control and supplier collaboration

Improve Quality

Increase internal collaboration and type all quality issues to the product record

PLM Software

PLM Software is the business system of choice amongst leading companies to manage the innovation cycle or product development process. PLM systems are designed to support companies to increase quality, reduce costs and improve sales revenue and profit.

 

As development of the lifecycle becomes increasingly complex, PLM software assists organisations to work as a single team to design, produce, support and retire products, while capturing best practices and lessons learned along the way. PLM software empowers businesses to make unified, information-driven decisions at every stage in the product lifecycle and are designed to work in harmony with existing business systems that manage enterprise processes such as customer orders, inventory, distribution and financials.

MEMKO's PLM Expertise

MEMKO seeks to unite stakeholders enterprise-wide in helping them unlock and realise their innovative potential. With a team of highly specialised engineering, technical and PLM experts in Australia and India, we can provide complete support for small, medium and large-scale PLM programs.

 

MEMKO also conducts business value assessments (BVA) for companies to identify the value of proceeding with a PLM project.  A BVA acts as an insurance policy by identifying costs, benefits and critical success factors prior to investing in the software, hardware and services required to support a successful PLM implementation.  We can conduct a BVA on your site for a small investment and the deliverables can be used to support a future business case.

 

MEMKO is also an official reseller of the PLM collaborative software solution ENOVIA from Dassault Systems. MEMKO provides complete industry-wide support and full integration for ENOVIA. Contacts us to learn how our PLM solutions can bring value to your business.

The PLM Collaborative Solution

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ENOVIA, powered by Dassault Systemes 3DEXPERIENCE, is the industry choice for PLM Software across multiple industries, globally. With a broad portfolio of technical and business applications, ENOVIA enables stakeholders across the enterprise to contribute to sustainable innovation.

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