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This PLM research note provides insight on the importance of business objectives when adopting PLM. This article presents
research findings on business objectives to adopt PLM based on software selection projects and surveys conducted by TEC. Drawing
and product documentation management, product collabora (...)
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... on business objectives that PLM users have in mind prior to evaluating
specific PLM solutions demonstrates that drawing and product documentation management, ...
Published:
2010-02-04
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PLM enterprise applications should not be selected in a vacuum. The needs and requirements of multiple departments and even
business partners must be represented in the documented requirements and also on the selection team, which should attempt
to examine different functions and methods involved in crit (...)
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... and future integration with key business-area solutions (eg ... first
make sure that the PLM functionality that ... is available from the solutions they are evaluating.
...
Published:
2004-08-21
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Third-party logistic (3PL) providers are under pressure to keep costs low, expand services and capitalize on evolving supply
chain management technology. As customers are becoming more discerning, 3PLs can leverage service oriented architecture to
meet customer needs. (...)
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Third-party logistic (3PL) providers are under pressure to keep costs low, expand services and capitalize on evolving supply
chain management tech...
Published:
2005-10-03
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RFPs and selection tools typically focus on features and functions. The business process protagonists consider this focus
old fashioned. However, users want and need an inventory or check lists of the functions to understand if the business process
will work. One always has to start from somewhere, and t (...)
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RFPs and selection tools typically focus on features and functions. The business process protagonists consider this focus
old fashioned. However, ...
Published:
2003-10-28
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Product lifecycle management (PLM) implementation brings its own set of challenges, whether considering vendor selection,
employee perception management, or actual implementation. However, based on experience and study, it is possible to describe
the best practices for overcoming these challenges. (...)
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... with mapping and defining common business processes. ... Then they
will cooperate in evaluating current and ... previous expertise in implementation of PLM
systems can ...
Published:
2006-07-05
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... If you’re currently evaluating or researching ERP, business process
management (BPM), or product lifecycle management (PLM) systems, here’s
what we have ...
Published:
2007-11-16
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Past experience shows us that the vast majority of enterprise technology evaluations run over time and budget, and once selected,
the majority of the implementations fail to meet functional, return on investment (ROI) and total cost of ownership (TCO)
expectations. Enterprise technology selections for (...)
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Past experience shows us that the vast majority of enterprise technology evaluations run over time and budget, and once selected,
the majority of ...
Published:
2003-05-22
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Even if Agile continues to deliver superior products, its competition against single-vendor, pre-integrated ERP suite products
will force Agile to aggressively differentiate the depth of their PLM expertise and further drive industry specialization. (...)
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Even if Agile continues to deliver superior products, its competition against single-vendor, pre-integrated ERP suite products
will force Agile to...
Published:
2003-10-24
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MAPICS hereby joins the raft of enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors that are making their way into the product lifecycle
management (PLM) market by bundling or partnering strategically to embed PLM functions within their suites. (...)
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... Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution, from its longstanding
partner—Ceimis Enterprises of Laguna Hills, California (US). ...
Published:
2004-07-22
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Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) addresses the full lifecycle of a product. The focus of most of the current PLM solutions,
however, does not make the most of the value available from servicing products after they have been sold. Service Lifecycle
Management (SLM) promises valuable business benefits (...)
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... When evaluating an SLM solution, look for depth and ... applications,
such as ERP and PLM systems, to ... other enterprise applications to improve business
performance ...
Published:
2003-06-11
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To help fashion players achieve the most out of adopting PLM methodology and systems while respecting the uniqueness of fashion
products and business processes, the article introduces a two-layer model to facilitate the process of selecting a fashion
PLM solution. (...)
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... in PLM implementation, many fashion PLM solutions provide out-of ...
that support fashion business processes. ... involves capturing and evaluating
product requirements ...
Published:
2009-10-05
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Success start with engineering change management 2.0:better business decisions from intelligent change management.Read our
free whitepapers! Traditionally, change management in product development and engineering has been viewed as a way to control
cost and improve efficiencies. But companies are becoming (...)
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Success start with engineering change management 2.0:better business decisions from intelligent change management.Read our
free whitepapers! Tradit...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Although the promise of reduced implementation risk and time, lower upfront costs, etc. justify the hosting/ASP model, this
brings an entire new set of issues for mid-market organizations to consider when seeking a vendor company using such an approach. (...)
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Although the promise of reduced implementation risk and time, lower upfront costs, etc. justify the hosting/ASP model, this
brings an entire new s...
Published:
2005-04-02
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Business processes must be enabled across the artificial boundaries of disparate applications that must work together to
support these business processes. To that end, business process management (BPM) could assist in compliance issues, can reduce
training requirements, and increase the overall efficienc (...)
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... To that end, business process management (BPM) is the new approach
to automate cross-functional processes, which allows processes to be modeled and then ...
Published:
2004-05-18
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All the recent management trends from Continuous Improvement to Business Process Re-engineering have had the same issue we
see with E-Business. They have enterprise-wide implications and tend to become part of the corporate department that started
the initiative. This article recommends a more strategi (...)
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... Often, when a company feels it needs to focus more intense management scrutiny on a
business discipline it creates a position that has over-arching ...
Published:
2003-07-05
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Business processes must be enabled across the artificial boundaries of disparate applications that must work together to
support these business processes. To that end, business process management (BPM) could assist in compliance issues, can reduce
training requirements, and increase the overall efficienc (...)
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... To that end, business process management (BPM) is the new approach
to automate cross-functional processes, which allows processes to be modeled and then ...
Published:
2004-05-18
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Engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturing needs a high level of integration between ERP and PLM systems. This article points
out that ERP and PLM solutions are moving toward each other to achieve more organic data and process connectivity. (...)
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Engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturing needs a high level of integration between ERP and PLM systems. This article points out
that ERP and PLM solu...
Published:
2009-11-27
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While the race for the pole position in the still evolving, moving-target PLM market started several years ago, it has been
quite accelerated by Agile Software's fourth acquisition in 2003. Particularly with the most recent Agile-Eigner announcement,
the two players have apparently decided to leapfrog ma (...)
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While the race for the pole position in the still evolving, moving-target PLM market started several years ago, it has been
quite accelerated by A...
Published:
2003-10-22
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The reality of today’s application environment is that no single application meets all of the needs of a business, or frequently
even the needs of a single business process, so multiple applications must work together to support business processes. (...)
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... of applying ERP, Product Lifecycle Management, Supply Chain ... e-business
applications to improve business performance. ... companies specializing in PLM
and process ...
Published:
2003-02-27
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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 a (...)
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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...
Published:
2003-08-02