PLM and Profitability
An ongoing conversation about manufacturers' plans, challenges, successes, and failures in improving product profitability with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM).
Research Rap: Unlock My Product Data! Business Intelligence in PLM
A quick peek into some research on … the use of business intelligence in PLM provides insight on taking advantage of the tremendous amount of product data accumulating in today’s PLM systems. The research discusses how the maturation of manufacturers’ PLM implementations has created a tremendous volume of untapped information that can be leveraged to improve product inn ...... Read More
Comments (0)One-to-One: Dassault Systemes and IBM put right the PLM Ecosystem
I had the chance to talk with … Dassault Systemes and IBM today about Dassault’s announced acquisition of parts of IBM’s PLM business. For many, this is the dissolution of a long-standing marriage that they are comfortable with and makes sense. They may mourn the loss. To me, this is just the final correction to a legacy relationship that has served its time and purpose. Dassa ...... Read More
Comments (0)Research Rap: The Evolving Roles of ERP and PLM in Manufacturing
A quick peek into some research on … how the roles of ERP and PLM have evolved from Tech-Clarity’s most recent report, Tech-Clarity Insight: The Evolving Roles of ERP and PLM - Integrating the Roles of Execution and Innovation. This research is afollow up to The Complementary Roles of ERP and PLM. The paper furthers my previous research and describes how the use of these enterprise ...... Read More
Comments (0)What I Learned: Exponential Times - What Does it Mean for Manufacturing and PLM?
What I learned this week … came from watching the Did You Know 3.0 Video and asking myself what it means to the world of manufacturing and product lifecycle management (PLM). The answer? Quite a lot. If you haven’t seen the video, it is worth 5 minutes of your time to give you an entertaining and informative look into the times we live in. The part that really caught me was that we l ...... Read More
Comments (4)What I Learned: Single Bill of Material - Holy Grail or Pipe Dream?
What I learned this week … is a thought sparked by a post in the Daily PLM Think Tank on Engineering and Manufacturing Data Management back in 1992. The post isn’t from 1992, but Oleg was re-reading some books from that time and commented on some issues that the manufacturing industry is still struggling with after 17 years of progress. I know there are strong proponents o ...... Read More
Comments (6)Research Rap: Digital Prototypes - Yes. But for a Manufacturing Plant?
A quick peek into some research on … the use of digital prototyping techniques and technologies to design (and redesign) efficient manufacturing plants. Most of the times I discuss “digital prototyping” it regards products. But the same concepts apply when using digital prototyping in the plant - namely using digital models to increase design efficiency and get designs right ...... Read More
Comments (0)One-to-One: A Vision for PLM and Beyond - Dassault Systemes
I had the chance to talk with … Dassault Systemes CEO Bernard Charles and his team at Dassault’s 2009 customer conference today. I attended the general sessions in the morning and then spent some time speaking with DS execs in a smaller group setting. Once again, Bernard and the team painted a very different picture of PLM than some might have in mind. Dassault does PLM, but the visi ...... Read More
Comments (3)What I Learned: A Compliance Wake Up Call for Manufacturers
What I learned this week … came from a post that I found in a Consumer Reports blog. The article, Tailgating Alert: Gasoline-powered blender banned by California Air Resources Board could have come out of the Onion because it is pretty over the top (who needs a blender with handlebars!?). But the punch line is not funny for the manufacturer in Phoenix, who probably had no idea that t ...... Read More
Comments (3)What I Learned: Social Computing in PLM and the Scarce Resource of Attention
What I learned this week … came from a post on Socialwrite.com titled The Attention Question in Social Business. I have struggled over this one for the past several days because the post puts forward a compelling and brilliant observation - but I can’t quite grasp the analogy when applied to my world - social computing in PLM. I woke up this morning with a clear thought in my head on ...... Read More
Comments (0)One-to-One: Siemens Talks about Siemens (PLM)
I had the chance to talk with … Siemens (the manufacturer) and Siemens PLM (their PLM software group) last week as a participant in an PLM industry analysts meeting. The meeting was full of interesting updates on their PLM products, but one thing that really struck me was Siemens talking about Siemens. As many people know, Siemens was a big user of Siemens PLM solutions prior to acquiring t ...... Read More
Comments (0)One-to-One: Invention Machine Boosts "Every Day" Innovation Capabilities
I had the chance to talk with … Jim Todhunter and the team at Invention Machine about the new product release they announced today. There are lot of things that I like in the release designed to help further Invention Machine’s ability to operationalize innovation. But what really struck me was the goal of this release to improve “Every Day Innovation” in a procedural, ...... Read More
Comments (0)What I Learned: Virtual Fashion Shows via PLM
What I learned this week … came from an article on Yahoo! Tech News titled Technology in starring role at NY Fashion Week. The article really made me think about how virtual worlds, social computing, and PLM could transform fashion shows. Note: The video grab is from a site called “vimeo” posted by “Four H” and the link to their great Lego fashion show video is ...... Read More
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