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PLM Prompt: Does it make sense to create simple PLM?

PLM Prompt: Does it make sense to create simple PLM?
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11 June, 2009 | 0 min for reading

I enjoyed to read Simplicity is Hard by Larry Cheng. Had few straitforward thoughts out of this. Our PLM systems are damn complex. How to make it simple? Few proposals: 

1/ Flat User Inerface -no complex structures

2/ To visualize only what do you realy need 

3/ Tag & Search everywhere 

What do you think?

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