Sunday quarantine time is the best moment to reflect on the history of PLM and future trends. Lionel Grealou gave me a perfect reason to do so with his article – Towards PLM 4.0: Hyperconnected Asset Performance Management Framework. The article is available on LinkedIn here as well as via…
I’m often getting emails with the questions about how to find a lightweight PDM system. PDM is around for more than three decades and still, the question about a good and affordable PDM keeps keep coming. With all experience, CAD and PLM vendors have, why PDM is still a problem…
A long time ago when I was too naive and too technical, I thought that the best product (or technology) always wins. Well… I was wrong. Later I learned that this is one of the top sales myths. The reality is that having the best product, or the best features,…
PLM business is a complex discipline and often relies on resellers to grow and scale. PLM industry has many examples of successful partnership channels in the past. And some companies are open to speaking about the value of resellers to make their business stronger. Engineering.com article Why VARs can be…
I’m a big fan of simplicity. What made me to believe in simplicity? I think it came with the experience. I’ve seen continues the success of products and technologies after applying simplification principles. A long time ago, I was discussing the PLM project with one manufacturing company. They have been…
To select a PLM system is not a simple task. A few years ago, I shared the article – How to avoid PLM software selection mousetrap. There are many aspects of the selection process – technology, organization, vendor, etc. After all, for most organizations, PLM decision is something that is…
For the last few months, I’ve been having many discussions and debates about the current state of PLM, manufacturing trends, problems, IT solutions and possible ways to sell them to customers. Digital transformation seems to be a common topic for most of PLM companies today. As much as I like…
One of the most popular discussions in the PLM domain is about what is PLM. The debates are going on and these discussions never disappoint. PLM keeps driving controversy because of the high diversity of applications, people and companies involved. And when you have many players, you always find a…
The understanding market potential can make all the difference for the company between sitting courtside in the middle of the most active and watching the game from home. If you working on market and strategy, you have to get a pulse of the market. Then make an assessment of impact,…
A few days ago I wrote an article discussing why the strategy of building PLM on top of PDM can be a wrong solution – 3 Reasons for not growing existing PDM into full PLM system. I also enjoyed discussion and comments on LinkedIn. Check it out here. This discussion…
