The latest development in Product Lifecycle Management has raised the level of PLM systems with their ability to support wider areas of product development, manufacturing and maintenance. I think that over the past few years we have seen many new capabilities, systems and technologies developed by leading PLM companies. So,…
Today I would like to discuss PLM integrations. I see PLM as a business software that heavily relies on integration. You need to integrate PLM with multiple design, manufacturing and business systems. Manufacturing companies are using a huge set of multiple systems as a result of their operational history, acquisitions…
Yes, I have come to the conclusion that the Bill of Materials (BOM) child is quite alone… probably because the BOM children were very popular and everybody wanted to take care of them . Just take a look at our closest environment . We do have a Bill of Materials…
There is no doubt a search changed the way we work today on the Internet. Remember how looked for information in the pre-Internet and pre-Google age? It wasn’t so simple as today. So, the change of the user’s behavior regarding ‘search’ has created a lot of opportunities on the Internet…
In the last few posts, I wrote about how you can use Enterprise 2.0 tools to improve various processes related to product development. I think that Wiki is an easy collaborative platform. I also think that Wikis have a great potential to be transformed into something that bigger from which…
I’m getting back to the topic of persistent storage of PLM data. In my previous posts, I touched on this a few times. PLM Persistent Content and Dynamic 3D PDF PLM Dream Technologies for 2009 First of all, I will try to define functional scope for product persistent storage: In my view,…
Lately, I’ve seen a potential for a growth in Master Data Management (MDM) initiatives. For those who don’t know MDM technologies are, I recommend you start with Wikipedia and check out the links of the MDM offering by IBM, Oracle and some other large IT vendors. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Data_Management http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Master_Data_Management/ Looking at…
I think that using Enterprise 2.0 technologies for Product Lifecycle can bring significant improvement in implementation and services. Today’s traditional approach is to use workflow-based tools to implement ECO processes. Is this good? Yes, it’s probably good, but at the same time, establishing such implementation can be relatively complex. You…
Last week I had the chance to attend COFES 2009 forum in Scottsdale, AZ. It had a great atmosphere and there were excellent discussions about the present and future of design and engineering software. While I’m still digesting everything I’ve seen and talked about, I’d like to focus my thoughts…
In one of my previous posts, I already discussed PLM process management: Should PLM develop its own process tools?. In reality, I see that companies have many products that have process management and workflow capabilities. Some of them are part of IT platforms (Microsoft SharePoint, IBM WebSphere etc.), while others…
