A blog by Oleg Shilovitsky
Information & Comments about Engineering and Manufacturing Software

PLM Prompt: Should we combine PLM and PIM efforts?

PLM Prompt: Should we combine PLM and PIM efforts?
olegshilovitsky
olegshilovitsky
20 July, 2009 | 1 min for reading

Short prompt – I’m looking on definition of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Product Information Management (PIM).

Product lifecycle management (PLM) is the process of managing the entire lifecycle of a product from its conception, through design and manufacture, to service and disposal. [1] PLM integrates people, data, processes and business systems and provides a product information backbone for companies and their extended enterprise.[2]

Product information management (PIM) or PIM refers to processes and technologies focused on centrally managing information about products, with a focus on the data required to market and sell the products through one or more distribution channels. A central set of product data can be used to feed consistent, accurate and up-to-date information to multiple output media such as web sites, print catalogs, ERP systems, and electronic data feeds to trading partners. PIM systems generally need to support multiple geographic locations, multi-lingual data, and maintenance and modification of product information within a centralized catalog to provide consistently accurate information to multiple channels in a cost-effective manner.

Even difference is clear, it looks like combination of PIM and PLM efforts can bring significant benefits to the company to streamline information management around a product.

Just my opinion. What do you think about it?

Recent Posts

Also on BeyondPLM

4 6
21 May, 2014

Online business models are disrupting industries. E-commerce was probably one of the first disrupted segments. Just think about it… 10-15...

24 March, 2024

Combining multiple systems in manufacturing sector to work together is always a complex thing to do. In the engineering and...

8 December, 2010

Navigate your browser to the following link. GSA is moving to Google Apps. According to the Google blog, US GSA...

12 December, 2014

PLM selection is complex process. It takes time to make a decision, evaluate, build a pilot and implement PLM system....

20 June, 2012

Well… It happened. Microsoft officially became “hardware company”. Keyboards, mice, even XBOX and Kinect… All these devices are in a...

19 July, 2010

The things are moving fast these days. One of the most fascinating trends is the emerging connection between physical and...

12 July, 2018

Collaboration is one of these words that always created lot of confusion. For the last few years, we’ve seen CAD...

1 July, 2023

In the fast-paced world of manufacturing business, staying ahead of the competition requires efficient management of product development, manufacturing, and...

21 May, 2021

PLM and ERP are the two most dominant enterprise systems when it comes to handling product information and product development...

Blogroll

To the top