Today is the last day of 2023. I find myself reflecting on the major themes and milestones that shaped Beyond PLM this year. This final blog article of the year not only a summary of 2023 but also sets the stage for an exciting 2024. So, let’s dive into the…
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems represent the foundation of the product development and business processes. They support multiple aspects of product development processes – computer aided design, engineering, manufacturing, production, supply chain management and many others. The connection of these two systems is one of…
In today’s increasingly interconnected world, managing product information efficiently has become a complex challenge. Traditionally, Product Data Management (PDM), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have been key systems managing product data. However, as businesses accumulate data from various sources, including Product Data Management (PDM), Manufacturing…
Selecting PLM system and implementing product lifecycle management is not a simple process and many companies are struggling to make the choice. It is indeed hard – you can bet on big brand name or small startup. You can choose a tool and technology complimentary to your CAD system. Recently,…
It’s time to ask yourself: is Excel holding your organization back? Over the last few years, I’ve been talking to many organizations of different sizes – small and large about data management, enterprise systems such as PLM and ERP and about what can become the next step of enterprise PLM…
The 2023 is almost in the books and now it is a great time to share more about what I learned during this year. Most of my focus was spent on continue building and growing OpenBOM. If you haven’t heard about OpenBOM, check it out. The platform has grown to…
Selection of PLM technologies and software can be a daunting process. In a competitive market of PLM vendors, the decisions are often hard, products have similar technologies and process names, which are hard to quantify and compare. I have my readers often contacting me with questions about PLM technologies, systems…
Earlier this week, I attended CIMdata webinar. The goal for webinar was to provide a brief review of PLM economy and speak about significant events that happened in PLM landscape during 2023. CIMdata team lead by Stan Przybylinski, VP of Research and the new (and the youngest) member of CIMdata…
The credit for the picture above goes to Martin Eigner book about System Lifecycle Management. I’d like to continue the discussion I started in my previous article – Structure and models of product data for connected processes in PLM. The main point of my previous article was that manufacturing industry…
In my last article about End-to-End business processes, I share some ideas about the importance of establishing connected digital processes as a foundational step in digital transformation. Siloed systems and processes is a bad idea when you look how to improve the organizational performance. It is even worst idea when…
