In personal life, the justification of your buying decision is simple. You want to have the next cool device, period. In business, it is different. The magic acronym ROI (Return on Investment) will be the first question you need to answer. Cost is real thing. Benefits must be real too….
Big. Bold. Boom! The one and the only SolidSmack is writing about PLM. Do you remember first SolidSmack mission statement? Unfortunately, I didn’t make a snapshot of that page. It was something like “to supply a daily portion of coolness to engineers and everybody around”. Here is what happens. SolidSmack…
The ability to develop virtual conversation accorss continents and timezones is one of the most exciting parts of my blogging hobby. Earlier last week, I had a very interesting discussion about multiple Bill of Materials. It started from the discussion about BOM management and PLM 360 with John Evans here….
I’ve been reading twitter stream during my short weekend at home. One of the tweets from Randal Newton caught my special attention. This is the message: This message made me think about PLM systems, taxonomies and folksonomies. If you’re new to this term, a short intro. Taxonomies is what you…
Cost is an important topic. Period. Everybody agrees with this statement. I can even say many companies investing a lot in their ability to calculate and predict the cost of product. Compared to that, cost of change is much less exposed. However, cost of change can be even more destructive…
I want to talk about Bill of Material and integration today. The reason why I’m coming to this topic is largely because I have a feeling “integration” will play a significant role in the future of product lifecycle management and enterprise systems in general. Two days ago, I’ve been writing…
I’m adding another post to my collection of PLM definitions. Gavlin Quinlan came with the blog post on concurrent-engineering blog earlier this week. Here is the name – A Clearer Definition of PLM. I spent 10 minutes reading the blog and material. It points out to the CIMData Whitepaper 10…
As you probably know, I’m collecting PLM definitions coming out of vendors, industry analysts and just customers. Here are some links on blog posts with PLM definitions: PLM Definition – Multiple Dimensions by Prof. Eigner, PLM Definition – Corporate vs. Consumer Style?, PLM Definition – Next Round? I had a chance to read…
One of my blog readers asked me few questions about managing of effectivity. I decided to share this information. In my view, the conversation about Effectivity is always complicated. There are lots of opinions about how you need to manage effectivity, what system serves the best the purpose of effectivity…
