I often hear the statement, “Product Lifecycle Management is a journey.” Once you start a PLM journey in your company, it never stops. It encompasses business strategy, product development process, information models, document management, product data management, and many other elements of product lifecycle management necessary to ensure the success…
Summer is a great time to catch up on PLM reading. What is on the top of the mind of manufacturing enterprises these days? Choosing “the right PLM” is still a dominant theme in many publications. It is natural. Companies are looking how to chose the right strategy and bring…
For many years, CAD/PLM – ERP integration was a topic that triggered many questions. As you probably note, I put “CAD/PLM” and not a traditional “PLM”, because for many companies the integration is translated into “engineering to manufacturing” process. If I go back a few decades, the traditional engineering process…
Running a demo is a strategic task that can significantly influence stakeholders’ perceptions and decisions. When it comes to management of entire product lifecycle, creating a strategy for your business, and as a result, to introduce strategy for systems and product development process, supply chain management, quality management, document management,…
In my recent article about the growing importance of Manufacturing BOM (MBOM) management, I explored various integration methods between CAD, ERP, and PLM systems and the challenges in aligning these processes for streamlined manufacturing and supply chain optimization. If you missed the article, check it here – Where is My…
In my previous article How to solve PLM & ERP, I explored the challenges and complexities involved in integrating PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems. The feedback and comments from readers have been incredibly insightful, and I want to thank everyone who contributed their thoughts and…
The debates about PLM and ERP about management of Bill of Materials are heating up. Recent years were remarkable with the number of complexities that coming together surrounding topics like supply chain, sustainability, increased regulation and cost analysis. MBOM and Ordering process is in the cross roads of these debates….
In the world of engineering and manufacturing, data integration is paramount. As industries evolve towards more interconnected systems, choosing the right integration framework is crucial for efficiency, interoperability, and scalability. integration of enterprise resource planning systems (ERP), supply chain management, product lifecycle management and business processes in a modern enterprise…
I was catching up on social media reading over the weekend, and my attention was caught by Matthias Ahrens post speaking about about multi-CAD PDM support and federated PLM architecture. Check this out here. Here is the key passage: ….it seems that each PLM system has its favorite CAD system,…
The reality of every engineering team or manufacturing enterprise is multiple systems. For the last 20+ years, the question of system integration was one of the most popular and asked questions in any PLM system implementation I’ve been involved. The question of integrations between PLM and ERP was critical for…
