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How is PLM Collaboration Different From Social Networking?

How is PLM Collaboration Different From Social Networking?

I’ve been observing a lot of discussion related to the topic of social networking. During the last few months, I had the chance to discuss this topic with many people – customers, vendors, analysts. We have seen many product announcements in this space from many vendors – general IT software…

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Why do I Need to Change My “Out-of-the-Box PLM”?

I’d like to discuss a topic which is probably the most “non technological” topic I have ever discussed in this blog. This is what we refer to as ‘best practices’. This exists in PLM, ERP, and many other business and enterprise systems. But I’d like to discuss what is behind…

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PLM Prompt: Cordys brings BPM on cloud

Short news alert – Cordys enables business process automation for Google Apps. Jan Baan, founder and CEO of Cordys said that, this solution fundamentally changes the way software will be developed and deployed. How BPM on cloud may change way Product Lifecycle Management apps will be delivered tomorrow?   

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Where is PLM on Industry Cloud Map?

Where is PLM on Industry Cloud Map?

Continuing the cloud-zone discussion I have started for this week, I found this pretty comprehensive technological map for Cloud Computing, SaaS and PaaS industries on blog of Peter Laird and Kent Dickson.  So, where does PLM fit into this space? There are a few service providers that have traditional server…

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Should PLM develop its own process tools?

There is no discussion – PLM is very oriented towards processes. In order to be able to coordinate multiple organizational activities around product lifecycles it seems like process tools is  a “must to have” component in PLM tool box. But is it really true? In today’s world, process tools are…

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CAD is boring… because CAD is alone!

I was reading an interview with Chris Williams about his new product, Vuuch, on NOVEDGE. Chris said that “the CAD world is boring…”. But I’m wondering why? I thought that the data management world (PDM, ERP) is more boring since it’s all about grids of data.  But CAD? This is…

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How can PLM leverage Social Networks to marketing with customers?

I think that staying in contact with your customers is the number one goal for all organizations today. And this is ultimately one of the goals of CRM.  But nowadays, things are changing… and our customers are very likely involved in various social networks in which they speak with colleagues…

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Virtual CCB idea: Can we use Wiki for PLM?

I think everybody knows about Wiki. (Wikipedia definitions of wiki software). Today Wiki engines became very popular and affordable. There are a great number of available wiki platforms starting from big vendors and ending with open source and online offerings. You can take a look on Comparison of Wiki Software….

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