The discussion about what is a dominant system in the enterprise has started a long time ago. Historically, MRP, later MRPII and ERP systems established itself as a leaders and positioned as the only system enterprise IT should be concerned of. It was probably true for some time, but already…
A single version of the truth is one of the most powerful PLM paradigm development for the last two decades. It is easy to explain – just think about all the information you need in a single place. But it is not very easy to implement. Data is siloed, companies…
My recent article Can we liberate product data from PLM vendors and dissolve it with digital thread raised a good number of questions, comments and discussions online and offline. I learned something – each time you touch the nerve of data ownership and value creation process, it will raise questions. And…
PLM is transforming from pure engineering discipline into platform capable to manage a diverse set of data and processes. I can see first signs of this transformation in blurring of application boundaries. Vendors are focusing on interaction with users and how to support a complete business workflow. The shift towards…
Product Lifecycle Management and Master Data Management. I had chance to raise this issue few months ago in my post Will Master Data Management Work for PLM? Few days ago, interesting publication from Gartner about their research in area of MDM and, more specifically, about overlap between MDM and PLM….
One of the ambitious goals PLM puts in front of strategists, implementors and developers is to manage a product lifecycle from early on (requirements, initial product designs) and until the end of product lifecycle towards manufacturing, supply chain and disposal processes. At first glance, it sounds like a great idea,…
Lately, I’ve seen a potential for a growth in Master Data Management (MDM) initiatives. For those who don’t know MDM technologies are, I recommend you start with Wikipedia and check out the links of the MDM offering by IBM, Oracle and some other large IT vendors. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Data_Management http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Master_Data_Management/ Looking at…
Jos Voskuil is blogging about ERP alternative for PLM. This is quite interesting question that can be split into two directions: 1/can we replace PLM from methodological and product standpoint; 2/can we make “non-PLM or general purpose technologies” make PLM job. On methodology and product side, I think adoption…
