"Process Management"

How to make PLM less complicated and more user-friendly?

I think that PLM in general as well as most other enterprise systems are very non-user friendly. My simple conclusion is that all these systems have a ‘push’ behavior – you need to manage all processes, initiate data transformation, send released design to engineering, release bill of materials to manufacturing……

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PLM: Productivity vs. Process?

Let’s start with a strange question – how many “Ps” are there in PLM? Frankly, speaking, I don’t know. I keep finding new ones J.  But today, I’ve chosen two Ps for today’s brainstorm – Productivity and Process. Do you see the contradiction in these two terms? When I think…

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What is beyond Collaboration and Process Management in PLM?

Collaboration and Process Management is obviously a very important part of Product Lifecycle Management. But does it really target successful Product Lifecycle Management implementation?  Yes, I think that allowing people to collaborate and have this process organized and synchronized with all other processes in your organization is the ultimate goal…

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PLM Process Management Technologies

 Last month, I started a series of “PLM Glue Technologies” posts which I would like to continue. I titled my Recipe #1 post ‘data modeling’ and Recipe #2 ‘Rules’.  Today I bring you Recipe #3 is about processes or what we refer to sometimes as business processes. Process technology is…

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