• What is PLM?

• Aim of PLM
• Core Processes
• PLM Overview
• PLM Best Practices
• PLM Rewards
• Challenges
• PLM Manufacturers
• Demo of ARAS Innovator
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PLM capabilities support PLM activities to drive activities, decisions and data within the end-to-
end PLM process, efficiently and cost-effectively. Examples include:
• Intellectual property management
• Product structure and reuse
• Engineering changes
• Stage-gate approvals
• Ideas and requirements
• Product configuration
• Quality tests and defects
• Product costs
• Development project status
1. Universal, secure, managed access and use of product definition information.
2. Maintaining the integrity of that product definition with configuration and related
information throughout the life of the product or plant.
3. Managing and maintaining business processes used to create, manage, disseminate, share,
and use the information.
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• Develop iteratively
• Manage Requirements
• Model Visually
• Use Components
• Verify Quality
• Control Change
• Milestone lifecycle
• Use References
• Use Cases as a Foundation
PLM works:
• Towards continuous innovation process and implementing new technologies effectively.
• To respond quickly to changing market conditions and shorten the duration of time-to-
market.
• To improve cycle times.
• To optimize product lifecycle processes.
• To lower scrap and rework costs.
• Towards closer contact with all departments, including customers and suppliers.
• To improve company performance and profitability.
• Creating Vision
• Legacy data access/modification
• Gather management/employee support
• Software selection and then training
• Mapping current processes to the new software (customization, new business
processes, etc.)
• Teamcenter by Siemens PLM software
https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/products/teamcenter/
• ENOVIA PLM by Dassault Systems
http://www.3ds.com/products-services/enovia/
• Windchill by PTC
http://www.ptc.com/product-lifecycle-management/windchill
• ARAS Enterprise PLM Software
http://www.aras.com/
• IBM PLM
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/info/plm/solutions/index.jsp
• Autodesk Fusion Lifecycle (Cloud base)
http://www.autodeskfusionlifecycle.com/
• SAP
https://help.sap.com/pcat_plm
• AGILE PLM by ORACLE
http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/agile/product-lifecycle-management/overview/index.html
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