PLM/PDM for the Engineering-Centric Enterprise White Paper

Overview: Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software can help businesses of any size proactively manage their mission-critical intellectual property and control their product definitions to help them avoid problems and lost design cycle time due to unmanageable design and change processes. This whitepaper takes a closer look at PLM and product data management (PDM) technology, explaining each of the applications used to define and manage the data associated with products, from concept through retirement.

The problems solved by PDM are also outlined. PDM systems can be used to provide companies with design data management, product documentation management, process management, product structure and Bill of Material management, selective data sharing and publication, project management, as well as some additional niche capabilities.

Real-world strategies for effectively deploying PDM are also outlined in this whitepaper, providing readers with a list of elements to keep in mind when implementing PDM tools. To help readers in choosing the PLM/PDM system that is right for them, the whitepaper also includes a section on different approaches to evaluating a company’s needs and important selection criteria to keep in mind when selecting what technology will work best. A chart is also included that provides a list of the current market segmentation of PLM and PDM systems and providers.

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