Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) deals with the complete life cycle of complex products - whereby the task of Product Data Management (PDM) systems is to manage the information throughout this product development process. To fully understand the capabilities of different systems and to decide which functions are most appropriate for one's own enterprise and products is not always easy. fme's PLM specialists dispose of many years of experience in successful implementations and adaptations of PDM systems.
PLM contains many document intensive processes. Here fme's longstanding ECM experience in combination with its PDM expertise provides useful synergies between those two disciplines. This is especially beneficial for maintaining a comprehensive perspective of the interrelationship of context and information throughout the value chain.
The PLM consulting service which fme provides is designed to assist in the development of strategic concepts to precisely meet the requirements of your organisation and its products, and then to accompany you throughout the entire implementation process from initial current state analysis to full implementation of your systems. In all phases we focus especially on the collaborative aspects since they play a significant role in the success of PLM/PDM solutions and make for efficient and effective workflows.
The goal within a coherent overall framework is to integrate throughout the product life cycle all aspects of document, product and knowledge management in line with your specific requirements. For many companies, collaboration has become a key issue due to the demands of globalisation, joint product development at different locations, not forgetting the realities of complex supplier networks. Collaboration across departments, even across enterprises, has become an important part of many business processes.
It is not unusual to exchange project and management information between companies using a variety of technology platforms. fme therefore provides assistance for the interaction and integration of different system environments in order to close gaps in the information flow and to develop additional benefit potential. The solutions we propose are designed to efficiently control and structure information during the product development process, while also allowing for sufficient flexibility to cater for specific needs, always with the aim of making context related information available wherever required and in accordance with the user?s needs.
We assist you with ...
- the definition of sustainable information strategies for product development
- the creation of a well structured, collaborative information exchange
- the translation of concepts and strategies into operational practice and supportive solutions
- the exploitation of added benefit potential within the existing process and system environment
- turning information into knowledge and enhancing its long-term availability and usefulness
Further information:
- Analysis Workshop: fme quick-scan
We propose a first overview analysis and conceptual assessment of your current state, your existing system environment including its external connections, elaborate your specific requirements, we then help to fine tune your strategy, discuss plausible solution scenarios and assist in developing your individual roadmap to success.
If you are interested, give us a call!
- SharePoint meets PLM
Why not use the potential of Microsoft's collaboration platform SharePoint by implementing an effective and risk-free integration with your PDM system? This may increase the efficiency of your product development by allowing your staff to work in a more structured and project oriented fashion, decentralised and across team boundaries.
- Avoid data redundancy and the uncertain email distribution of information.
- Maintain information always in a product context.
- Create an information network where knowledge may be safely stored and retrieved.
- Allow colleagues as well as external partners simple, yet secure access to controlled areas of information for more effective collaboration.
- Define the level of detail of the information made available in accordance with the project.
- Take advantage of Microsoft?s affordable license fees as well as its look & feel for the easy integration of new project team members.
