PLM

As pressure increases on US manufacturing companies to remain competitive in an increasingly global marketplace, executives are turning to advanced PLM solutions as a way to accelerate revenue, reduce costs, ensure compliance, improve quality, and drive innovation within the product lifecycle.

“Just as the enterprise resource planning (ERP) market consolidated disparate back-office activities into a cohesive environment for running business operations, PLM consolidates diverse business applications that create, modify and use product data during all phases of a product's life cycle.” Marc Halpern, Research Director, Product Lifecycle Management, Gartner

However, without a proper understanding of how to implement and capitalize on a comprehensive PLM solution, manufacturing companies have not been able to realize the true benefits of the technology.

Reference Articles
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Industry Analysts

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