Product Lifecycle Management
About this book
In today's manufacturing and service industries PLM - Product Lifecycle Management - is an essential means to cope with the challenges of more demanding global competition.
New, more complex and more configurable products must be introduced to markets faster than ever before.
In order to cope with this, companies form large collaborative networks. In these collaborative networks product information must be transferred between companies in electronic form, smoothly and with high levels of information security.
This is the first English-language book on PLM that introduces the reader to the basic terms and fundamentals of PLM. It provides a solid foundation for starting a PLM development project and further gives ideas and examples of how PLM can be utilized in various industries. In addition, it offers an insight into how PLM can assist in creating new business opportunities and in making real eBusiness possible.
Written for:
Project managers and IT managers, especially in manufacturing industries, PLM consultants
Keywords:
- PLM, PDM
- Product Data Management
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Product Management
- Service Management
