Core PLM Areas and Functionalities

PLM Software tool will do lot of things and it can do much more things by streamlining Product Development Process, Enhancing User Efficiency and Productivity, establishing Reliable and Robust Environment in different areas of a Product journey through different departments of an Organization to achieve Business Strategic Plans,

Following are Core PLM Areas which will cover various stages of Product Development,

1.      Program and Portfolio Management (Project, Plan & People Management)

a.      Managing Projects effectively in turn save more Time and Money

b.      Splitting Projects into sub projects – WBS

c.       Resource Planning and Assignment – Track Tasks and status

d.      Overall Project Plan – Set Goals, Mile Stones

e.      Detailed Reporting and Benchmarks

f.        Quick Decisions

2.      "Intellectual Property" cycle Management (CAD, Digital Data, documents, Analysis)

a.      Various Types digital Data Generation

b.      Structured way of managing data

c.       Managing complicated Bill of Materials

d.      Secured and Role based user assignment for a Projects

e.      Single Source of IP

f.        Make Easy Search of right information at right time

g.      Well defined workflow and Review processes

h.      Document Change Management

i.        Quick defined and decisions for Release Processes

j.        Working with Multi-CAD environments

k.       Integrated to other Editor Software

l.        Replicated Environments

m.    Collaboration between Multi Site working Environments

n.      Scope for Innovation in NPD

o.      Digital Analysis Data Management – FEM, DMU, Stress- Bending etc.

3.      Suppliers Integration (SCM)

a.      Suppliers Quotation Management
b. Customer relationship management

2. Customer service management
3. Demand & Order management
4. Manufacturing flow management
5. Supplier relationship management
6. Product Development & Commercialization
7. Returns management

4.      Production (Digital Manufacturing)

a.      Testing and Prototyping

b.      Digital Coding and Tooling

c.       Mass Production Management

d.      Plant Maintenance

e.      Material Management

f.        Design to Production Management

g.      Production Level Change

h.      Assembly Line management

5.      Sales & After Market (Service)

a.      Inventory Management

b.      Sales to Order

c.       Engineering to Order

d.      Finance and Marketing

e.      Customer Requirements Management

f.        Service Management

The above said poitns are covering main functionalities of PLM core areas which covers Product  stages from Concept of Planning phase to Design Phase to Production Phase to After Market Phase in turn covers full Lifecycle of a Product.

So it is clear that PLM is a platform for  integrating People, Processes, and Technologies accross various departments through out a Product Lifecycle.

Next Post we will discuss how PLM tool acts as a Strategic Tool in an Organization and PLM benefits.

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Anil Kumar  J R

What is PLM Tool?

PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) is  a Business strategic software tool for all Engineering Domains which helps to reach “Organization Vision” by integrating People, Processes and Technology by trading off Wastage of resources, time consumption, miscommunication and hence directs to more ROI.

PLM software Tools Tracks and Control whole Technical Specifications and other related data associated with a “Product/Goods” which is to be produced in an Organization from concept level to development to production to service and disposal stages with "Single Source of Truth" data.

In beginning people might have get confusion or wage feeling that there are many technical jargon's in PLM domain. And in one word we can call PLM is a in and out, end to end Data Management software for a Product in an Organization, especially in engineering domains.

Next post we will discuss deep into topics of PLM and its functionalities, How to Implement the PLM solution, benefits, difficulties in PLM Implementation, different PLM players in Markets, PLM with Organization Management, Which one is Best PLM solution & Why?, other PLM related topics with live and running case studies etc.

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Anil Kumar J R

Passionate to PLM

Organization's Business Challenges to succeed Strategic Plan

An Organization is set with its “Vision” to become leader in their product range and well defined strategic plan is ready to go ahead.

Any organization will face some of the major general Business & Technical challenges even after defined

neat strategic Plan, Organization should overcome all these challenges to succeed in their plan,

Following are few major Business challenges:

1.       Changing & uncertain marketing trends.

2.      Globalization, continuous evolving Technology.

3.      End-users mindsets about a Brand/product and Diversity of people.

4.       Producing of Qualitative, Economical and competitive product with new innovative output.

5.       Give Quick Time to market

6.      Local Regulations & Rules, environmental conditions.

7.       Political Influence

8.       To get More ROI

Following are few major Technical challenges:

1.       Huge volume of data (Digital) generation across a product

2.       Searching right information at right time

3.       Change Management - Tracking change and history of a product

4.       Managing Complicated EBOM, MBOM, PBOM

5.       Collaboration across different business units in various geographies

6.       Avoiding duplication of data – Single Source of Truth

7.       Effective communication (DAMA concept) between departments (Workflow processes )

8.       Securing Organization’s Intellectual Property (IP)

9.       Innovation in NPD

10.   Keeping Skilled Resources

The above said challenges adversely affect the Organizations Product Output if not handled carefully and properly.

Now “a PLM Tool” comes into picture to address all the above said challenges, it will prove how the PLM Tool will help the Organizations to make Strategic Plan to success,

In next posts we will discuss about PLM tool and how it works to help Organization in getting more ROI.

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Anil Kumar JR

Passionate to PLM

Organization's Business Strategic Plan

Every human being has their own strategy to execute their tasks in daily life.

Strategy is Path and flow of collection of Plans to execute and reach any organizations or individuals vision & Mission,

“Vision is looking at planned future view and position what and how organizations want be in the future”

For example: My (organization) Vission is "to become a Pioneer in the world for PLM business &services".

“Mission is collection of objectives to execute and to reach Visionary statement “

For example: to make customers Happy in End to End PLM services, No compromise on Quality with best PLM service, Hassle Free PLM solutions for clients etc.

Most of the organizations undergo loss and will be failed to continue operations because of improper strategic plans.

Major point from Business Strategic Plan which should be planned well is, "To give Economical & Qualitative Product output with Customer satisfaction". To produce excellent Quality product, organizations need Skilled Employees, Good resources and excellent Materials and with that well manageable Project Team. To work with this strategic Plan Organization should save huge amount of time and money by trading off wastages in all resources and should work collaboratively to give Qualitative & Competitive Product output on time to Market to Delivery to Customer. By failing to execute this strategic Plan Organization will surly goes under loss or “Return on Investment” will be in negatives,

So making Business strategic Plan and executing this plan is very well important to win and survive in the Globalization competition world.

Next post we will discuss about PLM tools and how it will helps to reach the strategic Plan effectively.

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Anil Kumar JR

Passionate to PLM

Globalization Trend towards Moon and Mars,

In this Globalization Trend Technology is moving towards  “Moon and Mars” and humans are so diversified and talented in developing things for their convenient,, Human can do anything for his comfort by using his skills and the fast moving Technologies,,,

Because of this trend everybody in the race for becoming master in their own path and vision.

This race causes huge competition between humans and off course "survival of the fittest rule" for the competition they created,

The main competition areas are Education System, Engineering Industries and Production Systems, Technologies, Medical, Agriculture, Politics, Sports, now day’s human feelings are also in competition for

breakups, all the way there is Huge Competition,,

There are few areas like "Engineering Industries and Production Systems" which are building world, as Engineers build the world and more focus towards social responsibility by creating everything what Human needs to live with comfort. So competition is well built within this area to create Engineering things for human comforts.

There are few areas of Engineering which will create things for Humans are, Automotive Industry, Aerospace Industries, Construction Equipment’s Industry, Heavy Machinery Industry, Apparels Industry, Energy Industry, Life science Industry, Civil Architect Industry, Marine Industry, Mining Industry, Consumer Goods and Food Processing Industry etc etc etc,,,,,

All the above said Engineering Areas are contributing lot for human society with quality product and service. There are number of Players in the markets with respect to different above said areas and there is tremendous demand, pressure and competition to produce a Qualitative Product,,,

Those will give Excellent Products to market they will be winner in the global market competition, off-course there will be loser position even though there is Excellent product come out,,,,

So “Globalization Trend moving towards to settle in Moon and Mars” is taking humans beyond the technology and everyone wants to struggle for existence in the market trend change settings.

Every organization developed their own strategy to win the market. We will discuss in next posts that what is strategy and how Organizations works with strategy to win and survive.

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Anil Kumar JR

Passionate to PLM