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What is PLM?
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is a strategic business approach that applies a consistent set of business solutions in support of the collaborative creation, management, dissemination, and use of product definition information across the extended enterprise from concept to end of life – integrating people, processes, and information. PLM forms the product information backbone for a company and its extended enterprise. It is composed of multiple elements including: foundation technologies and standards (e.g., XML, visualization, collaboration, and enterprise application integration), information authoring tools (e.g., MCAD, ECAD, and technical publishing), core functions (e.g., data vaults, document and content management, workflow and program management), and functional applications (e.g., configuration management), and business solutions built on the other elements.
Product Lifecycle Management Definition
For a PLM overview, read CIMdata's Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Definition. Other CIMdata PLM papers and reports are available for download on our Published Reports page.
Also see CIMdata's PLM Definition.
cPDm
cPDm encompasses all of PLM except for information authoring tools such as mechanical and electronic computer-aided design (MCAD and ECAD), computer-aided software engineering (CASE), and technical publishing. cPDm is focused on collaboration, management and sharing of product related information. Read more about cPDm.
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