CIMdata PLM Certificate Core Program for Industrial Organizations and Systems Integrators

CIMdata’s PLM Certificate Core Program delivers a focused version of CIMdata’s PLM Certificate Program for Industrial Organizations and Systems Integrators. This program is intended to ensure that the individuals that participate in a PLM program all have the same level of PLM understanding. CIMdata’s PLM Certificate Core Program is delivered through a series of education and training sessions. The program is comprised of a series of 3.5-hour and 7-hour seminars, delivered over three (3) consecutive days. The program has been designed to be industry independent and is delivered through a series of lectures, case studies, group exercises, and tests.

CIMdata’s PLM Certificate Core Program is comprised of 5 core courses that can be given over a three-day period or can be delivered in half-day or full-day segments configured for a specific company’s requirements. Individuals that have completed this 3-day PLM Certificate Core Program and wish to, at a later date, receive a 5-day Standard PLM Certificate can do so. CIMdata will provide special pricing upon request. Please note that CIMdata also offers a set of advanced courses for those companies that need to educate their PLM program participants in other important PLM related topics.

Targeted Audience

The target audience for CIMdata’s PLM Certificate Core Program includes, but is not limited to the following:

• Business Mid-Level Managers
• Program Champions
• Business Subject Matter Experts
• Project Leaders
• IT Professionals
• IT Managers
• University Instructors
• Postgraduate Students

Targeted Industries

CIMdata’s PLM Certificate Core Program has been designed to be industry independent. However, industry-specific content (e.g., process discussions, examples, cases studies) can be easily added if the certification is being done for a specific company and/or industry group. In addition, localization is expected and encouraged.

Registration

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PLM Certificate Program Outline:

Day	Class
1	Session 1: Introduction to PLM
2	Session 2: PLM Benefits & Potential Value
	Session 3: PLM Strategy & Solution Definition
3	Session 4: PLM Solution Evaluation & Selection
	Session 5: PLM Implementation, Monitoring & Continuous Improvement

PLM Certificate Core Program — Session Descriptions

Session 1: Introduction to PLM

Duration: 1 day

Intent: The scope of this 7-hour session includes the presentation of today’s view and vision of the global PLM market and technologies. The overall intent of the session is to provide a broad overview of the PLM market, including trends, system architectures, and critical elements of success. This session will include presentations, discussions, and a set of interactive exercises.

Session Outline:

• Session Introduction
  A discussion of the PLM market status, including recent history, today’s facts and figures, and some market trends that can help an attendee understand the market’s evolution. These include system sources, types of implementations, scope of implementations, sources of investment, etc.
• Elements of a PLM Solution
  • Definition — A definition and description of a PLM solution, what it is and how its various components fit together. This provides a broad definition for PLM, and positions the solutions with regard to other related technologies, such as CAD, software engineering, and ERP/MRP II tools.
  • Functionality — A description of the functionality required to support PLM. This includes a description of the functional areas that make up typical PLM solutions and a discussion of each of them; what they are and how they work, what they are used to achieve, examples of how they are supported in commercial and private designed systems.
  • Architecture — A discussion of issues related to the architectures of PLM solutions, including distributed system operational requirements, user interfaces, applications interfaces, platform issues, service oriented architectures, etc.
• The Expanding Reach of PLM
  This discussion introduces PLM’s key expansion areas. These include functional areas of an extended enterprise where PLM has yet to be applied or where PLM has recently begun to show applicable benefits. Some of these areas include: portfolio management, requirements management, digital manufacturing, mechatronics, and analysis and simulation.
• An Introduction to the PLM Commercial Landscape
  This discussion provides an overview of the commercial landscape for PLM solutions, including a review of leading PLM solution suppliers and their offerings. This session will describe today’s “mind-share” PLM solution suppliers with a specific focus on the PLM solution suppliers that support the Greater China market.
• PLM Benefits
  This discussion provides an overview of the types and magnitude of benefits that can be achieved through the proper adoption of a PLM strategy. This session will include the review of a selected set of actual benefit examples from various major industrial companies.
• Best Practices for PLM Strategy Definition and Solution Selection
  This discussion provides a set of high-level guidelines for developing a PLM strategy, and solution evaluation and selection. Ideally, these best practices help organizations reduce the time it takes to get to implementation, identify and quantify associated risks, and better manage and control project costs.
• Best Practices for PLM Deployment, Monitoring, and Continuous Improvement
  This discussion provides an overview of the main activities associated with the successful deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement of a PLM solution.

Session 2: PLM Benefits and Potential Value

Duration: 1/2 day

Prerequisites:

• Session 1: Introduction to PLM

Intent: This half-day session reviews industry metrics used to measure and monitor the benefits of PLM implementations. Areas of potential PLM benefits will be presented by discussing results achieved by various companies that have implemented PLM. These case studies are taken from published literature and CIMdata’s researched case studies. The focus of the session will be to describe how metrics should be used to help define a company’s PLM strategy, select the most appropriate PLM enabling solutions, define the company’s PLM roadmap, and much more.

Session Outline

• Potential Benefits of PLM
• Defining & Measuring the Costs of PLM
• Measuring the Value of PLM
  • Methods for measuring value, e.g., ROI
  • The importance of metrics
• Introduction to a Benefits Appraisal Methodology
• Using Metrics to Steer a PLM Program
• Selected PLM Benefits Case Studies

Session 3: PLM Strategy and Solution Definition

Duration: 1/2 day

Prerequisites:

• Session 1: Introduction to PLM
• Session 2: PLM Benefits & Potential Value

Intent: This half-day session provides a set of detailed guidelines for PLM strategy development and solution definition. When properly followed, these guidelines will help an organization reduce the time it takes to define and create a PLM solution strategy.

Session Outline:

• Introduction to PLM Strategy Development
• High-Level Planning
• Defining a Strategy and Tactics
• Defining Business Requirements
• Implementation Strategies

Session 4: PLM Solution Evaluation & Selection

Duration: 1/2 day

Prerequisites:

• Session 1: Introduction to PLM
• Session 3: PLM Strategy & Solution Definition

Intent: This session provides a set of detailed guidelines for evaluating available solutions and selecting an appropriate one to support a company’s PLM strategy. When properly followed, these guidelines will help an organization reduce the time it takes to select the right solution for their organization.

Session Outline:

• Evaluation of Available PLM Solutions
• Selecting an Appropriate PLM Solution
• Developing True Business Requirements
• Developing Technical Requirements
  • How to translate business requirements into technical requirements
• Developing Benchmark Scenarios
• How to Define the Most Appropriate Solutions
  • How to evaluate solutions against requirements

Session 5—PLM Implementation, Monitoring and Continuous Improvement

Duration: 1/2 day

Prerequisites:

• Session 1: Introduction to PLM
• Session 2: PLM Benefits & Potential Value
• Session 3: Strategy & Solution Definition 

Intent: This half-day session provides a set of detailed guidelines for implementing and evolving a PLM environment. When properly followed, these best practices will help an organization reduce the time it takes to identify and quantify associated risks and better manage and control project costs from the project concept phase through implementation and organizational adoption.

Session Outline:

• Organizing the Program
• Key Roles & Responsibilities
• Project Management Practice Areas: scope, risk, quality assurance, and others as appropriate
• Initiating & Planning the Deployment Project
• Program Execution & Control
• Monitoring & Improving the Program
• Transition to On-going Support & Evolution