CIMdata PLM Certificate Program For Industrial Organizations & Systems Integrators

CIMdata’s internationally recognized 5-day PLM Certificate Program is an assessment-based certificate program intended to ensure that the individuals that participate in a PLM program all have the same level of PLM understanding. The Program is comprised of 9 sessions that are given over a five-day period, and delivered through a series of lectures, case studies, individual as well as group exercises, and tests. Upon completion of the program, each participant will receive a CIMdata PLM Certificate.

To earn the CIMdata PLM Certificate, participants must complete all 9 sessions in one of two ways:

1. By attending the full program delivered over 5 consecutive days; or
2. By attending the prerequisite Core PLM Certificate sessions offered over 3 consecutive days and at a later time, within a 12-month period, completing the remaining sessions given over 2 consecutive days.

Each day runs from approximately 8:30am to 4:30pm with one mid-morning break, a lunch break, and one mid-afternoon break. Please note that CIMdata also offers a set of advanced courses (see overview contained herein) for those organizations that find they need to educate their PLM technologists in additional important PLM related topics.

Date and Location

June 8 – 12, 2009
Kensington Court Ann Arbor
610 Hilton Boulevard
Ann Arbor, MI  48108  USA
Tel: +1 (734) 761-7800 or +1 (800) 344-7829
Fax: +1 (734) 995-1085

Targeted Audience

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

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

Targeted Industries

CIMdata’s PLM Certificate Program has been designed to be industry independent. As a result, the materials presented have been defined to be applicable to a number of industry segments that can take advantage of PLM. However, please note that the presenters will be prepared to discuss examples applicable to the course attendees.

Pricing

The cost per student is US$3,750. Please note that the registration fee covers all program material (e.g., worksheets, exercises, presentation material, etc.), morning and afternoon coffee breaks, and lunch for each of the five days of the program. All other travel expenses (e.g., other meals, hotel, etc.) incurred by each participant are additional.

Companies registering multiple students, receive the following group discounts:

• The fee for 2-5 students is US$3,450 per person
• The fee for each additional student over 5 is US$2,950

Registration

Register online now.

Hotel Information

Kensington Court Ann Arbor
610 Hilton Boulevard
Ann Arbor, MI  48108  USA
Tel: +1 (734) 761-7800 or +1 (800) 344-7829
Fax: +1 (734) 995-1085

Block of Rooms

We have reserved a block of rooms at the Kensington Court in Ann Arbor for the standard rate of $102 plus applicable taxes. Rooms at the executive level are $112 per room per night plus applicable taxes. Breakfast is additional.

Individual Reservations

You will be responsible to make your own reservation. Reservation can be made calling +1 (734) 761-7800 or +1 (800) 344-7829 by May 18th, 2009. You must identify yourself as a member of the “CIMdata Group”.

All reservations must be guaranteed by a major credit card. The Hotel will not hold any reservations without a guarantee.

Cut-off Date

Cut-off date is May 18, 2009. After this date, our room block will be released for use by other guests. The Kensington Court will continue to accept reservations from the “CIMdata Group” subject to availability.

Check-in and Check-out

Check-in time is 3:00 pm and check-out time is 11:00 am.

Questions

If you have questions about the program, please contact CIMdata at: +1 (734) 668-9922, or send it to Peter Bilello at: p.bilello@CIMdata.com.

PLM Certificate Program Outline:

Day	Times	Class
1	8:30am to 4:30pm	Class 1: Introduction to PLM
2	8:30am to 12:00pm	Class 2: PLM Benefits & Potential Value
	1:00pm to 4:30pm	Class 3: PLM Strategy & Solution Definition
3	8:30am to 12:00pm	Class 4: The PLM Commercial Landscape
	1:00pm to 4:30pm	Class 5: PLM Solution Evaluation & Selection
4	8:30am to 12:00pm	Class 6: PLM Implementation, Monitoring & Continuous Improvement
	1:00pm to 4:30pm	Class 7: Configuration Management’s Role in PLM
5	8:30am to 12:00pm	Class 8: Expanding PLM across the Value Chain
	1:00pm to 4:30pm	Class 9: The Expanding Reach of PLM

Core Courses

Class 1: Introduction to PLM

Duration: 1 day
Prerequisite: None
Intent: The scope of this full-day PLM educational session and discussion includes the presentation of today’s view and vision of the global PLM market. The overall intent of the session is to provide a broad overview of the PLM market, including the trends, system architectures, and critical elements of success. This class will include presentations, discussions, and a set of interactive exercises.

Class Outline:

• Session Introduction
  A discussion of the PLM market status, including recent history, today’s facts and figures, the shift from PDM to PLM, and other 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 and other workflow management 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 in-house 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.
• PLM Benefits
  This discussion focuses on providing an overview of the types and size of the benefits that can be achieved through the proper adoption of a PLM strategy. This session will include the review of a select set of actual benefit examples from various major industrial companies.
• Best Practices for PLM Strategy Definition and Solution Selection
  This discussion focuses on providing a set of high-level guidelines for PLM strategy development, 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.
• 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.
  

Class 2: PLM Benefits & Potential Value

Duration: 1/2 day
Prerequisite:

• Class 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.

Class Outline:

• Potential Benefits of PLM
• Defining and Measuring the Costs of PLM
• Measuring the Value of PLM
  • Methods for measuring value (e.g. ROI)
  • The importance of metrics
• Introduction to Benefits Appraisal Model
• Using metrics to steer a PLM program
• Select PLM Benefits Case Studies

Class 3: PLM Strategy & Solution Definition

Duration: 1/2 day
Prerequisites:

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

Intent: This half-day session focuses on providing a set of detailed guidelines for PLM strategy development and solution definition. If properly followed, these guidelines will help an organization reduce the time it takes to define and create a PLM solution strategy, which includes all appropriate aspects (e.g., process development, PDM to PLM transition planning, roadmap development, etc.). 

Class Outline:

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

Class 4: The PLM Commercial Landscape

Duration: 1/2 day
Prerequisites:

• Class 1: Introduction to PLM

Intent: This half-day session is an overview of the commercial landscape for PLM solutions, including a review of leading PLM solution providers and their offerings. The session will begin with a detailed look at the current market numbers according to CIMdata (a leading global PLM research and strategic consulting firm). The session will also describe today’s ‘mind-share’ PLM solution providers, their backgrounds, solutions, and general strengths and weaknesses.

Class Outline:

• Major PLM Market Trends
• PLM Market Facts and Figures
• Introduction to the Supplier Landscape
• Market Performance of the Mind-Share Leaders

Class 5: PLM Solution Evaluation & Selection

Duration: 1/2 day
Prerequisites:

• Class 1: Introduction to PLM
• Class 3: PLM Strategy & Solution Definition
• Class 4: The PLM Commercial Landscape

Intent: This half-day session focuses on providing a set of detailed guidelines for evaluating available solutions and selection of the appropriate one that best fits your defined PLM strategy and associated roadmap. If properly followed, these guidelines will help an organization reduce the time it takes to select the right solution for their organization.

Class Outline:

• Evaluation of Available PLM Solutions
• Selecting an Appropriate PLM Solution
• Development of True Business Requirements
• Development of Technical Requirements
  • How to translate business requirements into technical requirements
• Development of Benchmark Scenarios
• How to Define the Most Appropriate Solutions
  • How to Evaluate Solutions Against Requirements
    

Class 6: PLM Implementation, Monitoring & Continuous Improvement

Duration: 1/2 day
Prerequisites:

• Class 1: Introduction to PLM
• Class 2: PLM Benefits & Potential Value
• Class 3: PLM 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.

Class Outline:

• Initiation and Planning of the Deployment Project
• Organization of Program
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Project Management Practice Areas
  • Scope
  • Risk
  • Quality Assurance
  • Others as appropriate
• Program Execution and Control
• Monitoring and Improving the Program
• Transition to On-going Support and Evolution

Class 7: Configuration Management's Role in PLM

Duration: 1/2 day
Prerequisites:

• Class 1: Introduction to PLM
• Class 4: The PLM Commercial Landscape

Intent: This half-day session focuses on defining configuration management and how PLM can be used to enable it. The session provides attendees with an understanding of the various PLM-related configuration management elements such as configuration items, change management, and effectivity, and how a PLM solution can be used to support them. The session also includes the review of a set of configuration management best practices and industry examples.

Class Outline:

• Configuration Management Defined
• Processes and Related Requirements
• Best Practices Guidelines
• Industry Examples

Class 8: Expanding PLM Across the Value Chain

Duration: 1/2 day
Prerequisites:

• Class 1: Introduction to PLM
• Class 4: The PLM Commercial Landscape

Intent: This half-day session will cover the next steps in implementing PLM beyond a company’s four walls, to its supplier community, providing access to its customers, to other functional areas outside of engineering and manufacturing operations, and distribute operations across the broader enterprise.

Class Outline:

• Defining the Value Chain
• Types of Expansion
• Essential Issues for each Type
• Priorities and Steps for Expansion
  

Class 9: The Expanding Reach of PLM

Duration: 1/2 day
Prerequisites:

• Class 1: Introduction to PLM
• Class 4: The PLM Commercial Landscape
• Class 8: Expanding PLM Across the Value Chain

Intent: The scope of this half-day educational session and discussion includes the presentation of various PLM 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 capabilities. This session will look at the use of PLM within traditional discrete manufacturing industries (e.g., automotive, aerospace, high-tech, etc.) as well as its potential use in non-traditional industries (e.g., food & beverage, petrochemical, mining, infrastructure operations and maintenance, etc.).

Class Outline:

• PLM Expanding Extended Enterprise Role: An Introduction
• An Introduction to Key Expansion Areas (e.g., Digital Manufacturing, Mechatronics, and Simulation)
• PLM Requirements in Emerging Non-Traditional Industries
• Why Non-Traditional Industries are Now Investing in PLM