Insights & Activity

Why does Facebook Fail for Product Development? (and how to fix it)

A quick peek into some research on … on social computing for product development. Why does Facebook miss the mark? Can it be fixed?

Quality Risk Management: Missing Link in the Product Lifecycle?

Research on efficiently mitigating manufacturing risk from Tech-Clarity’s Quality Risk Management in Life Sciences: Preventing Failures, Protecting Patient Health

Closing the Loop on Product Innovation – Integrating ERP and PLM

A quick peek into some research on closing the loop on product innovation through an integrated ERP-PLM strategy.

Engineering Data to Manage but no PLM? Synergis Says No Problem

I talked with the team at Synergis Software about their engineering document management solution, Adept. Synergis focuses on providing a simple solution to manage engineering documents – including CAD files – than a full PLM solution.

SAP – Too Much, or Too Little Credit for PLM Efforts?

I had the chance to talk with the PLM team at SAP recently to get an update on their plans and their progress to date. I struggled to understand why after all of the years of SAP getting too much credit for PLM, why they don’t seem to be getting as much credit for their recent efforts as I would expect. What do you think?