How can aligning product data in PLM with the aftermarket drive business value? Too often, PLM data is kept within Engineering, leading to disconnects between rich design data and downstream functions like service. Aftermarket support demands accurate product information at the product configuration level, and PLM is the source. How can manufacturers create a cohesive,…
Engineering Data
Managing Engineering Data
Tech-Clarity Insight: Managing Engineering Data – The Role of Product Data Management in Improving Engineering Efficiency shares the benefits of controlling engineering data and collaborating with PDM. The research discusses extending PDM with product-related processes and expanding implementations beyond engineering data. Please enjoy the free Executive Summary below, or click the report title above to…
A Maturity Model for Product Data Accessibility?
What I learned as a follow up to my report on Product Data Accessibility is that there is a lot more angst about finding product data than I ever realized. I was amazed at the discussion generated by my blog post about accessing all product data regardless of how it is stored. In particular, there…
Accessing All of Your Product Data Regardless of Where and How it is Stored
A quick peek into some research on … the importance of accessing all product-related information, whether it is stored in a formal system such as Product Data Management (PDM) or not. The report, Issue in Focus: Product Data Accessibility: Getting Value from All of your Product Data, explains the importance for manufacturers to readily retrieve…
What is the Real Story on Product Data Management (PDM)
What is the real story about PDM? Tell me what you think by taking this Design Data Management survey and then I’ll send you the full report when we publish the results. No strings attached, no follow up marketing calls, I just want to know what is really happening out there with data management. Fair…
