What I learned this week was a retrospective look at an article analyzing how industry-specific PLM application are. The review was in response to a comment on my post In Search of a Common PLM Definition.
Manufacturers
Reducing Chemical Toxicity in the Plant – Going Green while Saving Some Green
What I learned this week … came from a conversation with Jeremy Johnson from IHS. Jeremy opened my eyes to a new way to make manufacturing more sustainable and ecologically friendly. I have written in the past about how companies are making their products compliant in Product Compliance – Hidden Tax on Innovation and Making Product Compliance Sustainable. But here’s the catch that makes this the most interesting to me. While product compliance helps to protect top-line revenue and market access across the globe, it is an activity that costs manufacturers money.
One to One: Burner Systems Improving Collaboration with PDM
I had the chance to talk with Tim Frost of Burner Systems International (BSI) about their adoption of Product Data Management (PDM) to improve engineering and new product development performance.
Social Computing and Product Collaboration “2.0”
A quick peek into some research on the use of social computing and “Web 2.0” techniques to enhance product collaboration.
Servicing Medical Equipment – Safety First, Profit Not Optional
Insight from Tech-Clarity’s research Servicing Medical Devices: World Class Service Management for Medical Equipment. This report is intended to help medical device companies leverage lessons learned from other service-oriented industries, but points out distinct differences in the healthcare industry.
Enterprise 2.0 Adoption Study Good Sign for Social Computing in PLM
A quick peek into some research on the adoption of Enterprise 2.0 technologies. Things are moving in a positive direction in regards to PLM and social computing.