Jun
05
CAD-centric PLM, ERP-centric PLM, and Organic PLM: What’s Right for You? – Part 3
Filed Under (Product Lifecycle Matters, Software Selection) by P.J. Jakovljevic (see bio)
 

Part 1 of this blog series started with the assertion that product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions are becoming increasingly important to enterprises in a strategic sense. However, not all PLM products are created equal, especially in light of their different origins. Read the rest of this entry »

Mar
22
CAD-Centric PLM, ERP-Centric PLM, and Organic PLM: What’s Right for You? – Part 2
Filed Under (Product Lifecycle Matters, Industry Observation) by P.J. Jakovljevic (see bio)
 

Part 1 of this blog series started with the assertion that product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions are becoming increasingly important to enterprises, to a strategic degree. However, not all PLM products are created equal, especially in light of their different origins. Read the rest of this entry »

Mar
07
CAD-centric PLM, ERP-centric PLM, and Organic PLM: What’s Right for You? – Part 1
Filed Under (Product Lifecycle Matters, Industry Observation) by P.J. Jakovljevic (see bio)
 

In this day and age of globalization, ever-shorter new product introduction (NPI) cycles and overall product lifecycles, partner collaboration, and whatnot, product lifecycle management (PLM) software solutions have lately increased their strategic significance to enterprises. In his recent Forbes blog post contribution, PTC’s CEO Jim Heppelmann touts PLM as a new path to shareholder value. He argues that the PLM repository of data should be an enterprise system of record rather than mundane transactional enterprise resource planning (ERP) data. Read the rest of this entry »