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June 15, 2009 (updated June 25, 2009)

The ROI Of Product Life-Cycle Management

A Total Economic Impact™ Analysis Uncovers Extended Rewards Alongside Risks

by Roy C. Wildeman

with Mike Gilpin, Justinas Sileikis


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

As companies pursue a broader agenda for product life-cycle management (PLM), the scope and complexity of their application implementations can make it harder to track, or even realize, the business value of those investments. A Total Economic Impact (TEI) analysis of core product data management (PDM) functionality across product development users with minimum collaboration by outside functions shows a very solid investment return with modest risks. However, extending the PLM initiative to downstream operations users — whether in manufacturing or services environments — produces a comparable return but has a larger range of possible outcomes due to the larger risk of encountering issues with organizational alignment, application integration, and change management.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemWhat Is The Business Value Of Product Life-Cycle Management? "It Depends . . ."

itemThree Factors Determine The ROI Of Product Life-Cycle Management

itemCalculating ROI For A Multiphased, Multiyear PLM Implementation

itemCore PDM Offers Solid Value; Expanded PLM Is Higher Reward With More Risks

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itemRisk-Proof Your Product Life-Cycle Management Deployment Strategy

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester interviewed more than 14 vendor and user companies, including Accenture, Aras, Arena Solutions, Autodesk, Capgemini, Datastay PLM, Infor, Infosys Technologies, ITC Infotech, Larsen & Toubro Infotech, PRTM, Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC), SAP, Syntel, and Tata Consultancy Services. We used this information to create an ROI model based on our Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) analysis framework.

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Analyst: Roy C. Wildeman
Technology: IT Spending & Budgeting, Packaged Applications, Product Life-Cycle Management, Total Economic Impact™
Industry: Manufacturing, Professional Services
Special Feature: Models
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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Market Overview: PLM Deployment Support
Original air date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Special Features

3 Models

Manipulable market sizing or cost spreadsheets

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