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	June 15, 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	Average: 10  (3 ratings)

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Executive Summary

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• What Is The Business Value Of Product Life-Cycle Management? "It Depends . . ."
• Three Factors Determine The ROI Of Product Life-Cycle Management
• Calculating ROI For A Multiphased, Multiyear PLM Implementation
• Core PDM Offers Solid Value; Expanded PLM Is Higher Reward With More Risks

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• Risk-Proof Your Product Life-Cycle Management Deployment Strategy
• Supplemental Material
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