Trends Report

Digital Era PLM Implementations Seek To Democratize Product Development

The Scope Of PLM Functionality Shifts To Strategic, Enterprisewide Implementations

October 21st, 2016
Nate Fleming, null
Nate Fleming
With contributors:
Pascal Matzke , Annika Gunderson , Ian McPherson

Summary

Customers in the digital era are seeking a new type of product life-cycle management (PLM) system with major potential for business, product development, R&D, quality and compliance, and engineering stakeholders. But implementation requires domain expertise, careful planning, and change management that only a services provider can offer. VPs of product development, VPs of engineering, CTOs, and CIOs should understand the changing dynamics of the PLM space and proper strategies for engaging with a PLM services firm before embarking on a PLM implementation.

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