The Forrester Wave™: Product Life-Cycle Management Applications, Q2 2008

Forrester evaluated leading product life-cycle management (PLM) applications across approximately 70 criteria from the perspectives of both discrete-based and process-based manufacturers. In the established discrete-manufacturing market, we found that Dassault Systèmes, Siemens PLM, and PTC demonstrate frontrunner leadership due to their strong combination of current offerings and strategy. A pack of ERP players are close at their heels as Strong Performers: Oracle's gained advanced discrete-based and process-based functionality through last year's acquisition of Agile PLM; SAP is pursuing its vision to support end-to-end PLM processes across both industry segments; and IFS is differentiating through specialized processes for engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturing environments. Infor retains a Strong Performer position in the nascent process industries market, but it has a way to go to compete with the Leaders in the prevailing discrete market.