PDMGuru

This page lists a number of great books on areas related to PDM(later I'll add links to amazon.com or maybe not !) Rapid Development (Steve McConnell) - Wow what a great book this is. It discusses all kinds of issues associated with development of projects. There are some great case studies of classic mistakes and a section describing a wide range of methodologies you might encounter out there. Palm Pilot The ultimate guide (David Pogue) - This book is a must for anyone with a palm. It covers a great deal of operating the palms, a history of the palms but the greatest thing is a CD that contains hundreds of applications for the palm, some are shareware and other demos. Crossing the chasm (Geoffrey A. Moore) - This book is a great read for any company that has reached the point of selling into mainstream market after having sold into a technical "niche" market. This could be applied to the PDM industry in general....... About Face -

Introduction Any company that manufactures a product probably has a bill Materials, or more likely more the one. How the company manages this information is crucial to the success of the company. At a seminar a long time ago I heard a speaker ask "Who owns the bill Materials in your company?" Some people answered engineering some people answered manufacturing and other people answered configuration Management. The speaker said, "Actually the correct answer is the company owns the bulk material!" The bill of Materials is the company's primary asset, if it is lost or corrupted the company is out of business! How to structure? The classic answer to Bill of Materials is to keep it simple. This is often more easily said than done. I would refer the reader to a great book called Bill of Materials structured for excellence. In this book the author discusses how company can manage with one Bill of Materials. For some companies this is very difficul