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I've been talking about putting this together for a few years. In the early part of last year I had some discussions with one of my former bosses (while at Ford) about this. Anyway I had some brainwaves last weekend and have a fairly detailed set of sections/chapters planned. I think I'll post the headings etc here for comment. Let me know what you think (I'll probably add them to this post later in the week. PLM Book Section1 - Executive and historical perspective What is PLM Right information for right people at right time Right Information Right people Right time So what is the difference between PLM and PDM? History of PLM products and ideas The early days Metaphase Product Manager IMAN/PSIMANAGER Late 90s Agile MatrixONE SmartTeam Mergers/Acquisitions Windchill/The "Links" Teamcenter(s) ENOVIA Brave new world? Identifying ROI How much does design really cost? What keeps you awake at night? Areas where PLM can help Areas where PLM cannot help! Summary/Conclu...

Hi all So I was just thinking I'd be revolutionary and create a channel on youtube for PDM and PLM . So I added one here http://www.youtube.com/user/pdmguru But then when I looked round I found quite a lot of PLM stuff already there. Imagine my surprise . Of course you need to talk all this stuff with a pinch of salt since a lot of it is pure marketing for the plm vendors etc, however instead of reading through large boring turgid whitepapers you might be able to glean useful stuff from youtube . I'll make a survey of what's there in a few weeks and post on my website. At the moment I just grabbed some highlights including a great anti- plm one from Carl Bass the CEO of Autodesk . Enjoy and have a nice week!

Wow so I was just thinking about PDM/PLM and it came to mind a number of disasters I've seen and also a number of successes as well. What makes the difference? Well quite simply I think three things make s difference and here they are. Using someone you can trust to do the implementation. It's a fallacy that anyone can implement PLM/PDM. The success of your project depends on finding the right people. This might be MORE important than choosing the right PLM tool. Be careful in your choice, a rookie (inexperienced person) is a HUGE gamble. It could cost you more than money, it could mean the difference between your company surviving and going under. Implementation methodology and project management. Again these are closely tied to choosing the right people. Check that the methodology used is REPRODUCIBLE that they have used it before and that they can demonstrate it hits all the right areas that typically cause PLM implementations to fail; namely scope creep and user ac...

Hi there. It's been quite a long time since my last post, so I thought with the global credit issues I'd drop the blog a line and talk about how this technology could help in these cash strapped times. First of all I believe that lower costs by getting rid of employees can be a false ecconomy. I do understand it is a necessary evil, but I also believe that before doing that companies should be more creative about identifying cost savings. Some ways are not necessarily anything to do with PDM, such as asking skilled people to consider wage cuts (not popular, but preferable to losing all your salary for six months!). However the main focus of this article is around how PLM and PDM can help. In a number of discussions with former colleagues we've discussed can the technology really cut costs. My general feeling is it can, the main problem is that most engineering companies work without realising how much time people waste looking for information. I think I've mention...