I'm on twitter (a bit)

Hi all

I know it's been a long time and I'm still working on the PLM book (see previous post).

In the meantime I've been tweeting plm tip of day (not every day - but hopefully some are useful). You can follow me on @pdmguru

Enjoy...

Paul

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