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* Welcome * Welcome to 2PLM, an e-zine distributed about every two weeks. This issue includes :
Ulrika Peterson In 2005, ISO published a new international information standard, ISO 10303-239 Product Life Cycle Support, specifically designed to address the requirements for information sharing throughout the product lifecycle. The PLCS information model enables open information exchange and necessary data consolidation of the large information set required to deliver efficient support across the product lifecycle. Product data have complex inter-relationships, reside on many different IT systems, are owned by many different parties and are subject to continuous change. They may have a lifecycle of minutes, or may need to be managed for decades. The key concept of PLCS is the creation of a "single source of truth" - concerning assured product and support information - for use across the enterprise. The information will necessarily be created in many different IT systems - CAD, MRP, ERP, LSAR, and Authoring Tools, etc. - so, in order to realise the concept in full, it is necessary to consolidate the information set by explicitly linking related items. PLCS provides a mechanism for exploiting, throughout the product life, the investment made in well-structured product data during the design phase. The key lies in establishing a capability that can access and manage the total information set appropriately. This is achieved by creating and sustaining an "Assured set of Product and Support Information (APSI)" for support delivery and optimization. PLCS provides a means of breaking away from the current way of managing product data and simplifying the re-use of product information. PLCS provides a means of achieving integration within and between organizations whilst, at the same time, reducing user dependency on specific software vendors through the use of a neutral and international product-data standard. To grasp the potential benefits that PLCS offers your organization, you may want to extend your understanding of the PLCS information standard and learn from implementations already made. 
Eurostep will be running PLCS training courses in Paris, France between the 19th and 21st of February. There will be a 1-day Executive Overview and a 3-day Technical Walkthrough. The 3-day Technical Walkthrough includes individual exercises in which participants use a specially designed tool to create examples of product structures, activities, and requirements, to improve their understanding of the standard and learn how it can be used. By attending this training, attendees will prepare themselves for exploiting PLCS and putting it into effect in their organizations. The one-day Executive Overview of PLCS focuses on the business benefits of implementing PLCS. Both courses present examples of implementation of PLCS in several different organizations. For more information about these courses, please visit www.eurostep.com/training or contact ulrika.peterson@eurostep.com (dir tel +46 8 4101 3151). * Product Portfolio Management * When we carry out a review of a company's Product Development performance, we often find:
Product Portfolio Management offers the promise to meet these targets. It helps:
Chapter 4 of Global Product: Strategy, Product Lifecycle Management and the Billion Customer Question results from discussions with executives in companies of different sizes and in different industry sectors about different components of PLM, including Product Portfolio Management. Contributors included:
* Front End of Innovation * IIR announced the second annual Front End of Innovation Europe event. With its core team of advisors, the PDMA organization, its local European chapters and a respected faculty of presenters, IIR is honored to provide the industry with THE event dedicated to advancing the knowledge and practice of global innovation in the front end. Through a cross-industry advisory board and rigorous application process together IIR and PDMA have organized an experience marrying top quality content with unparalleled networking. Through vigorous research, the Front End of Innovation Advisory board determined today's most desired innovation topics that address your existing and future business challenges. The team behind FEI EUROPE matched these cutting-edge topics with expert cross-industry speakers to create an agenda that provides you with unparalleled content never seen before. More information here. 
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