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Product Lifecycle Management :
Paradigm for 21st century Product Realisation

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Preface
Chapter 1 Executive Overview of PLM
1.1 Talking to a VP
1.2 Short Answers
1.3 The Need for PLM
1.4 Implementing PLM
1.5 Responsibility for PLM
1.6 A New Way of Thinking
1.7 PLM offers different Benefits to different Managers
1.8 Be aware
Chapter 2 Introduction to PLM
2.1 PLM in the 21st Century
2.2 Lifecycle
2.3 Product
2.4 The Many Components of PLM
2.5 The Emergence of PLM
2.6 Why PLM is important : Lifecycle Problems to be resolved
2.7 More Lifecycle Problems to resolve
2.8 Why PLM is important : Product Development Problems to resolve
2.9 Why PLM is important : Opportunities to seize
Chapter 3 Progress depends on Retentiveness
3.1 Reality Check
3.2 Engineering Vision
3.3 Engineering Strategy and Engineering Plan
3.4 Remembering the Past
3.5 Lessons Learned
Chapter 4 The Opportunities and Benefits of PLM
4.1 Opportunities Galore
4.2 Benefits along the Lifecycle
4.3 Increasing Revenues
4.4 Cutting Costs
4.5 Other Expressions of Benefit
4.6 Doing All These Things Better
4.7 Managing that Product Data better
4.8 Opportunity, Benefit and Response
4.9 It's Important. Be Careful, it's easy to fail
Chapter 5 The Rationale for PLM
5.1 Many Drivers for Change
5.2 More Problems across the Lifecycle
5.3 Control isn't Easy
5.4 Finding some Structure
5.5 Sustainable Development
5.6 Customer Involvement and the Voice of the Product
5.7 Survival Rules
Chapter 6 Different Views of PLM
6.1 The Obvious Benefits of PLM
6.2 Different Standpoint, Different View
6.3 The CEO
6.4 Business Planners
6.5 Functional Managers
6.6 Marketing Managers ; Manufacturing Managers
6.7 Engineering Managers ; Product Support Managers
6.8 The Workers
6.9 Application System Vendors
6.10 Service Providers
Chapter 7 You start here - in the details of the PLM Swamp
7.1 The Product Lifecycle Environment
7.2 Product Data and Product Workflow
7.3 Product Workflow
7.4 An Inefficient Workflow
7.5 Product Data, the Devil is in the Details
7.6 The Link between Product Data and Product Workflow
7.7 At Second Glance
7.8 Key Management Issues around Product Data and Product Workflow
Chapter 8 PLM has the Answers
8.1 PLM Meets the Requirements
8.2 To Do, and Not To Do
Chapter 9 Some Components of PLM
9.1 Product Lifecycle Activities
9.2 Product
9.3 Organisational Structure
9.4 Human Resources in the Product Lifecycle
9.5 Methods, Techniques, Practices, Methodologies
9.6 Processes
9.7 System Components in the Lifecycle
9.8 Slicing and Dicing the Systems
9.9 Interfaces
9.10 Information
9.11 Standards
9.12 Many Components
Chapter 10 Uncoordinated Incoherent Improvement Initiatives
10.1 Traditional Management across the Product Lifecycle
10.2 Pressure for PLM
10.3 Improvement Initiatives
10.4 So what do we do now?
10.5 PLM Feasibility Study
Chapter 11 Coherent Vision, Strategy, Plan, Resources, Metrics
11.1 Some Definitions
11.2 From Vision to Plan
Chapter 12 A Company's PLM Vision
12.1 What is a PLM Vision?
12.2 Basic Points about the PLM Vision
12.3 Where does the PLM Vision fit?
12.4 Metrics and the PLM Vision
12.5 Factors to consider when developing the PLM Vision
12.6 The Team creating the PLM Vision
12.7 The PLM Vision Report
Chapter 13 The Process of PLM Visioning
13.1 Thinking about Visions
13.2 In the Absence of a PLM Vision
13.3 Reasons for developing the PLM Vision
13.4 The Danger of underestimating Vision
13.5 Starting the Visioning Process
13.6 Haziness of the Vision
Chapter 14 Structure for the PLM Vision
14.1 Slicing and Dicing
14.2 Key Areas
14.3 A Draft Vision in Words
14.4 One Step Clearer
14.5 Reality Check
Chapter 15 A Strategy to achieve the Vision
15.1 The PLM Strategy
15.2 Military Strategy
15.3 Lessons learned
15.4 American Civil War
15.5 France
15.6 The English Channel
15.7 Russia
15.8 The Pacific Ocean
15.9 Principles of Military Strategy
Chapter 16 Industrial Strategies
16.1 Manufacturing Strategy
16.2 Company Strategy
16.3 Principles of Strategy
16.4 Importance of Strategy
Chapter 17 Principles for the PLM Strategy
17.1 PLM Principles
17.2 Focus on the Product
17.3 Involve the Customer, listen to Product Feedback
17.4 Remember the Planet and Mankind
17.5 Simple slim-line Organisation
17.6 Highly-skilled People
17.7 Use of Modern Technology
17.8 Coherent PLM Vision, Strategy and Plan
17.9 Continually increase Sales and Quality, reduce Time Cycles and Costs
17.10 Watch the Surroundings
17.11 Maintain Security
Chapter 18 Preparing for the PLM Strategy
18.1 The PLM Strategy
18.2 Structure
18.3 A Company-specific Strategy
18.4 PLM Strategy and Change Strategy
18.5 A Strategy, not a System, Practice or Initiative
Chapter 19 Developing a PLM Strategy
19.1 A Five-step Process
19.2 First Step : Collecting Information
19.3 Current Situation of the Surrounding Environment
Chapter 20 Strategy Identification and Selection
20.1 Identifying Strategies
20.2 Strategy Elements
20.3 Implications of Strategy Elements
20.4 Policies
20.5 Strategy Analysis
20.6 Communicating the Strategy
20.7 The PLM Plan
Chapter 21 Change Management for PLM
21.1 PLM calls for Change
21.2 Equation for Change
21.3 People
21.4 Communication
21.5 Learning
21.6 The Reward System
21.7 Incremental Change
21.8 Transformational Change
21.9 The Change Leader Position
21.10 Making Change occur
Chapter 22 PDM, an Essential Enabler for PLM
22.1 PDM Systems
22.2 The Importance of PDM Systems
22.3 Top Management Involvement with PDM
22.4 Resolving Data Issues
22.5 A Multi-user, Multi-organisation Environment
22.6 A Multi-application, File-based Environment
22.7 Multiple Data Definition
22.8 Multiple Representations of Data
22.9 Multiple Versions
22.10 Multiple Relationships
22.11 Meaning of Data
22.12 Long-life Data
22.13 Convincing Arguments
Chapter 23 Reasons for implementing a PDM System
23.1 Introduction
23.2 Information Management
23.3 Re-use of Information
23.4 Workflow Management
23.5 Engineering Change Management
23.6 Overall Business Performance Improvement
23.7 Resolution of Business Problems
23.8 Functional Performance Improvement
23.9 Better Management of Product Development Activities
23.10 Automation of Product Development Activities
23.11 IS Effectiveness Improvement
23.12 Infrastructure for Effective Product Development
23.13 Questions about the future Role of PDM
Chapter 24 Forewarned is Forearmed
24.1 Introduction
24.2 Reasons and Replies
24.3 Networking for PDM Success
24.4 Engineering Change Process
Chapter 25 Financial Justification of PDM
25.1 Introduction
25.2 Time Value of Money
25.3 Net Present Value
25.4 Cost Justification
25.5 Identification of Benefits
25.6 Project Calculations
25.7 Potential Problems
Chapter 26 FAQs about Implementation and Use
26.1 Introduction
26.2 What PDM Functionality do we need?
26.3 Who should we involve in PDM?
26.4 How do I cost-justify PDM?
26.5 Does PDM fit with Concurrent Engineering?
26.6 How should I introduce PDM?
26.7 Should we buy or make PDM?
26.8 Should I outsource PDM?
26.9 Recommendations for a PDM Project Manager
Chapter 27 Barriers to Successful Implementation of PDM
27.1 Many Potential Barriers
27.2 System
27.3 People
27.4 Project Team
27.5 Process
27.6 Organisational Structure
27.7 Funding
27.8 Information
27.9 Installation
27.10 Everyday Use
Chapter 28 Examples of PDM Implementation
28.1 Introduction
28.2 Electronics Industry
28.3 Automotive Industry
28.4 Engineering Industry
28.5 Aerospace Industry
28.6 Summary
Chapter 29 Maturity Model for PDM
29.1 Four Stages of Evolution
29.2 A Company at Stage 1
29.3 A Company at Stage 2
29.4 A Company at Stage 3
29.5 A Company at Stage 4
29.6 A Questionnaire
29.7 Traditional or Modern?
Chapter 30 The PDM Project
30.1 Introduction
30.2 PDM Project Start-up
30.3 The Task at Hand
30.4 The Need for Models
30.5 The Environment of Modelling
30.6 Preparing to select a PDM Solution
30.7 Gathering Management Information
30.8 Information about the Product Development Environment
30.9 User Requirements
30.10 Reporting Results
30.11 Identifying Scenarios
30.12 Prototyping and Benchmarking
30.13 Selecting a PDM solution
30.14 Business Benefits
30.15 Organisational Issues
30.16 PDM Architectures
30.17 The Implementation Plan
30.18 Implementation and Use of PDM
30.19 A Long-haul Project
30.20 Review
Chapter 31 PLM Functionality and Systems
31.1 PLM Functionality
31.2 Vendors of PLM Systems and Components
31.3 Examples of PLM in use
Chapter 32 Future Developments
32.1 PLM Systems with more complete Functionality
32.2 Lifecycle Phase/Gate
32.3 Product Feedback
32.4 Product Portfolio Simulator
32.5 Standards, Standards, Standards
32.6 Product Responsibility
32.7 Product Audit
32.8 Joint Industry Activities
32.9 Products and the Law
32.10 PLM Model
32.11 Financing new Products
32.12 Understandable PLM
Appendix
PLM Presentation (PPT)








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