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Stage 4 - Leading
Companies at this stage have characteristics such as:- have enterprise-wide PDM
- have fully defined the product development process
- have fully defined all information needed for product development
- usually (i.e. more than 75% of exchanges) exchange data electronically with customers and supply chain partners
- have fully integrated PDM applications such as data and document management, release management, change control, workflow management, component management, configuration management, project management
- use most of the functionality in their PDM systems
- value product information as a strategic corporate asset
- have many PDM users both inside and outside Engineering / R&D / product development
- have electronic transfer of data and documents between all departments
- have full and automatic integration between PDM and associated computer systems
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