John Stark Associates

The objective of a PLM Audit is to get an independent assessment of the situation of PLM in a company.

At its broadest, the scope of the PLM Audit will be the complete product lifecycle. In other cases though, a company may prefer to focus the audit on a particular phase of the lifecycle.

The PLM Audit addresses 10 components of PLM - products, processes, product data, PDM, PLM applications, people, methods, facilities and equipment, metrics, organisation.

The Audit identifies and describes, for each of these components, the situation in the company.

A PLM Audit is carried out on a company's site(s).

The duration of a PLM Audit depends on the size of a company. For a small company, it may be just a few days. For a large company, it may be many weeks.

PLM Auditors are experienced PLM professionals with more than 20 years experience of PLM in companies of various sizes in many industry sectors.

- an independent assessment of the situation of PLM

- an opportunity to communicate the PLM situation

- expert advice concerning next steps

- an opportunity to involve management

- a high level of acceptance of results by management

- an opportunity to focus again on strategic objectives of PLM

For more information about a PLM Audit, contact John Stark Associates.