Cross the PLM Culture vs. Technology Divide

摘要

Product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions do more than just streamline data management. When properly deployed, they fundamentally change the way in which multiple departments engage with product data, both in terms of creating new data and accessing existing data. That's why many companies find themselves facing operational and employee acceptance challenges, rather than integration problems, when they tackle PLM projects. "The major hurdle to adopting a PLM solution is not technological, it's on the business process side," says Bill Lewis, director of product marketing at Siemens PLM Software. "There's a lot of work that goes into determining what business process should be going forward, and what it will look like."