Right product, right time, right cost, right through

摘要

Product lifecycle management (PLM) is now being touted as the suite of applications that manufacturers today need to manage not just product development better, but the whole cradle to grave piece. Andrew Ward finds there is merit in the assertion. What you are aiming for is the right product, right time at right cost," says Ian Welland, head of enterprise software giant SAP UK's MySAP product lifecycle management (PLM) team. That manufacturer's mantra has always been the same, but when competition is strong and change is rife, achieving it is more difficult than ever. "Characteristics like agility and responsiveness become highly effective in this current climate," Welland asserts. And he tells us that PLM is the technology tool that can help manufacturers bend to today's winds of change and effectively manage these kinds of issues properly.