Into the fold

摘要

When is a product lifecycle management system more than a PLM system? When it smoothly links everyone involved in the company's business—including suppliers and aftermarket dealers—no matter what software application they're using, with no clunky translation. When it electronically ties people in sales and marketing to engineers, so they can all exchange ideas before a product is even truly conceptualized. When it tracks product returns and part malfunctions, so engineers know exactly what to change about future designs. And when it plugs right into legacy systems to retrieve old data in no time and to quickly bring an acquired company into the fold.