PLMIG

PLM Interest Group


What is the PLMIG?

- About

PLMIG Activities

- Overview
- User Forum
- User Initiative
- Market Initiative
- Future PLM

PLM Reference Models

- Overview
- Benefits Reference Model
- Maturity Reference Model
- Best Practice Model

PLM Research

- Research SIG

PLMIG Publications

- PLM Journal
- Benchmarking Handbook
- PLM-SCM Guidebook
- PLM Self-Assessment
- Impartial Advice

PLMIG Workshops

- Orientation
- Planning

PLMIG Membership

- How to Join
- Rules of the PLMIG
- Legal

Press

- Press Releases
- Archive
- Comment

Contact Us

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Voice of the Users

The detailed results of the PLM User Forum launch in Reading and Cleveland have now been published, and three clear themes have emerged that are common to both sides of the Atlantic:-

  • the need for a clear and accepted method of demonstrating the commercial impact of PLM on the business;

  • a demand for coordinated industry movement to consolidate and standardise the building blocks of PLM;

  • a desire for wider support from the vendor community, aimed at business needs and drivers as well as the IT platform.

Time for Action

Perhaps because these three issues are still unresolved, PLM is more vulnerable to an economic downturn than other areas of a business.  If the commercial advantages of PLM are not clear, then PLM may be regarded as a cost that can be eliminated.

The PLM User Forum meetings have shown the choice to be made.  They went beyond a simple "exchange of ideas" and developed clear guidelines for a pro-active, industry-wide response to the economic challenge: the PLM User Initiative.

Industry briefings have been published in 2PLM, covering:-

Action is needed now so that PLM developments are moving in 2009 when attention comes round to business performance.  And action is needed across the whole industry, with users, vendors, integrators and consultancies working in the same direction.

Wherever your organisation is within the PLM spectrum, find out more via



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