PLM Interest Group

Whatever the size and scale of your PLM implementation, one question remains the same:-

"How do we know that we are doing
PLM as well as possible?"

It is time to capture the knowledge and experience of skilled and PLM practitioners, and to raise the worldwide standard and ambition of PLM.

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Class A PLM is a very high, consistent and pervasive level of performance.  It is usually higher and more comprehensive than the status quo.

Working towards Class A PLM generates direct improvements to your implementation; hybridises your current thinking with ideas from the wider PLM world; produces a KPI framework that can demonstrate high performance; and focuses future roadmapping on worldwide best practice.

The PLMIG programme for 2024 provides a structured framework for raising the performance of your PLM implementation so that it can reach a new standard of performance: Class A PLM.

This enables you to calibrate the performance and direction of your implementation with respect to international best practice.

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Proving that PLM is worth the investment is only the starting point.  You should be showing that it will have a transformational impact.

A corporate PLM implementation should gain millions of dollars or euros for the business worldwide. Achieving this requires a positive and well-planned approach.

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Less glamorous than 'Transformation', this activity is often overlooked - but it can produce long-lasting improvements, in a short timescale and with relatively little effort.

Different ways of working normally include ineffective ways of working; and the differences and inconsistencies can waste time, effort and resources.

The goal of PLM Standardisation is to establish, document and implement a mixed set of standardisation elements that eliminate this waste, and reinforce best practice.

The PLMIG has worked extensively in this area, and has produced an effective methodology for the PLM Team to apply.

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Excellence in PLM is a concept, a mindset, and an outcome.

Even at an Advanced PLM level, progress may be variable due to everyday, real-world pressures and constraints.  The pursuit of Excellence requires these to be addressed and remedied.

Rather than just "trying to be good at everything", the PLMIG has identified 6 areas to focus on that will have the greatest and most immediate impact.

The aims are to achieve excellence, and to demonstrate that excellence has been achieved.

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Even when things are running well, they may short of being excellent - which, at the highest level, is a kind of failure.

There are 24 areas in which PLM implementations should perform.  These have been listed in the form of a PLM Excellence Challenge.

If you believe your PLM implementation to be excellent, then you can cross-check against this list.  This list may help you to discover the areas where it ought to improve.

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PLMIG Membership puts you on the inside track as the industry moves to develop and establish a recognised PLM Profession.

With ongoing updates as new material is developed; interaction at the draft stage to input your views; and formal guidance in how to apply the new ideas; you can build professionalism into your implementation as the Initiative gathers speed.

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PLM Leadership is not just about training, or being a driver for improvement within your own organisation.

The PLM industry as a whole needs leadership.  It needs proactive people who want to change the world of PLM so that it is a better place for the young PLM managers who will follow.  We must capture the expertise of the senior practitioners: those who have been doing PLM for 20 years, have seen it all evolve, and know how it needs to be improved.

If you are one of these experienced practitioners, then now is the time to invest in the future and show the world what you know.

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