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Welcome
PLM adoption is becoming more advanced, and PLM practitioners must now have something more than occasional meetings if they are to work at the level they need.
The PLMIG provides tools and frameworks with which PLM implementors can share ideas and results over an extended period of time, and thus build a common understanding of PLM best practice.
PLM Initiatives
Since the dawn of PLM, the search for common terminology, metrics and methods has been at the individual or proprietary level. The PLMIG aims to change this during 2008 by enabling collaboration at a corporate level via the User Initiative and the Market Initiative.
The User Initiative is preparing for launch with a Pre-Registration process, which will pool the ideas of several leading PLM implementors.
PLM Reference Models
The PLMIG is running programmes to develop three PLM Reference Models to provide industry standard structure and metrics for:-
These are developing via workshop events and direct collaboration involving users, vendors, integrators and consultancies. They are designed to be of immediate practical use, so their constraints are different, but they share many common aspects which creates synergy during their development. More information is available via the above links, in the PLM Journal or via email.
PLMIG Material
PLM Planning
Planning for PLM is a challenging task - goals and targets can be difficult to define; deliverables are difficult to quantify; the technical issues of data management are complex; and as PLM involves many parts of the enterprise, its planning impacts on other existing plans and projects.
PLMIG methodologies make it possible to generate a forward view of PLM that spans the next 3-5 years, and thus to create detailed plans for 2008, including milestones and deliverables, in a form that can be presented to senior management for approval. The plans can be stand-alone or can form part of a longer-term roadmap.
PLM Self-Assessment
The PLM Self-Assessment Toolkit enables anyone to generate a standard, company-wide overview of their PLM situation without any outside assistance.
It guides new adopters through the preparation and understanding stages, so that they can see which actions they need to take; and gives experienced practitioners a simple, standardised way of reviewing their complex PLM situation to provide a cross-check on progress and act as a basis for constructive planning.
The Self-Assessment methodology is very straightforward and should always be carried out internally. However, for large enterprises, the quantity and complexity of existing PLM material may mean that it is difficult to condense into a concise working format for discussion. The PLMIG therefore provides PLM Orientation Sessions that help the internal team prepare for and review the Self-Assessment process.
PLM Events
The 4th European PLM Summit will be held in Toulouse on 23-25 June 2008. This event features a behind-the-scenes tour of PLM at the Airbus manufacturing facility, and offers an event format that combines expert presentations and a high level of delegate interaction.
