Workshop Format
On Day 1 the PLMIG presented the current scenario, together with the Gothenburg, Munich and Milan results.
Discussions continued around the approach that the IMechE does have, and could have, to PLM. These developed naturally
to cover the priorities for PLM standardisation, and how standards can assist awareness and
adoption of PLM, internally and across industry at large.
Day 2 began with a thorough work-through of PLM Governance and Management, based around the constraints and requirements of
very large companies where the board is disconnected from everyday management and operations. The morning discussions
then moved to the Value Chain and SMEs, to examine how this best-practice governance can work down to companies of SME size.
The afternoon session was a thorough work-through of the Product Structure Standard, and new issues were
highlighted relating to the way that the automotive industry sells and delivers its products.
Workshop Results
The immediate result of the Workshop was to complete the raw material for the
PLM Governance Standard. This was published two weeks later
as the
Q4 2011 PLM Journal.
Next Steps
The PLMIG initiative continues, with discussions to determine how the formal PLM standards should be established
and governed, and plans to extend the series of Workshops into new countries such as the UK and the USA.
The next PLMIG event is the PLM Standards Implementation
Workshop in Munich, which will show how to apply the new standards in real working environments.
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