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PLM User Initiative 2008

Reason for the Initiative

Advanced PLM organisations have left behind the general information sources about PLM, and moved into an area where each company or corporation is its own pathfinder.

PLM practitioners want to interact and learn from each other but the time required and the detail that is needed are barriers to doing so.  The deeper you are into your own implementation, the less freedom you have to break off and do something constructive that is "off line".

A centrally-managed User Initiative will allow organisations to spread their interaction over the course of an entire year, and to arrange it so that it meshes with ongoing PLM plans. This means that feedback between participants can consist of real operational parameters and knowledge, rather than pure theory, and will thus advance project timescales rather than retard them.

Format

A comparatively small number of organisations will collaborate with each other in a programme that includes:-

  • On-Site Review
  • Planning and Mapping
  • Parameters and Metrics
  • Operational Development
  • Feedback and Iteration
  • Metrics and Framework Development

Collaborative groups may run run in parallel in the USA, Europe and Asia/Pacific, allowing transfer of ideas and best practice between each region.  This arrangement will simplify travel arrangements between partners, though some major corporations that regard themselves as truly international may wish to form a "global" group.

Scope

The User Initiative will focus on the value-adding aspects of collaboration, feeding these back into the ongoing implementations of the participants.  

The content and working material will be centrally managed by the PLMIG, removing the overhead from participants and protecting pre-existing IPR.  The structure will be aligned so that it builds on operational progress and makes use of the PLM Benefits and PLM Maturity Reference Model development.

Consultation Progress

The final stage of Consultation is the Pre-Registration process, which is open to everyone.  Pre-Registration will give you an overview of several other current PLM environments that you can compare with your own, and carries no obligation to take part in the Initiative itself.

How to Take Part

You can request the Pre-Registration material or find out about the User Initiative itself via .


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