Product Data Management & Product
Lifecycle Management
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) represents an all-encompassing vision for
managing historical data, current configurations and planned changes relating to
the definition, design, validation, production, support,
workflows and the lifecycle process of product data.
Configuration Management
Often considered the glue that
holds Product Data & Lifecycle
processes together;
Configuration Management is a
management discipline for
capturing and controlling
product data. The goal of the CM
discipline is to identify and
control the product design and
build data from cradle to grave,
i.e., including during the
business activities of proposal,
contract negotiation,
specification generation,
design, integration, test,
manufacture, delivery and
support.
Customer Relationship
Management
Every organization, regardless
of product offering, industry or
size, must establish and
maintain relationships with its
customers. Successful companies
understand their customers’
needs, anticipate their
problems, and tailor their
product and service offerings to
a specific customer (or
prospect). This improves the
efficiency and effectiveness of
the customer interaction,
creating value for both parties.
Document Management
Document Management software is
used to manage documents,
communications and information
in a structured environment to
improve productivity,
collaboration, security and
regulatory compliance. It
encompasses not only electronic
documents, but electronic files
of all types, as well as paper
documents converted to digital
files.
Enterprise Resource Planning
Enterprise Resource Planning and Enterprise Resource Planning systems,
amalgamate all data and processes of an organization into a single system. A
plethora of computer software and hardware generally make up an ERP
system and it often takes many
phases and involves the
integration of many enterprise
business technologies and
methodologies such as
Configuration Management,
Document Management, Customer
Relationship Management and
Product Data & Lifecycle Management.
Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain Management (SCM) is
the process of planning,
implementing and controlling the
operations of the supply chain
as efficiently as possible.
Supply Chain Management spans
all movement and storage of raw
materials, work-in-process
inventory and finished goods
from point-of-origin to
point-of-consumption.
Service Lifecycle Management
Much like it's counter part methodology Product Lifecycle
Management; Service Lifecycle
Management consists of a blend
of technology driven components
that handle the storage,
manipulation, and rendering of
electronic data relative to
business service, opposed to
business product.
