Introduction To

PLM
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Jayakumar Vadivelu
PLM Consultant

A. What is PLM ?
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PLM ???
Is it CAD ? Is it DM ?
Is it PDB or PDM ?
Is It PPM ? Is it ERP ?
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Is it a Process ? An approach ? Strategy ?

Is it a Software Application ?
Is it All the above or some of the few ? Or
What exactly is PLM ?

PLM Product Lifecycle Management

Product lifecycle management (PLM) is the Business Strategy of managing
the entire lifecycle of a product from its conception, through design and
manufacture, to service and disposal

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Product Lifecycle

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PLM Business
Process Map

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Source : BAE Military Air Systems

CIMData defines PLM as

A Strategic business approach that
Applies a consistent set of business solutions that supports the
collaborative creation, management, dissemination, and use of product
definition information
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Supports the Extended enterprise<( Customers, Design and supply
partners)
Spans from the Concept to the last stage the life of a product or
plant
Integrates People, Processes, Business systems and information

The fundamental Concepts of PLM are

Accessing and using product definition information in a

universal, secure and manageable manner

Maintaining the integrity of product definition and

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related information throughout
the lifecycle of the
product or plant

Managing and maintaining business processes used to

create, manage, disseminate, share and use the
information

Source : An article by Rajaravisankar Shanmugam (TCS) on PLM - RFID combined solutions to

solve new business issues

Evolution of PLM Market

Mechatronics
Enterprise
Application
Integration

Requirements
Traceability
Management (RTM)
Image/Document
Management

Product Data

View &
Markup

Basic Workflow
Multi-CAD

Analytics
Web Portals

Project Mgmt

Product Realization
Simulation
& Mock up

PDM
1990+
1985+ EDM
BOM
Data Mgmt
File Vaulting

Portfolio Mgmt

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2005+

EAI Tools
Applications

Process Mgmt
Web Architectures

Configuration Mgmt
Product Structure Mgmt

Change Mgmt

Source : Focus 20 - A leading source of consultative services in the areas of PLM

Copyright 2007 by Focus 20, LLC

Innovation
Mgmt

&
PLM Solutions
DMU Env

2000+

CPC
1995+

NPDI

PLM is made of
Product

Data
People

Data

PL
M

Process

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Process

Product
People

PLM All of Data

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PLM enables the entire network (A company, its departments, its business partners,
suppliers, OEM, and customers) to operate as a single entity to conceptualize, design, build, and
support products

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PLM
Database

Various
Stakeholders
of PLM data
Source : Arena Solutions

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Source : BAE Military Air Systems

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Source : Dr. John Stark PLM : Understanding, Justifying and Realizing

PDM the subset of PLM

PDM

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Source : SolidWorks Enterprise PDM

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PLM is one of the four cornerstones of an Enterprises information

technology structure.

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PLM has the tendency to cover or touch everything a company does

related to its product.
Which processes, data, functionality belongs in which system ?
Clear boundaries between systems and concepts Exits ?

SRM
PLM

CRM

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SCM

ERP

Source : Focus 20 - A leading source of consultative services in the areas of PLM

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Major IT Domains Today

Intellectual vs. deliverable asset management

Portfolio/Rqmts.
Management

Orders/Service
Forecasting

CRM

SCM
Supply Chain
Logistics

Source : CIMData

Design
Collaboration

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Deliverable
Assets

PLM

Pa
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ERP

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Intellectual
Assets

Copyright 2003 by CIMdata, Inc

PLM Interaction with other applications

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PLM a Paradigm Shift.

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Source : Dr. John Stark PLM : Understanding, Justifying and Realizing

Before PLM

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Source : Dr. John Stark PLM : Understanding, Justifying and Realizing

PLM . Joining the Gap

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Source : Dr. John Stark PLM : Understanding, Justifying and Realizing

Without PLM, pain throughout the lifecycle

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Source : Dr. John Stark PLM : Understanding, Justifying and Realizing

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Source : Tristar

Risks that
PLM avoids
Product not behaving as expected
Damage to Company image
Product Recalls
Loss of customer and Revenue
Products Late to Market

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Products not meeting specifications

Product Development projects failing
Product related accidents
Product related law suits and fine
Source : Dr. John Stark PLM : Understanding, Justifying and Realizing

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Source : Dr. John Stark PLM : Understanding, Justifying and Realizing

Benefits that PLM Provides

Quick product launch ( Reduced Time to Market ) : Decrease product development time
through efficient collaboration.
Reduce errors by automating processes and driving conformity to corporate standards
Reduce scrap and rework by automatically sharing product data with downstream
manufacturing systems, personnel, and partners. Increased Product Revenue and Reduced
product related cost
Increase efficiency by enabling all enterprise
users to quickly find and manage multiple
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forms of digital product content. Product Design Reuse
Eliminate mistakes associated with duplicate data, incomplete data, or manual data
transfers via a single, secure repository for all product content
Lower your total cost of ownership (TCO) and technology risk by reducing the number
of systems and databases to maintain and administer
More secure access to information

PLM no more an option, but a compulsion to survive

Global
Econo
my
Drivers
Techno
logies

Globalization, Increased Competition, Demanding Customers

Out Sourcing, multi-Site Activities, multi-cultural, multi-Lingual Environment
Increasing product/ Solution / Service complexities
Shareholder Demand to increase value
Mass customization and personalization
Product Traceability
( Recycling Directives )
Evolution and complexity of Information System

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Powerful DBMS
Telecommunications
WWW
Powerful Hardware Infrastructure
RFID
GRID Computing

Source : Dr. John Stark PLM : Understanding, Justifying and Realizing

PLM with other Technology - Example

A Solution

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Source : Images taken and modified from an article by Rajaravisankar Shanmugam (TCS) on PLM RFID combined solutions to solve new business issues

Implementing PLM requires a business transformation effort,

not just a software install

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