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Product Lifecycle Management in the Food and Beverage Industry: Companies in the food and beverage industry face many challenges in managing their products and competing in the industry - including retail consolidation, ineffective innovation, increasing regulatory requirements, empowered consumers, and complex supply chains. An integrated Product Lifecycle Management PLM solution can streamline and improve the fundamental processes that influence...; Tags: Food, Product Lifecycle, Industry, Beverage, Product Lifecycle Management, Food & Beverage, Product Marketing, Manufacturing, Marketing; White papers 2008-02-01
Product Lifecycle Management in the Medical Device Industry: In the medical device industry, efficiently meeting U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDA requirements is a key to business success. Product Lifecycle Management PLM technology ensures FDA compliance integrity by providing comprehensive content to support management decisions across the organization and individual functional groups. By uniting product information with processes,...; Tags: FDA, Product Lifecycle, Medical Device, Product Lifecycle Management, Product Lifecycle Management Technology, Product Marketing, Federal Government, Marketing, Government; White papers 2008-01-01
Haemonetics Corporation Achieves $1.9 Million Cost Savings With Product Lifecycle Management Solutions: Haemonetics Corporation is the world's leading supplier of blood processing systems. Haemonetics Corporation wanted to replace inefficient, manual paper-based processes and decentralized systems to improve collaboration and enable best-practice integration to improve product development processes and accelerate time to market. The challenge was to reduce operating expenses with fact-based decision...; Tags: Product Lifecycle, Oracle Corp., Cost Savings, Product Lifecycle Management, Product Marketing, Product Development, Marketing, Research & Development, Business Operations; Case studies 2007-12-01
Pratt & Whitney's Very Visible, Highly Successful Engineering Data Transformation: Pratt & Whitney (P&W) has built more than half of the 34,000 commercial aircraft engines in service today and more than 40,000 military engines. To meet ambitious cost and cycle time reductions targeted by top management, Pratt & Whitney's engineering organization needed to revitalize its handling of product data. Rather...; Tags: Software, Product Lifecycle, Siemens AG, Aircraft, Product Lifecycle Management, Pratt & Whitney, Product Development, Product Marketing, Aerospace & Defense, Research & Development, Business Operations, Marketing, Manufacturing; Case studies 2007-11-01
Social computing and product lifecycle management: The blogs are full of praise for soon to be minted Forrester analyst Jeremiah Owyang's thought piece about applying social computing to product lifecycle management. While I like the generality of Jeremiah's argument, I'm nervous about applying the ideas in a number of markets. At least...; Tags: Product Lifecycle, Information Technology, Industry, Social Computing, SAP AG, Product Lifecycle Management, Jeremiah, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2007-09-14

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Technology Plays a Critical Role in Bringing Safe and Sustainable Power to the World: The initial rationale behind PBMR is simple - there is a huge global requirement for sustainable energy. PBMR wanted to develop a nuclear reactor capable of providing safe and sustainable power. The challenge was to build a demonstration unit by 2011. The PBMR solution is a High Temperature Reactor HTR,...; Tags: Product Lifecycle, Siemens AG, Product Lifecycle Management, PBMR Solution, Product Marketing, Marketing; Case studies 2007-01-01
The Value Proposition of Product Lifecycle Management Software Solutions: The ability to deliver a fast-changing range of quality, relevant customer-facing products is of paramount importance in the race to retain customers and increase loyalty. There is increasing focus on product differentiation for converged mobile services. Reducing new production introduction lead time and cost is a key objective for service...; Tags: Product Lifecycle, Mobile, Product Lifecycle Management, Product Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Business Services, Marketing; White papers 2006-12-14
Completely Digital Product Lifecycle Management: Established in 1926 as a manufacturer of components for the new radio transmissions industry and then converted to the automotive industry during the Second World War, Ducati is a prestigious brand in the world of road and race motorcycling. The company wanted to create products that combine high technological content...; Tags: Product Lifecycle, Siemens AG, Industry, Product Lifecycle Management, Product Marketing, Strategy, Marketing, Management; Case studies 2006-12-01
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics - Global F-35 Aircraft Coalition Builds Unique Collaboration Network: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics wanted three primary industrial partners, plus up to 1,000 suppliers in 30 countries. As many as 5,000 aircraft with at least three design variants with goals include unprecedented design/build cycle reductions, lowest cost of sustainment for 30-year life of fleet. The Lockheed Martin-led F-35 team turned to...; Tags: Collaboration, Network, Lockheed Martin Corp., Product Lifecycle Management, Product Marketing, Aerospace & Defense, Marketing, Manufacturing; Case studies 2006-10-01
Reliable Access to Product Knowledge With UGS Teamcenter and HP Integrity Solutions: Product Lifecycle Management PLM cuts the time it takes to bring new and innovative products to market and aligns company-wide resources by building a knowledge library that enables access to product data across business functions and makes collaboration more efficient. Competitive, fast-paced global markets, fickle consumers, and a slew of...; Tags: HP Integrity, UGS Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Access, Knowledge, Product Lifecycle Management, Product Marketing, Strategy, Marketing, Management; White papers 2006-08-01
Product lifecycle management market to reach $12 bln in 2006: The product lifecycle management PLM market is forecast to reach nearly $12 bln in 2006, up 14% since 2004. Spending on PLM software and services rose 13% to $10.4 bln in 2005, resulting from strong investments by technology enterprises to spur innovation, according to Daratech.; Tags: product lifecycle management, product lifecycle; Blog posts 2006-03-20
Integrating SMARTEAM Gateway With an SAP ERP Application Using WebSphere Business Integration Server Express: This paper focuses on how one can use InterChange Server Express, a component of IBM WebSphere Business Integration Server Express, to connect the applications, people, processes, and information needed to run businesses productively and address increasingly complex market requirements. Product Lifecycle Management PLM and business integration technology enable manufacturers to...; Tags: Product Lifecycle, IBM WebSphere, Business Integration, SAP AG, ERP, Server, Product Lifecycle Management, IBM Corp., Integration, Product Marketing, Application Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software; White papers 2006-02-15
HP OpenView PLM Management Solution for the Automotive Industry: The automotive manufacturing industry is in a squeeze between low-cost competitors and increasing regulations. Product Lifecycle Management PLM is the backbone of automotive manufacturing. Efficient PLM reduces development, testing and production costs, shortens time-to-market, and facilitates regulatory compliance. PLM depends on a stable, reliable, high-performance infrastructure for optimal availability and...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Product Lifecycle, Industry, HP OpenView, Product Lifecycle Management, Manufacturing Industry, Product Marketing, Marketing; White papers 2005-10-01
IBM PLM FBC ROI: The Financial Business Case for Product Lifecycle Management Information Technology Decision Making: Increasingly, PLM investment decision makers are reverting to standard Financial Business Case FBC criteria, such as Return On Investment ROI, net present value, and Total Cost of Ownership TCO, as part of the solution selection evaluation process to help them do this. When company representatives ask solution providers financial questions,...; Tags: Product Lifecycle, Financial, Decision-making, ROI, Product Lifecycle Management, IBM Corp., Roi/Tco, Financial Accounting, Finance, Managerial Accounting; White papers 2005-10-01
The Impact of Universal 3D on Product Lifecycle Management: This white paper provides overview of the value and impact of Universal 3D (U3D), with a special focus on Product Lifecycle Management PLM. Interactive 3D graphics are a powerful medium for communication, education and entertainment. However, unlike digital audio, video, and photography-which are easily exchanged via the Internet and across...; Tags: 3D, Product Lifecycle, Product Lifecycle Management, Product Marketing, Marketing; White papers 2005-03-01
Oracle Product Lifecycle Management: Directions: This webcast discusses how Oracle's PLM solution can help companies make better product management and investment decisions, optimizing return on investment and profit, by providing better information through the entire product lifecycle.; Tags: Oracle Corp., Lifecycle Management, Product Lifecycle Management, Product Marketing, Roi/Tco, Marketing, Finance, Managerial Accounting; Webcasts
Product LifeCycle Management: A Sun and MatrixOne Solution: Sun and MatrixOne have collaborated to provide consumer goods manufacturers with a new approach in bringing products to market. This webcast addresses how the Sun and MatrixOne solution can help consumer goods manufacturers reduce development costs earlier in the product lifecycle, and produce more innovative products in a shorter time...; Tags: Product Lifecycle, Sun Microsystems Inc., Product Lifecycle Management, MatrixOne, Product Marketing, Marketing; Webcasts
PTC Uses VMware Workstation to Deploy Demos and Solutions Quickly: For nearly 20 years, PTC has been at the forefront of product development technologies, providing engineering and manufacturing product lifecycle management PLM tools for more than 35,000 customers. The company wanted to be sure it was building demos in the most efficient way. They wanted to have sales people and...; Tags: Product Lifecycle, Workstation, VMware Inc., VMware Workstation, Product Lifecycle Management, Sales Strategy, Product Development, Product Marketing, Sales Force Management, Sales, Research & Development, Business Operations, Marketing; Case studies
Tata Motors Realizes Benefits of Reduced Costs and Time to Market by Deploying UGS Teamcenter on Intel Architecture for High Performance PLm Computing Application: Tata motors was using a product lifecycle management tool on a RISC-based platform that had quite a few problem. The bill of material module was not tightly integrated with the design data and visualization was not available across the organization creating bottlenecks and need to physically travel to the design...; Tags: UGS Corp., Benefit, High-performance, Product Lifecycle Management, Tata Motors, Intel Architecture, Product Marketing, Processors, Marketing, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components; Case studies
Leading Software Developer Automates Change Management Process to Drive Business Forward: Dassault Systemes is a leading global provider of product lifecycle management software using three-dimensional representations. Its software is revolutionizing the design and production of complex products, such as cars and airplanes. The company uses the latest software to develop its products but must upgrade approximately 5,000 computers every 18 to...; Tags: Software, Developer, Dassault Systemes, Product Lifecycle, Microsoft Corp., Product Lifecycle Management, Software Developer, Change Management, Tools & Techniques, Product Marketing, Management, Marketing; Case studies