{"id":690,"date":"2016-06-08T21:19:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T04:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Polarion-Blog\/ALM-PLM-and-Good-Software-Helping-You-Transition-into-the-I4-0\/ba-p\/381070"},"modified":"2026-03-26T05:29:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T09:29:56","slug":"alm-plm-and-good-software-helping-you-transition-into-the-i4-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/alm-plm-and-good-software-helping-you-transition-into-the-i4-0\/","title":{"rendered":"ALM-PLM and Good Software: Helping You Transition into the I4.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Internet connectivity is making drastic changes in your home and workplace, while manufacturers try to keep up with the ongoing software evolution.<\/p>\n<p>Embracing I4.0 presents great benefits, but there are a number of different challenges: risk management, test management, quality assurance, cybersecurity, and other causes for concern.<\/p>\n<p><CENTER><IFRAME src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mp6KRwz8SiY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/IFRAME><\/CENTER><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>To discuss some of the challenges, we\u2019ve spent time discussing the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.polarion.com\/good-software-for-the-internet-of-things-era-can-be-a-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">need for \u201cgood software\u201d<\/A> in the current age of IoT and I4.0.<\/p>\n<p><CENTER><A href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/siemensplm_blogs\/2016\/06\/I4.0.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><IMG class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8869\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/siemensplm_blogs\/2016\/06\/I4.0-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"390\" \/><\/A><\/CENTER>Application lifecycle management (ALM) and product lifecycle management (PLM) processes are no longer siloed apart, and unified ALM-PLM has flourished. Your organization will be able to optimize processes and tools &#8211; while reducing the possibility of releasing a faulty product.<\/p>\n<p>As IoT spending and worldwide connectivity increase, we can expect to see more organizations try to maximize IoT as part of their design and development process. However, there will still be a significant amount of pressure on product developers and system engineers to properly prepare compliance and legal standards &#8211; while maximizing I4.0 adoption &#8211; as the industry moves forward.<\/p>\n<p><HR \/><\/p>\n<p><A href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/siemensplm_blogs\/2016\/06\/ALM-and-PLM.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><IMG class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8834\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/siemensplm_blogs\/2016\/06\/ALM-and-PLM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"349\" height=\"477\" \/><\/A><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Internet connectivity is making drastic changes in your home and workplace, while manufacturers try to keep up with the ongoing software evolution.<\/p>\n<p>Embracing I4.0 presents great benefits, but there &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46623,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spanish_translation":"","french_translation":"","german_translation":"","italian_translation":"","polish_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","chinese_translation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"industry":[],"product":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46623"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":691,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690\/revisions\/691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=690"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=690"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}