Configurator for Enabling Customer Choice

When we started this discussion in Beyond Product Configurator Software: Total Variability Management, we began to talk about defining and managing variability across a product suite. In these seri…

Configurator for Engineering and Manufacturing

To make sure every user is able to most effectively interact with that data, you need specialized variability that’s relevant for different roles

Configurator for Product Management and Planning

To make sure every user is able to most effectively interact with that data, you need specialized variability that’s relevant for different roles

Beyond Product Configurator Software: Total Variability Management

Broadly speaking, there are 3 sets of activities that come into play when we talk about defining and managing variability across a suite of products

Supplier Integration: Integrating Direct Materials Sourcing into Your PLM Processes

Without early collaboration, sourcing strategies are limited to “cost containment” techniques such as consolidating suppliers, combining volumes across plants, and developing new suppliers in emerging markets. Cost containment techniques are of course essential, but purchasing must grow past its transactional origins

Integrated Product Definition

At its core, the Integrated Product Definition approach in Teamcenter promotes engineering authoring and formal release of product definition data

Service Plan to Service Execution – Right Job, Done Right, First Time

Service execution is successful when service events are complete, accurate, quick, and affordable which means based on service requirements in service plans linked to product and as-maintained configurations

Getting a Handle on Design Data Exchange and Supplier Program Management

Best-in-Class companies realize that it all starts with how they manage and store their design or CAD data, it must be centralized and managed holistically to provide optimal support for collaborative engineering processes

The Future of Change Management

Next generation PLM systems will support more efficient change processes by supporting the following