Managing Product Complexity

Complexity is a byproduct of increased product variability. Over several decades product variability has grown exponentially due to market demands, technical complexity, corporate strategy, product/p…

A Visual Product Experience: Not Just for Designers Anymore!

“A picture paints a thousand words” – whether it is the 70’s love song by Bread or an acknowledgement of people’s innate ability to process a tremendous amount of information at a glance – there is f…

ETO w/o W-H-Y is not G-O-O-D

Engineer-to-Order (ETO) automation, if you’ve never seen it in action, is actually quite impressive.Capturing all of the process elements needed to bring a unique product variant to a customer…

An Integrated Product Definition: Simplifying Complex Tasks

Innovation comes in many forms. It’s the discovery of a new ski jumping technique that forever changes the sport. It’s companies finding new ways to meet their own goals while satisfying the demands …

An Integrated Product Definition: Solving Real-World Problems

Innovation comes in many forms. It’s the discovery of a new ski jumping technique that forever changes the sport. It’s companies finding new ways to meet their own goals while satisfying the demands …

An Integrated Product Definition: Driving Innovation

Let’s explore how an Integrated Product Definition can help drive innovation. Learn more by watching this webinar, “Multi-domain BOM management,” as part of our webinar …

How a Service Knowledge Management System Fills in the Blanks (Part 2)

Connected products sound like they’re new, but they’ve actually existed for a while. Vending machines dial out inventory information via the Internet or cellular networks to report what sales and wha…

3 Ways to Compliance Management with Supplier Material Disclosure

We’ve recently discussed the compliance management imperatives that call on manufacturers to improve the business value associated with product sustainability using PLM, and key ways to improve …

After-sales BOM and Configuration

Is management and configuration of your after-sales BOM an element of your PLM strategy today?