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Digital Transformation vs PLM: The Evolution of Product Development

By Dick Weisinger

Companies are increasingly implementing digital transformation to stay competitive. While Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) has long been a cornerstone of efficient product development, the broader concept of digital transformation is gaining traction in boardrooms across industries. PLM focuses primarily on

Product Lifecycle: PLM Makes Engineers 2.4x More Productive

By Dick Weisinger

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is the process of managing all aspects of the life cycle of a product, from the initial concept, to the design, engineering, manufacture, service and final disposal. Benefits often cited from PLM often include: Better quality

PLM+ALM: Product Management Evolving into Systems of Systems

By Dick Weisinger

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software manages the lifecycle of a product, through all phases, including concept, design, manufacturing, and maintenance. PLM systems allow businesses to track the evolution of a product part over the lifecycle and to also manage variations

PLM Obsolescence: Engineering Giants Struggle to Keep up with Technology

By Dick Weisinger

Large engineering companies are burdened with trying to upgrade and replace their legacy software. For example, Boeing and Airbus each have more than 2500 different software apps and tools that they use to manage the PLM processes for building their

PLM: Small Businesses Adopt Cloud-Based PLM to Improve Design and Resource Utilization

By Dick Weisinger

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is the management of the entire lifecycle of a product from initial concept development through design, manufacture, service, maintenance, and ultimate disposal.  PLM is a very focused and dominated by a handful of large software vendors.