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PLM: Market Hit By Global Economic Woes

By Dick Weisinger

While many believe that the long term horizon forecast for PLM is very rosy, the short-term global economic downturn is keeping PLM sales in check, and that will probably remain the situation through the end of 2009. That is the

PLM: A Small Step Towards PLM Standards

By Dick Weisinger

The first PLM Retail Standards Committee was recently announced by Tradestone Software.  That’s great news for the world of PLM where standards are sorely lacking.  Members of the new committee include retailers like Kohl’s, Macy’s, Lowe’s, Urban Outfitters and Pacific

PLM: Still Nascent Market

By Dick Weisinger

PLM vendor offerings and buyer needs don’t align well. PLM stands for Product Lifecycle Management Technology. That’s the result of a report by the IDC company Manufacturing Insights. PLM tools are not addressing the top business goals and cost improvements

ECM or PLM — Which is a Better ROI?

By Dennis Scanlon

Product lifecycle Management (PLM) systems can be very powerful data management tools, but the reality is that they are highly complex and that the setup, customization and maintenance of PLM systems can be very expensive. Many customers of PLM start

PLM: A New Vision of Data Management

By Dick Weisinger

PLM is changing. And the change is affecting how people in companies work. No longer is PLM relegated to managing only inter-relationships of very complex CAD product drawings. PLM is being deployed in a variety of new ways throughout the