{"id":4381,"date":"2014-01-14T07:00:42","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T15:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=4381"},"modified":"2013-12-09T17:12:26","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T01:12:26","slug":"plm-accenture-prepares-for-a-world-with-products-of-greater-complexity-and-higher-density-of-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/plm-accenture-prepares-for-a-world-with-products-of-greater-complexity-and-higher-density-of-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"PLM: Accenture Prepares for a World with Products of Greater Complexity and Higher Density of Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Accenture, a global managing consulting company, recently has been loading up on Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)\u00a0technologies.<\/p>\n<p>In late November last year, Accenture<a title=\"Accenture buys Evopro\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telecompaper.com\/news\/accenture-acquires-hungarian-company-evopro-group--982861\"> purchased the Hungarian\u00a0industrial and embedded software development and services Evopro<\/a>.<br \/>\nin October, Accenture <a title=\"Accenture buys PCO Innovation\" href=\"http:\/\/newsroom.accenture.com\/news\/accenture-to-acquire-leading-product-lifecycle-management-company-pco-innovation-to-help-clients-take-new-products-to-market-faster-and-more-efficiently.htm\">acquired\u00a0PCO Innovation<\/a>, a consultancy specializing in PLM strategy and process, application architecture, system implementation, data migration and application management.<br \/>\nIn August,\u00a0Accenture <a title=\"Accenture acquires the Prion Group\" href=\"http:\/\/newsroom.accenture.com\/news\/accenture-completes-acquisition-of-prion-group.htm\">acquired the PRION Group<\/a>, a leading consulting and systems integrator specializing in Siemens PLM Software.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Increased technology embedded into products\" href=\"http:\/\/www.itbusinessedge.com\/blogs\/it-unmasked\/accenture-sees-plm-driven-by-internet-of-things.html\">Manufacturing is increasingly becoming more complex and more automated<\/a>. \u00a0 The components used to build a single product may come from many different sources, and the density of technology that&#8217;s embedded into products is increasing. \u00a0Accenture sees a trend and is building the infrastructure to be able to support it and their manufacturing clients.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Sergio Colella bio\" href=\"fr.linkedin.com\/pub\/sergio-colella\/2\/438\/49a\">Sergio Colella<\/a>, senior managing director at Accenture,\u00a0<a title=\"Sergio Colella bio\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accenture.com\/us-en\/Pages\/service-accenture-expands-plm-capabilities-acquisition.aspx\">said that<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;there is a greater demand to integrate product and service development processes across disciplines from innovation to manufacturing, supply chain and customer service.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Jean-Laurent Poitou bio\" href=\"fr.linkedin.com\/pub\/jean-laurent-poitou\/1\/524\/467\">Jean-Laurent Poitou<\/a>, senior managing director at Accenture,<a title=\"Accenture on PLM\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accenture.com\/us-en\/Pages\/service-accenture-expands-plm-capabilities-acquisition.aspx\"> said that<\/a> &#8220;for many of our clients, competitive differentiation depends on innovation and time to market, so improving their PLM solution portfolio brings significant value to their business. \u00a0Our research shows that PLM can get products into the market faster and more efficiently, increasing the speed of product launches by up to 55 percent and reducing operational and product development costs by 10\u201330 percent. PLM is also a critical lever for manufacturing companies to create profitable and sustainable business opportunities in customer service.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Frank Riemensperger bio\" href=\"de.linkedin.com\/pub\/frank-riemensperger\/14\/b51\/427\">Frank Riemensperger<\/a>, country managing director for Accenture Germany, <a title=\"Riemensperger on need for PLM in manufacturing\" href=\"http:\/\/newsroom.accenture.com\/news\/accenture-expands-product-lifecycle-management-expertise-with-acquisition-of-prion-group.htm\">said that<\/a> \u201cIndustry 4.0 concepts will dramatically increase the incidence of sensor-equipped materials and components along the manufacturing cycle. \u00a0These provide data and updates that allow companies to further optimize production and become more flexible, complimenting PLM-driven activities around increased efficiency and reduced time-to-market&#8230; The engineering lifecycle of products increasingly draws on a complex mix of mechanical, electrical and software elements, all of which require different development techniques. 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