{"id":587,"date":"2008-05-23T21:00:16","date_gmt":"2008-05-24T05:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=587"},"modified":"2008-05-23T21:00:16","modified_gmt":"2008-05-24T05:00:16","slug":"plm-growth-exceeds-forecasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/plm-growth-exceeds-forecasts\/","title":{"rendered":"PLM: Growth Exceeds Forecasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/manufacturing.cadalyst.com\/manufacturing\/News\/CIMdata-Reports-Ongoing-Growth-for-PLM-Market\/ArticleStandard\/Article\/detail\/507867?contextCategoryId=6619\" \/><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Growth in PLM\" href=\"http:\/\/manufacturing.cadalyst.com\/manufacturing\/News\/CIMdata-Reports-Ongoing-Growth-for-PLM-Market\/ArticleStandard\/Article\/detail\/507867?contextCategoryId=6619\">Global Product Lifecycle Management<\/a> (PLM) market grew 13.5 percent in 2007, higher than analyst predictions to reach a size of $24.3 billion.\u00a0 That&#8217;s the conclusion of consulting and research company <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"CIMData\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cimdata.com\/\">CIMData<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The better than expected growth came from a strong acceptance by companies of PLM in the enterprise.\u00a0 The report predicts continued growth of the market over the coming years with an average compound growth rate of 9.8 percent in the coming years, ultimately reaching a market size of $40 billion by 2012.<\/p>\n<p>PLM has grown beyond the realm of engineering applications like product engineering and manufacturing.\u00a0 PLM is now being applied to disciplines like early-stage product strategy development and product maintenance and support.\u00a0 Usages of PLM are being fully fleshed out across all phases of the complate product lifecycle.<\/p>\n<p>CIMdata president Ed Miller said &#8220;Considering the far-reaching business impact of PLM, the approach has become a critical enterprise investment.\u00a0 PLM is now widely 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