Product Lifecycle Management

• Main Authors: Saaksvuori, Antti (Author), Immonen, Anselmi (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Subjects: Business.; Management.; Production management.; Information technology.; Business > Data processing.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Business and Management.; Operations Management.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; IT in Business.

In today`s industrial manufacturing Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is essential in order to cope with the challenges of more demanding global competition. New and more complex products must be introduced to markets faster than ever before. Companies form large collaborative networks, and the pro...

Table of Contents:

• Fundamentals
• Product lifecycle management systems
• Product structures
• Integration of the PLM system with other applications
• Deployment of the PLM system
• Business benefits of a PLM system
• Challenges of product management in manufacturing industry
• The role of product information management in collaborative business development
• Understanding the product lifecycle
• Product and product management strategy as a part of business strategy
• e-Business — electronic business and PLM
• Digest
• Epilogue.