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, 2008.
• 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.

The significance of product lifecycle management (PLM – Product Lifecycle Management, formerly referred to, in a narrower frame of reference, as PDM – Product Data Management) is increasing, especially for companies in the manufacturing, high technology, and service industries. Product and component...

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
• Service industry and PLM
• 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.