Most people have heard of product lifecycle management (PLM), but it remains one of the less understood enterprise software suites. I joke that if you ask five consultants for their definition of PLM, ...

It is an irony of technology that the solutions, systems and platforms that seek to drive business benefits often describe themselves and their focus in strikingly similar terms. The descriptions and ...

Product lifecycle management software and product information management software both store product information, but the two systems are not interchangeable. Supply chain leaders must learn about the ...

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) services and products are the next wave of strategic tools, which go beyond concurrent engineering and product data management (PDM) to make vast amounts of product ...

For solution providers steep in the traditional IT sets -- networking, security, storage, etc. -- why should you care about PLM? For starters, it's a $16 billion business and growing, according to IDC ...

In 1981, just four years after graduating from the University of Toronto, Canada, with a civil engineering degree, Frank Baldesarra went into business with former classmate Brian Semkiw selling time ...

Walls are everywhere in the electronics supply chain. You know the ones: the walls you hit trying to manage the product life cycle. Marketing tosses product specifications over the wall to the ...

Think about what running a telecom network looks like today. On the one hand, your software is flexible and quick, and you can add new services at lightning speed. On the other hand, you're still ...

Today’s hot news in the PLM world is PTC’s surprise announcement regarding the purchase of PLM developer Arena Solutions. It’s clear that SaaS in the cloud is something that PTC’s chief, Jim ...

Geert Schouten, Director of Shipbuilder, discusses the challenges and solutions of maritime PDM and PLM software for large maritime projects. Maritime PDM and PLM software are often used for large ...