Product Life Cycle Management The Future of Production Systems.

Product Life Cycle ManagementProduct Life Cycle ManagementThe Future of Production SystemsThe Future of Production Systems

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Product Life Cycle Management is a total production system that tracks a product from inception to disposal

It includes, marketing, sales, design, planning, production, quality requirements, packaging, shipping, and disposing of the product when it’s useful life is over

Product Life Cycle Management is a total production system that tracks a product from inception to disposal

It includes, marketing, sales, design, planning, production, quality requirements, packaging, shipping, and disposing of the product when it’s useful life is over

The Scope of PLMThe Scope of PLM

ProductLifecyclePlus the engineering business

systems to make the process work with the rest of the company

Where did PLM come from?

Where did PLM come from?

Originally the term was used to describe the computer technology needed by auto makers and their suppliers to store information about vehicle parts, engineering data, design data, quality, etc.

Originally the term was used to describe the computer technology needed by auto makers and their suppliers to store information about vehicle parts, engineering data, design data, quality, etc.

The Benefit of PLMThe Benefit of PLM

It is a common production system, with common computer technology for information storage and retrieval. In theory any employee, in any department can look at data created by another department or group. The information is archived and valid for the life of the product

It is a common production system, with common computer technology for information storage and retrieval. In theory any employee, in any department can look at data created by another department or group. The information is archived and valid for the life of the product

The Benefit of PLMThe Benefit of PLM

It is a concept that should induce ethical behavior in terms of up graded products and hopefully will drive social responsibility in the areas of innovation, design, manufacturing, quality, and disposal

It is a concept that should induce ethical behavior in terms of up graded products and hopefully will drive social responsibility in the areas of innovation, design, manufacturing, quality, and disposal

PLM & LeadershipPLM & Leadership

PLM or PLC provides a framework to rediscover the basic stages of product development, 1. Introduction. 2. Growth. 3. maturity. 4. decline

In general the leader must influence all team members to attain goals, always being sensitive to members needs

PLM or PLC provides a framework to rediscover the basic stages of product development, 1. Introduction. 2. Growth. 3. maturity. 4. decline

In general the leader must influence all team members to attain goals, always being sensitive to members needs

PLM & LeadershipPLM & Leadership

In the growth stage the leader needs to know how to communicate and delegate responsibility to team members

In the maturity stage the leader and group usually struggle to maintain cohesiveness and productivity

In decline the leader needs to maintain team motivation

In the growth stage the leader needs to know how to communicate and delegate responsibility to team members

In the maturity stage the leader and group usually struggle to maintain cohesiveness and productivity

In decline the leader needs to maintain team motivation

PLM & LeadershipPLM & Leadership Facilitation, communication, goal setting,

project management, building consensus, organization, resource allocation, motivation, team building are a few of the LEADERSHIP skills necessary to drive a successful PLM initiative

To quote a Boeing executive, “as we engineer new systems we always forget about the necessary leadership skills”

We are good at doing the task, not so good at the process of getting there

Facilitation, communication, goal setting, project management, building consensus, organization, resource allocation, motivation, team building are a few of the LEADERSHIP skills necessary to drive a successful PLM initiative

To quote a Boeing executive, “as we engineer new systems we always forget about the necessary leadership skills”

We are good at doing the task, not so good at the process of getting there