An Overview of Product Lifecycle Management Implementation Challenges
Sukumar Subahan Tondaladinne, Dr. Shobhalatha Gurram, and Dr. Satyanarayana Bachala - July 5, 2006

Introduction

According to CIMdata, product lifecycle management (PLM) can be defined as "a strategic business approach that applies a consistent set of business solutions in support of the collaborative creation, management, dissemination, and use of product definition information across the extended enterprise from concept to end of life—integrating people, processes, business systems, and information."..