Has Consolidation Made the PLM Market More Agile?
by P.J. Jakovljevic & Jim Brown
While the race for the pole position in the still evolving, moving-target PLM market started several years ago, it has been quite accelerated by Agile Software's fourth acquisition in 2003. Particularly with the most… Read the Article…
The Different Evolutionary Stages of ERP and PLM
by Predrag Jakovljevic & Jim Brown
The product development life cycle - innovate, conceptualize, plan, design, procure, produce, deliver, service, and retire - naturally includes multiple people, operating in multiple departments, and typically from… Read the Article…
Can ERP Speak PLM?
Part Two: Examples and Recommendations
by Jim Brown
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions have to work with many other systems, not just ERP, so integration is not a new issue for PLM vendors. Most PLM vendors recognize the need for integration and have addressed… Read the Article…
Selecting PLM Software Solutions
Part 5 - User Recommendations
by Jim Brown & P.J. Jakovljevic
This tutorial points out the significance of buyers researching PLM technology vendors before determining the short list and vendors researching the viability of the opportunity before committing time and money to a… Read the Article…
Selecting PLM Software Solutions
Part 4 - Comparing 3 Vendors
by Jim Brown & P.J. Jakovljevic
In PLM, there is no single vendor that can meet all of the requirements, and the market is still immature, so almost every product can be the right solution provided a certain set of requirements. In this part of the… Read the Article…