The "M" in PLM (product lifecycle management) stands for "management"—but management of what? If you're a manufacturer, managing a product life cycle means improving productivity, maintaining information integrity, facilitating collaboration, and developing products for the future. Today's feature blog post looks at how PLM can assist you with all these processes.

Today's feature white paper looks at PLM in retail, footwear, and apparel—and how automating a specification development process can reduce time-to-market and product costs, while increasing product quality and operational efficiencies.

Combining process industry-oriented PLM capabilities with process manufacturing-oriented enterprise resource planning (ERP) capabilities can help alleviate many of the challenges facing process manufacturers. Learn more in today's feature article.