Vendor Articulates Message and Vision for Product Lifecycle ...

by Michael Bittner ... allows for portfolio hierarchies, reviews, prioritization, scoring ... CENIT, CIDEON, DSC Software AG, and ... would include functions like CAD integration, vaulting ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/PLM/2006/04/research_notes/VN_PL_MB_04_21_06_1.asp - 16k - 2006-04-21 Summary: SAP has developed some crucial themes as it moves forward with their PLM vision and solution strategy. Product development lifecycles are shrinking, and managing the innovation process is becoming a broader requirement of manufacturers and retailers alike.

Critical Components of an E-PLM System

by Michael Bittner ... or beta-testing, agency approvals, and design reviews. ... Visualization and Review, Software tools allowing non-engineers to ... complexity of a more powerful CAD tool. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/PLM/2005/10/research_notes/TU_PL_MB_10_21_05_1.asp - 16k - 2005-10-21 Summary: E-business has prompted a lot of vendors to move towards creating electronic product lifecycle management (e-PLM) suites. However, enterprise resource planning vendors with extensive e-commerce initiatives, development staffs, and renewed interest in PLM, are as likely to lead the way.

Stalled Oracle Fumbling For A Jump-Start Kit Part 1: Recent Events

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... browser to participate in collaborative design reviews of 3D ... view and mark up any size CAD model over ... expansion of its contract management software suite with ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2002/04/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_04_12_02_1.asp - 16k - 2002-04-12 Summary: While Oracle's declining revenue and profit continue across main businesses, SAP and Siebel have been extending their leads in respective enterprise application markets, while PeopleSoft has been anticipating turning on the overtaking flashing indicators.

Product Lifecycle Management: Expediting Product Innovation

by R. Nagarajan ... in terms of the network, and hardware and software? ... Nowadays, there are CAD tools which are tightly ... product will once more undergo reviews, analysis, testing ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/PLM/2006/10/research_notes/MI_PL_XRN_10_20_06_1.asp - 16k - 2006-10-20 Summary: The highly competitive product manufacturing market makes true product lifecycle management (PLM) inevitable. PLM helps companies map product requirements to features, obtain control over product data, preserve product knowledge assets, and enter into the new paradigm of modular product development.

Oracle Renders Its PLM Outline Part One: Event Summary

by P.J. Jakovljevic & Jim Brown ... Oracle has broadened its supply chain software footprint ... browser to participate in collaborative design reviews of 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) models over ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Plm/2004/01/news_analysis/NA_PL_PJ_01_05_04_1.asp - 28k - 2004-01-05 Summary: Although its PLM solutions will not likely be the 'all things to all people' any time soon, Oracle might be showing us its ability to develop its own applications in collaborative effort with its prominent customers.

Can ERP Speak PLM?

by Jim Brown ... tools for Computer Aided Engineering (CAD) and Product ... information about internal design reviews, market analysis ... consulting and application software focused on ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/08/research_notes/TU_ER_XJB_08_01_03_1.asp - 13k - 2003-08-01 Summary: Vendor hype about Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) has many manufacturers confused about whether they should look for a ''best of breed'' PLM solution or evaluate PLM solutions from their ERP vendors. All things being equal, most companies would prefer to have fewer software vendors. This has some pe