CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
15 February 2007
CIMdata News
PLM for SMB: Ready... or Not?
John MacKrell, senior consultant at CIMdata, discusses PLM for small and mid-sized businesses in an article in CADCAMnet . The following is an excerpt; the Full article is available for a fee.
Are you part of a smaller manufacturing company (less than $1 billion annual revenue) and wondering if it is time to invest in a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution? If so, you aren't alone. We all know PLM has been pioneered in larger enterprises with the resources available to spend whatever it takes to work though all the implementation issues until they realize PLM's benefits. However, today enterprises of all sizes want to reap the benefits of PLM -- just not at any price.
Small and mid-sized businesses (and divisions of larger organizations) need the same types of support for global collaboration and innovative approaches to product development problems as those enjoyed by larger companies.
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