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How a Strategic, Big-Picture Approach to PLM Pays Off
Even with the best of intentions, it’s easy for organizations to lose sight of the big picture when embarking on a PLM program. Program and IT managers get bogged down in the weeds of tactical project management; business sponsors move on to other priorities once the basic direction is set. But it is the companies that sustain a strategic approach …
Governance vs. Leadership: You Need Both to Succeed
My colleague was nervous. He was kicking off a major initiative with an important new customer and program governance was a mess. The customer, a well-known retailer, had selected us to implement a new supply chain management solution to accelerate production and sales of private label goods. It’s a familiar challenge for us; we’ve worked for years in retail and …
Strategic PLM Implementation: Understanding the Value of Out-of-the-Box Software
Most companies that invest in major PLM programs want to minimize customization when deploying their new software. Customizing enterprise software like PLM is expensive, time consuming and often results in systems that are costly to maintain and less flexible in supporting business growth and change. Meanwhile, the top PLM software vendors have greatly improved out-of-the-box capabilities in recent years. Current …
New eBook Highlights PLM Key Success Factors
If you’re following the new Strategy section of this blog, you’ve seen a set of posts teasing out data points from a study on PLM key success factors conducted by PTC Global Services and independent analyst firm Tech-Clarity. A new eBook, High Performance PLM: Key Success Factors for PLM Strategy, Implementation, and Adoption, now pulls together the most important data …
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Tagged implementation, manufacturing, PLM, product development, PTC, supply chain, Tech-Clarity
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Tech-Clarity TV: Best Practices for Implementing PLM
The latest episode of PLM analyst Jim Brown’s Tech-Clarity TV provides highlights from a recent joint study on PLM key success factors conducted by Tech-Clarity and PTC. Brown’s video discusses: The value of benchmarking against high performers in PLM The substantial improvements that high performers have achieved in time to market, product development efficiency, and reducing product cost The key success …
4 Keys to Ensuring PLM Adoption
Business and IT leaders know well that education and training are essential to the success of technology-based solutions. PLM (product lifecyle management) is no exception. If managers and end users don’t learn and adopt new ways of working with PLM solutions, the best software in the world is of little value. All too often, however, companies short-change investments in programs …
Slowing Down to Speed Up: 6 Steps to Effective PLM Planning
As more and more companies understand the strategic business potential of PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) to improve product innovation, development, and competitive advantage, the scope of PLM initiatives has increased dramatically. Indeed, research from Tech-Clarity and PTC shows that, on average, companies implementing PLM in the last few years typically involve three or more departments across the organization (e.g., manufacturing, …
PLM Advocacy: What Executive Buy-In Really Means
Cynthia Ridley heads the Innovation & Change Leadership Practice for Kalypso, a fast-growing innovation and PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) consulting firm. With more than 20 years experience in engineering, operations, and executive coaching, Ridley specializes in executive team alignment, leadership development, and change management for PLM and new product development initiatives. To understand some of the challenges around executive leadership …
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Tagged change management, executive alignment, implementation, Kalypso, PLM
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Aligning Your Organization for PLM Success: What Does It Really Take?
As veterans of any enterprise software implementation know all too well, risks to program success increase dramatically if the organization isn’t aligned around key objectives, investments, and timelines. But what does organizational alignment really entail, especially for large-scale PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) initiatives that cross multiple functional, regional, and process boundaries? In a recent survey with business and IT leaders …
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Tagged business planning, change management, implementation, organizational alignment, PLM, Tech-Clarity
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High Performance PLM: Four Keys to Outstanding Business Results
New research by Tech-Clarity and PTC highlights four key success factors that distinguish high performers in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) from the rest of the pack: Strategic business alignment Process-based solution design Reduced customization of PLM software Comprehensive, role-based learning and adoption Sounds pretty obvious, right? Well, sort of. But, as usual, the devil is in the details. The practical …
