This explains the origin of PLM, its need and its future

1. Product Lifecycle Management
By Srinivasan V Mudaliar
November 26, 2012

2. What is a Product?
To understand PLM, you need to first understand definition of Product
and the challenges associated with getting one to the market place.
A good, idea, method, information, object or service created as a result of
a process and serves a need or satisfies a want. It has combination
of tangible and intangible attributes (benefits, features, functions, uses)
that seller offers a buyer for purchase. @ http://www.businessdictionary.com
Examples of Products:-

3. Typical Product lifecycle Diagram

4. What is PLM ?
PLM is a tool that helps to manage both product data and product
development process.
PLM Software's vision is to enable a world where organizations and their
partners collaborate through global innovation networks to deliver world-
class products and services, allowing them to deal swiftly with emerging
risks and opportunities.
PLM integrates and manage processes, applications, and information
that define products across multiple systems and media.
Any organizations in a global market place strives:
 To reduce Product costs
 To attain better Quality
 To reduce/improve “time-to-market”
 To attain Product Differentiation

5. Origin of PLM – Concepts of Engineering Drawing and PDM
TCS - Confidential
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6. Origin of PLM – Concept of BOM
TCS - Confidential
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7. Why PLM?
In Industries the Most Common
Problems are -
• Ensuring everyone works to the correct revision level
• Distribution of drawings
• Time to implement an engineering change
• Time to access drawings
• Control of variants/configurations
• Exchange of drawings with suppliers/customers
• Revising paper based drawings
Only 20% of Design Data is Geometry
though the other 80% applies to it

8. Pre-PLM Scenario (Source - http://www.engineerlive.com)

9. Post-PLM Scenario (Source -
http://gol10dr.squarespace.com/blog/tag/data-management)

10. Business Benefits of PLM
• To help win more business
• To build, store and share valuable information
• To control the explosion of digital information
• Provides data control and integrity
• Aid in concurrent engineering
• Speed up product development
• Enable a virtual product development team
• Provide accountability

11. PDM Functions
IMAN
User Functions:
 Data Vault and Document Management
 Workflow and Process Management
 Product Structure Management
 Classification
Utility Functions :
 Communication and Notification
 Image Services
 Data Access Control

12. Data Vault and Document Management
IMAN
The vault is a data store that contains some data within
itself and controls other externally generated data by
managing access to it.
It is used for logical grouping of the data.
Types of Data stored in Vault -
 Product data e.q. Cad Model Files, CAE Data,
Operating Manuals etc.
 Data about PDM controlled information.

13. Data Vault and Document Management
 Secure and Control Storage
 Check-in and Check-out provide information Access
 Release Management ensures data Consistency
 All the history is stored for future reference
 Non-electronic data can be managed
 The user need not know where data are stored

14. Workflow and Process Management
 The business processes in the organization can be
mapped into PDM system using workflow (Life cycles).
 Business process rules/constraints can be incorporated
into the Life Cycles.

15. Workflow and Process Management
Submitter
User 1
User Group
User 3

16. Workflow Benefits
 Managed Electronic Review and Approval
 Saves Time through Automatic Routing
 Prioritizes Tasks
 Provides Management Reports
 Identifies Bottlenecks
 Drives the Business Pro-actively

17. Change Management
The Institute of Configuration Management defines CMII as configuration
management integrated with project management and quality assurance.
Change Items: Change items are the objects, these correspond to
documents and other components used in CMII model.
Problem Report - Defines a problem or an enhancement.
Change Request - Initiates a proposal that recommends a change
and captures business decisions associated with the change.
Change Notice - Change notice provides a detailed work plan to
resolve a set of requests.

18. Change Management – Change Items
A single change notice may logically group and address
issues identified in multiple change requests. A single change
request in turn responsible for multiple problem reports.

19. Change Management – Sample Scenario
Requestor Administrator & Requestor
Analyst
of PR Analyst of CR
Review Board Requestor of CN Analyst
Implementation Board Administrator Analyst Administrator
or Analyst & Analyst
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20. Product Structure Management
It facilitates the creation and management of the Product
Configurations and Bill of Materials.
PDM system tracks the version, effectivity and Design Variations
of the Product Configurations.
 As Different disciplines requires the unique views of the
product information, PDM system can show the different views of
the product. e.q. Design View, Manufacturing view, Finance View
 Data can be transferred to ERP and SCM packages eq. BOM

21. Product Structure Management
Consistency problems:
• Several Output Formats
from July 1, '96
0815 /A • Different kinds of views (BOM types)
until Oct. 17, '96
Car • Generic Configuration
from Oct. 17, '96
• Variant Structure
0900 /A 0816 /A 0817 /B 0818 /A
Chassis Chassis Engine Gearing
new
0819 /A 0820 /C 0821 /A
Bearing Toothing Case Box
0822 /A 0823 /B
Upper Lower
Case side Case side

22. Classification
Classification of parts allows similar and standard parts, processes
and other design information to be grouped by common attributes
and retrieved for use in products.
Benefits
 Similar parts and designs are found very easily.
 Part Family hierarchies provide organized access to existing
designs.

23. Communication and Notification
It involves the automatic notification of the critical events.
Also the event itself triggers the notification. In some cases it acts
as the security feature.
E.q. Design is approved,
The particular product is released

24. Image Services
 Images are stored and accessed like any other data
 Viewing and markup provide enhanced checking
 Image services enhance productivity of Engineering Change
Requests.

25. Data Access Control
 Mainly for Security
Involves:
Mapping of the business rules into the PDM system.

26. Distributed PDM Sites
Share information across
enterprise
DB1
IDSM DB2
Site 2
IDSM
Site 1 DB4
DB3
IDSM
Site 3

27. Key PLM Solutions and Vendors

28. Technologies involved in PLM
 Database - Oracle, Sybase, Informix, SQL Server etc.
 Front end - X-windows, MS-windows etc, Web Browsers.
 Networked system enabling communication between hosts i.e.
Unix systems, Windows-NT, Apple MacOS, Sun Solaris etc.
 Most of the PLM software's are moving towards using J2EE
web technologies to allow easy of configuration and maintenance

29. PLM Usage in Industries and key Users
Aerospace Automotive
PLM in
Industries
Manufacturing Retail

30. Where PLM fits into the organization ?
PRODUCT
PLM
FACTORY
SCM CRM
ERP
VENDOR CUSTOMER
BI
E-
Business

31. Data Sharing between PLM and Other
Enterprise Systems
Commercial and logistics data
Part Costs, Lead Times, Stock
MCAD Purchasing
Classi. Inventory
Master
ECAD Sched.
SCM
PLM ERP Shop
NC
Sched.
Doc. Sales
Mgt.
CAE Others
Engineering and Technical Data,
Part Bills, changes

32. Future of PLM
Past Present Future
• PDM • PIM • Mobile
• CAT • Enterprise • Social
Integration Integration • Open
• PLM • Open Source
Technology

33. Thank You