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Growing Product Complexity in SMBs: A Guide to BOM Management

Aberdeen’s Group study of top performing companies that were almost 40% more likely to be using a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system to enable BOM business processes and operate them efficiently. Based on the experiences of over 200 companies, this Sector Insight shows the opportunities small and medium businesses (SMBs) have to improve their performance by adopting the Bill of Materials (BOM) management processes used by the top performing companies to address the challenge of increasing product complexity.

Published: October 8, 2019

Top PLM Vendors

LinkedIn article discussing the strengths of leading PLM vendors.

Published: October 8, 2019

Why Is Product Lifecycle Management Like Ice Hockey?

LinkedIn article which attempts to the question, why is PLM so difficult to implement and why do so many implementations fail? Why do we get so close, but lose the game plan at the last moment?

Published: October 8, 2019

Smart, Connected Products and PLM-the Role of OSLC

CIO Review article on the role of Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) in PLM, which spans from product concept through life and integrates people, processes, business systems, and information, and the development of smart connected products.

Published: October 8, 2019

PLM and Modern Enterprise & Manufacturing Environment

CIO Review article on the impact on PLM caused by changes in enterprise software, manufacturing technologies, development of web and data management.

Published: October 8, 2019

Platformization, Closing Open Loops Are Forcing PLM to the Enterprise

CIO Review article describing the opportunities for the “platformization” of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and the closing the many open loops throughout the product lifecycle to eliminate “silos of expertise” in the enterprise.

Published: October 8, 2019

Leadership in New World of Connected Product Development

CIO Review article on a new generation of products requiring greater reliance on enterprise systems to fully function. To improve time-to-market, profitability and quality of new products, tighter integration is needed. The CIO is becoming a crucial and active participant in product development success through smart connected products.

Published: October 8, 2019

How Smart, Connected Products Are Transforming Competition

Harvard Business Review article on how smart, connected products offer exponentially expanding opportunities for new functionality, far greater reliability, much higher product utilization, and capabilities that cut across and transcend traditional product boundaries. The changing nature of products is also disrupting the value chains, forcing companies to rethink and retool nearly everything they do internally.

Published: October 8, 2019

Top Five IoT Challenges for Manufacturers

Brief article on the IoT challenges facing manufacturers today

Published: October 8, 2019

Axendia Report – Managing Medical Devices Across the Total Lifecycle

Life-Science organizations are forced to rethink traditional document centric product development strategies if they are to support the increasingly sophistication and complexity of medical devices and combination products. Medical device organizations must shift their focus from managing documents to managing product data by selecting the right product lifecycle management (PLM)

Published: October 8, 2019

Understanding Barriers to Medical Device Quality

This report is the result of an initiative launched by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) as part of an effort to assess and understand gaps in medical device quality. The work focuses on marketed product quality assurance, rather than pre-market activities. Its purpose is to provide a perspective on the state of medical device quality, as well as the challenges and opportunities for improvement.

Published: October 8, 2019

Software Development for Medical Devices

Software is fast becoming the differentiator for manufacturers of medical devices. The rewards of software innovation are balanced by the risks and challenges of regulation, stringent quality requirements, market pressures and significant complexity. Balancing these competing interests requires tailored application lifecycle management tools that address the unique needs of medical devices companies.

Published: October 8, 2019

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