Datafrond brochure

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Turning Innovation into Results
Enabling Product Lifecycle Management
Increased pressure from competition, globalization, regulatory compliance and shareholder requirements are
common challenges associated with new product development. Companies need to drive new innovations to
market while reducing total product costs and creating process efficiencies.
Increasingly, companies are turning to Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions to achieve cost and
competitive advantages by reducing the time to market for new products. By partnering with Datafrond and
deploying PLM solutions, organizations can leverage technology to:
° Simplify the management of complex product information
° Create process efficiencies by streamlining steps required to design, build and support products
° Improve product traceability and implement effective controls to monitor regulatory compliance
* Adopt best practices and industry standards to lower product development costs
Your Trusted Partner for PLM
Datafrond can help you to navigate the many challenges with PLM, including adapting business processes,
harnessing information technology and implementing organizational transformation. Our business knowledge,
combined with our expertise in PLM software deployments, allows us to help companies maximize the value of
PLM.
Our PLM experts can help you to:
1. Gain a clear understanding of PLM’s
strategic potential
2. Create a business case that quantifies PLM
results
3. Provide recommendations on how to best
adapt processes and implement changes
4. Develop a solution or combination of
solutions that fit your unique business
needs, schedule and budget
5. Implement and adopt the PLM solution,
providing training and user support as needed
Datafrond consultants can help you to prioritize
needs, define a PLM strategy and develop a
PLM roadmap that will drive optimal results.
We offer flexible, tailored solutions so you can quickly and
effectively implement your PLM strategy, processes, and
software. Our expertise includes: PLM strategy, redesigning
business processes, managing organizational change, configur-
ing PLM systems, defining the technical infrastructure, and
training and supporting end—users.
Business Process
Definition
_ rl; System Selection
8: Implementation
We help you to build the right PLM foundation by
defining a strategy that incorporates your unique
processes, systems, data and people.

2. Why Datafrond?
When you hire Datafrond, you get a partner who will work with you to achieve results.
We are passionate about helping our clients to become more competitive and innovative.
Unlike larger consulting organizations and PLM software companies, we provide clients with single point of
contact for all communications, which saves you time and money. We take unnecessary cost and complexity
out of the equation.
We travel frequently, so we can go wherever our clients need us to be. We are agile and serve clients the way
that they want to be served: on flexible terms.
Our customers are industry leaders and highly regarded innovators. We specialize in the following industries:
° Aerospace 86 Airlines ‘ Electronics 86 Hi-Tech 0 Oil, Gas 86 Energy Services
° Automotive ' Federal (Energy) ° Process Manufacturing
0 Consumer Goods ' Industrial Products 86 Equipment ° Retail Footwear 86 Apparel
Datafrond Services
PLM is what we do. Our services encompass all aspects of PLM from creating a strategy and vision, to
implementing a solution, to providing user support and training. We offer:
Business Advisory Services
° Assessment, Strategy 86 Roadmap
0 Business Case, Metrics, 86 Justification
° System Evaluation 86 Selection
Business Process Consulting Services
° Process Definition, Architecture 86 Modeling
° Product Data Architecture 86 Modeling
° Organizational Change Management
System Implementation & Training Services
° Program 86 Project Management
° Solution Architecture Consulting
° System Architecture Consulting
° System Configuration, Customization 86 Integration
° Deployments, Updates, Maintenance 86 Expansion
° Business User 86 End User Training 86 Adoption
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Turning Innovation into Results
Datafrond is a PLM consulting firm providing business advisory, business process consulting, and systems
implementation and training services. We help some of the world’s most recognized companies to become
more innovative and com etitive b hel in them to create new efficiencies in their roduct develo ment
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processes. Our approach focuses on building the right PLM foundation that integrates the processes, systems,
data and people unique to every client.
www. datafrond. com I Contact us at: info@datafrond. com