Short notes for pitfalls of plm initiative

1. Pitfalls for the
PLM Initiative

2. 1. Pitfalls of PLM planning
❏ underestimating the need for training and education
❏ not understanding business objectives
❏ underestimating software costs
❏ not involving top management
❏ not involving users
❏ not appointing a senior leader for PLM
❏ not developing PLM Vision and Strategy
❏ not developing a PLM Implementation Plan

3. 2. Pitfalls of PLM implementation
❏ not appointing a great PLM Initiative Leader
❏ implementing a system before designing the solution
❏ not understanding business requirements
❏ starting before everybody is ready
❏ not measuring your success
❏ not promoting your success

4. 3. Big issues for PLM professionals
❏ lack of skills
❏ lack of standards
❏ lack of training
❏ lack of maturity

5. Top Management
role in the PLM
Initiative

6. 1. Appoint a PLM VP
Appoint a PLM VP and give them the responsibility of defining
the objectives for PLM, defining the vision, Strategy and Plan, and
implementing the plan.
1. Upfront Planning
It is needed to define the way that a company will work in the
future PLM environment.This may appear to some executives as a
waste of time and effort. However, in the long run, it’s better to
work out first how the environment will be managed in the future.

7. 3. Involvement and Commitment
For a successful Initiative, top management
has to take the lead and show the way.Top
management should set the objectives, track
project progress, make sure the project stays on
time, on budget and on scope.

8. 4. Prescriptive Approach
The company has to define what must be done across the product
lifecycle, and then everyone has to follow these rules.
5. Clear and Common Terminology
6. Architectures and Models
In the world of PLM they are needed to describe and communicate
how a company’s resources (processes, people, data, products,
applications, etc.) are organised.

9. 7. Digital Company
The change from analogue to digital is fast. Top management needs
to keep abreast of changes, respond, and in particular be sure that it hires
people who can think and act in the digital environment.
8. Product Strategy
To enable PLM, companies need a Product Strategy. PLM supports a
strategy of Managed Complexity and Change (MCC). This is the typical
strategy for an OEM with its roots in high-cost countries and a desire to
provide products worldwide.An OEM with an MCC strategy has to make
money for its shareholders, but it doesn’t have to make its product. It can
outsource to the best development, manufacturing, sourcing and delivery
networks.

10. 9. Model the PLM Environment
The model helps show how resources should be addressed to improve
performance. A model can show, for example, whether the company would
achieve a greater benefit from implementing a particular plan to improve
processes, from implementing a specific set of actions to improve product
data, or from purchasing a particular PLM application.
10. PLM Thought and Action