This is a slide deck from my webinar today - Simplify PLM Complexity. It was presented earlier today at Domain Systems webinar.

1. Simplify PLM Complexity
Oleg Shilovitsky CEO, co-founder

2. 20+ years of working for large software vendors
and startups in CAD, PDM, and PLM
Experience with enterprise industrial companies
(e.g. Volvo, Boeing, Nokia) as well as with many SMEs
Started a professional blog - Beyond PLM, which became
the leading PLM blog online, published ~4000 articles for the last 14 years
Oleg Shilovitsky
CEO, co-founder
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About me

3. The Death of Complexity
John Gall’s Law
Power of Visualization
Who Needs Simple PLM?
Multiple Dimensions of PLM complexity
The Ultimate Simplification Goal
3 Dimensions of PLM Simplification
Agenda
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4. Gartner’s 10 Consumer Market Trends 2012-2022
The consumer market is becoming progressively
less tolerant of complexity. Although consumers
tend to buy products with ever-richer features,
they often prefer those that are simple and
intuitive.
The ability to provide appealing and intuitive user
interfaces has become a critical point of
differentiation among competing technology
providers. As technology becomes more
complex, vendors need to invest more in keeping
the user interface simple and intuitive.
T&SPs therefore need to focus on simplifying
technology, pricing, brand messaging, and
feedback and interaction, and consider offering
chargeable help services for consumers
challenged by installing and configuring new
equipment and services in their homes.
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Trend No. 9 — The Death of Complexity

5. John Gall’s Law & Agile Product Development
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Gall's Law:
“A complex system that works is invariably found to
have evolved from a simple system that worked.”

6. John Gall’s Law & Agile Product Development
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Gall's Law:
“A complex system that works is invariably found to
have evolved from a simple system that worked.”

7. Complexity and Power of Visualization
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8. Who Needs Simple PLM?
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✔Customers (Industrial Companies)
Improved user adoption
Optimize budget and reduce the risk
✔PLM Vendors (Software Providers)
Complexity is recognized as a problem
But simple packages reduce $$$ and value
✔Implementations and Service Providers
More complexity = More services
But, complexity increases a failure rate
✔PLM Consultants
Complexity leads to consulting revenue
But customers demand simplicity

9. Multiple Dimensions of PLM Complexity
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People, Systems & Processes
Complexity
Level
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-org-chart-plm-grid-john-stark/
https://virtualdutchman.com/2019/03/10/why-plm-will-never-be-simple/
Becomes Complex Very Fast

10. Problem: Product Data Management Complexity
Support Team
Manufacturing
Planner
Engineers
Procurement
OEM1
PARTNERS
TIER1-n SUPPLIERS CUSTOMERS
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11. Elements of PLM Simplification
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12. (1) Implementation Playbook
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13. Implementation: Organizational and Technological Complexity
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14. Implementation: Technology and Tools Alignment
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15. (2) Cloud and Data Management
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New Data Management and Cloud Deployment
SaaS
Graph +AI
Multi-tenant
● Flexible Data Model
● xBOM Multi-View
● Instant Data Sharing
● Real-time Collaboration
● Seamless Integrations
● Graph Data Science
● Multi-tenant
● Multi-cloud
● Subscriptions
● Hyperscalers support
AWS, Azure, GCP

17. Product Knowledge Graph Extended To Multiple Manufacturing Silos
80%
By 2025
By 2025, graph
technologies will be
used in 80% of data and
analytics innovations,
up from 10% in 2021,
facilitating rapid
decision making across
the organization
Credit: Beyond PLM
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18. Systems of Records, Systems of Engagements, System of Intelligence
Systems of
Records
Systems of
Engagement
Systems of
Intelligence
PLM/ERP/MES
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RIP and Replace Won’t Work
Focus on Decision Support

19. (3) User Experience
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20. User Experience Challenge
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Focused, Streamline and Intuitive UX

21. User Experience Trend: Use Known Paradigms + Graph Visualizations
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22. Simplification Trend
Agile Production Development
Organizational Playbook, Goals and ROI
SaaS, Cloud, Subscriptions
Focus on Decision Support: SOR, SOE, SOI
UX: Visualizations and Don’t make me think
Conclusion
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Knowledge Graph, Focus on Data (Not Apps)

23. Have questions? I’m happy to talk…
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Web: openbom.com
Web: beyondplm.com
Email: oleg@openbom.com
Phone: +1 (978) 760 1885

24. Thank you!
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