Manufacturers leverage Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software to oversee the entire life cycle of a product, from design to disposal. A PLM solution collects various data points tied to other enterprise software applications and makes them accessible to users across manufacturing departments. These data are essential for manufacturers to optimize their production process, comply with regulations, promote employee collaboration, generate documentation, reduce quality issues, etc. There are many PLM software solutions available, but they don’t always have the same capabilities and differ in their approach to product visibility. To help simplify the purchase decision process, this blog post compares 7 renowned PLM software options from ABI Research’s PLM for Large Manufacturers competitive ranking.
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Whenever you use an elevator, do you wonder how it was designed? Or, if you’re shopping for a new car, are you curious about who brought this impressive machinery to life? Being an employee of a large manufacturing firm, maybe you do. But the average consumer puts little thought into the hard work done by mechanical engineers to translate an idea into a functional, safe-to-use product. We often take it for granted that the elevator works correctly or that the car’s shape supports aerodynamism. It’s through numerous sketches, testing, and modifications that power-producing machines get to the final form we see them in. These laborious processes can be greatly streamlined using Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software fine-tuned for engineering teams.