| Your
goal is to... |
PLM
can help by... |
Measure
PLM impact by... |
| Increase
product quality |
Ensuring
affected users consistently review product changes; automatically
notifying users about new & revised documentation; tracking that
obsolete data is promptly removed from production areas; checking that
as-built products match approved design and process documentation |
Monitoring
change-related defects; periodically auditing production floor
documentation; performing periodic audits of as-built product |
| Manage increased product complexity |
Encouraging on-going
collaboration and review of product design and process files; providing
consistent structure to your bill of material management; enforcing
product change review using defined workflow |
Categorizing reasons for
changes (principally those related to failure to meet design requirements) |
| Reduce product unit costs |
Encouraging
part re-use by easier searches, and thereby increasing purchase volume |
Tracking
reductions in new part numbers that are issued for each new product |
| Reduce time-to-market |
Reducing
number of items designed through re-use; reducing design iterations via
concurrent review; speeding the design release process though automated
workflow and notifications |
Measuring average project
development time; monitoring defect frequency immediately after new
product launch |
| Reduce change-related administrative overhead |
Eliminating
manual change processing, and carrying physical change packages from one
approver to the next; automating materials declarations for
environmental compliance |
Demonstrating
change in staff throughput, such as number of changes processed per unit
time; eliminating manual processes such as copying, faxing, shipping,
"walking changes through system" |
| Reduce production rework and inventory scrap |
Speeding
changes through the review and approval cycle; automatically calculating
cost impact of changes based on item-by-item disposition expense |
Monitoring rework and scrap
expenses; tracking total cost impact of changes |
| Improve customer satisfaction and enhance loyalty |
Executing
quickly, consistently and predictably |
Asking
customers and sales staff for feedback |
| Plug gaps in current business processes |
Encouraging
business process designers and users to seek more efficient methods, and
capture these methods in well-defined PLM attributes and workflow |
Assessing employee
satisfaction; eliminating tedious activities |
| Enhance
cooperation with your supply chain partners |
Encouraging
early review of requirements; exchanging design, procurement,
production, and service information |
Tracking
rework charges and non-recurring tooling and setup costs |
