PLM (Product Lifecycle Management)
PLM (Product Lifecycle Management)
PLM (Product Lifecycle Management)
By :
Tarun Kumar Agrawal
National Institute of Fashion
Technology ,Hyderabad
What is PLM?
Activity of managing a product throughout its
lifecycle-’from cradle to grave’.
First used by American Motors Corporation
(AMC).
Super set of PDM( Product Data Management).
Within PLM there are five primary areas-
Systems Engineering (SE)
Product and Portfolio Management (PPM)
Product Design (CAx)
Manufacturing Process Management (MPM)
Product Data Management (PDM)
PLM In Fashion Industry
Challenges In Fashion Industry
Economic pressures -how and where to make
innovation investments.
Numerous Fashion Season.
Globalization
Optimization
Speed
Sustainability
PLM benefits for Industry
Accelerate
launch
Increase
profitable
growth
Reduce design
costs
Re-use best
practices
Cont..
Making design and development more efficient
Faster communication
Improved internal and external collaboration
Better visibility of progress and performance
Faster times-to-market
Provision of up-to-date and accurate data and
maintenance of such data
Eliminating risks of working on different
versions of a file
Repository for storing and protecting
intellectual property
Activity supported by PLM
Line planning
Storyboarding
Colour management
Computer aided design (CAD)
Management of fabrics and trims
Management of product data
Cost estimates
Management of sourcing and suppliers
Workflow: tracking a product's development
Business intelligence and reporting
Cont..
Digital Library Management
Tech Pack Management
Request for Quote (RFQ) Management
Calendar and Task Management
Before implementing PLM….
Size of organisation
Industry-specific functionality
Flexibility and scalability
Common user interface
Web-based systems or web-enabled systems'
International support
Total costs of ownership
Changing business models
Existing enterprise resource planning (ERP)
software
PLM Implementation Options
On-Premise
On-Demand or SAAS (Software as a service
module)
Major Player..
Siemens PLM Software
Yunique PLM –Gerber Technology
Lectra Fashion PLM
Lawson Fashion PLM
World Fashion Exchange (WFX)
Trade Stone Software
Polygon Software (USA)
Porini USA
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