Viewpoints about 'PLM Strategy'

Evolving with Product Lifecycle Management

May 8th, 2012 | by Bill Poston

The PLM software market continues to evolve, offering powerful new capabilities, cross-functional value and competitive differentiation. To take advantage of these benefits, companies must also evolve. Here's how to get started. Read More

Topics: Bill Poston, Evolve, Evolve Framework, PLM, PLM Evolve, PLM Software, PLM Strategy, PLM Systems, Product Lifecycle Management

#PDPMchat Transcript - May 16, 2012

May 21st, 2012 | by Kasey Durbin

Check out the transcript from our recent #PDPMchat with co-sponsor, Planview, and see what the experts had to say about the results of 2012 Product Portfolio Management Benchmark Survey. These results will reveal the top pain points product developers are facing and how they are (or are not) addressing them. We've even included links to all resources mentioned.

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Topics: Innovation, PLM Strategy, PLM Systems, PPM, Product Development, Product Lifecycle Management, Social Product Innovation

PLM Maturity: How to Get More Out of Your System

December 8th, 2011 | by Andreas Lindenthal

How many of the PLM capabilities available today do companies actually use? The answer is sobering... Read More

Topics: Innovation, Manufacturing, PLM, PLM Implementation, PLM Software, PLM Strategy, PLM Systems, Product Development, Product Lifecycle Management, Strategy

Foundation for Open Innovation, Part 3: Managing uncertainty of technology development

November 16th, 2011 | by Michael Glessner

When managing the invention and development of a promising new technology, how do you most effectively deal with the uncertainties that exist? How does a thoughtful manager handle this? This third post in a three-part series introduces ways to address the uncertainty and risk in Open Innovation.

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Topics: Innovation, Michael Glessner, Open Innovation, PLM, PLM Strategy, Product Development, Product Lifecycle Management, Social Computing, Social Media, Social Product Innovation, Strategy

Top Strategic Goals of PLM

And Why “Going Live” Isn’t One of Them

March 24th, 2011 | by Andreas Lindenthal and Amy Kenly

Planning to implement a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution or optimize your current PLM efforts? The potential value of PLM is huge, and continues to grow as the scope of PLM expands. To maximize value for your company, it’s important to have well-defined goals that are tied to your business strategy. Read More

Topics: PLM, PLM Consulting, PLM Framework, PLM Implementation, PLM Implementation Approach, PLM Implementation Consultants, PLM Implementation Methodology, PLM Implementation Strategy, PLM Strategy, PLM Strategy Consulting, PLM System Implementation, PLM Systems, PLM Systems Implementation, Product Development, Time to Market, TTM

10 Proven Practices for Successful PLM Evaluations

March 17th, 2011 | by Andreas Lindenthal

Selecting a product lifecycle management (PLM) solution that is best suited for an organization’s immediate and long-term needs is a complex and demanding task. The right software and implementation approach can provide shortened time to value for the many benefits of PLM. A poor selection, on the other hand, can result in budget overruns, implementation delays, user dissatisfaction and in the worst case, the need to repeat the evaluation process to add missing functionality or to even replace the entire system. Read More

Topics: Andreas Lindenthal, Evaluating PLM, Evaluating PLM Solution, PLM, PLM Consulting, PLM Evaluation, PLM Implementation, PLM Implementation Consultants, PLM Implementation Consulting, PLM Partners, PLM Software, PLM Strategy, PLM Strategy Consulting, PLM System Implementation, PLM Systems, PLM Systems Evaluation, PLM Systems Selection, PLM Vendors, PLM White Paper, Product Lifecycle Management, Select PLM System, Selecting PLM

Social Media and Product Innovation

Early Adopters Reaping Benefits amidst Challenge and Uncertainty

January 31st, 2011 | by Amy Kenly and Bill Poston

This white paper explores social product innovation trends, shares results and use cases from our research and provides practical recommendations for companies looking to get started. Read More

Topics: E 2.0, E20, Enterprise 2.0, FEI, Front End of Innovation, Innovation, New Product Development, NPD, NPI, Perspective, PLM, PLM Strategy, Product Development, Product Innovation, Product Launch, Product Lifecycle Management, Product Management, Social Computing, Social Innovation, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Product Innovation, Web 2.0

Social Product Innovation

Utilizing Social Media to Enhance Your Innovation Potential

January 22nd, 2011 | by Kalypso

Social Product Innovation leverages the best available social media and social computing technologies to support product development, innovation and business goals, budget, programs and resources. Read More

Topics: Brochure, E20, FEI, Front End of Innovation, Innovation, New Product Development, NPD, NPI, PLM, PLM Strategy, Product Development, Product Innovation, Product Launch, Product Lifecycle Management, Product Management, Social Computing, Social Innovation, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Product Innovation, Web 2.0

Chasing Unicorns

In search of the elusive “ideal webcast”

January 19th, 2011 | by Amy Kenly

What do unicorns have to do with webcasts? In many aspects of our lives, we spend countless hours searching for things that we think would be ideal, only to find out they don’t actually exist. Does the ideal webcast exist? Not sure, but we think we’re getting pretty close.

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Topics: Aras, Blog, Greg Adkins, Innovation, Innovation Conferences, Innovation Events, Jim Brown, PLM, PLM Conference, PLM Consultants, PLM Consulting, PLM Events, PLM Implementation, PLM Partners, PLM Software, PLM Strategy, PLM Strategy Consulting, PLM Transformation, Product Development

Weekly Roundup: Social Media, Consumer Immersion, PLM & PPM

August 6th, 2010 | by

This week featured a number of great articles and updates on Kalypso’s various social media channels. Highlights from this past week: social media, consumer immersion, PLM and PPM.

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Topics: Blog, CPG, Innovation, PLM, PLM Implementation, PLM Strategy, Portfolio Management, PPM, Product Lifecycle Management, Social Media, Social Product Innovation

Social Networking in Product Development & PLM

April 29th, 2010 | by Jenna Dudevoir

Spotted on Twitter today: Nik Pakvasa posted a video of Jim Brown talking about social networking in product development and PLM on the Siemens PLM Software Blog.

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Topics: Blog, Innovation, PLM, PLM Strategy, Product Development, Product Innovation, Product Lifecycle Management, Siemens, Social Computing, Social Media, Social Product Innovation

Product Lifecycle Management Transformation: The Journey to Best-in-Class Product Development

April 12th, 2009 | by Bill Poston

Maybe the collective corporate hangover from large-scale investments in information systems is starting to fade. The results of recent Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) benchmark reports demonstrate that some companies are getting over their hangovers faster than others – and have learned a few lessons along the way. Read More

Topics: Bill Poston, Innovation, Perspective, PLM, PLM Software, PLM Strategy, PLM Systems, PLM Transformation, Product Development, Product Lifecycle Management, Strategy

PLM Strategy

March 18th, 2009 | by Kalypso

Kalypso's PLM Strategy offering leverages a proprietary PLM Capabilities Framework to accelerate the process of defining your strategy, increasing project success, and achieving optimal implementation results. Read More

Topics: Brochure, PLM, PLM Strategy

PLM Strategy Case Study: Consumer Business

February 14th, 2009 | by Kalypso

PLM strategy, systems selection and implementation case study in the consumer business industry. Read More

Topics: Case Study, CPG, PLM, PLM Implementation, PLM Strategy