PLM Vision: An Example

This chapter gives an example of the development of a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Vision. It identifies and describes the various components of the PLM Vision. Sections 25.5–25.16 give examples of the types of statement that could be used to describe the components. The PLM Vision for a company will be specific to that company. The Vision in this example is that of one company. All other companies would have a different Vision. As a result, for most companies, details of the Vision in this example will be completely wrong, or irrelevant, or not applicable. Some of the statements though, can be used, perhaps with some alteration, to help build a description of what PLM will look like in another company. For initial presentations about PLM, it may be sufficient to present some of the statements as “Examples of PLM Vision Statements”. This chapter identifies about a dozen components of a PLM Vision. It will help people to understand what the PLM environment in a company may look like in the future.