We are happy to launch BSEARWER, PLM Search Engine, which will change the way Parts are searched. PLM search is generally cumbersome and user needs to remember & enter lot of fields to find Part or any other item. What if you can enter keyword in Single field, which can search through all the indexed fields…

I was going through multiple articles on PLM ROI & one by Oleg “Why hard to sell PLM ROI?”  did strike me. The conclusion of this blog is very important. ” If you want to improve something, you must be able to measure it first. In my view, this is a main problem with PLM ROI.…

Today most of the industrial manufacturers are not delivering final product from their factory to the customer. The whole product is shipped in parts to the end customer and assembled there. Many times when assembling, it is realized that some parts are not shipped. This leads to major delays to the project. So it is…

Big Data as defined by Meta Group in its initial paper on this topic defines it with Three Dimensions (3 V’s). 1. Data Volume : Large Amount of Data generated through Transaction or Data generated by Machines 2. Data Velocity : Speed and Pace of data used to support interactions and support interactions 3. Data…

In my recent interaction with one of customers, customer  informed me about their plan to upgrade PLM system. Out of curiosity, I asked him about the cost for the upgrade. To my great surprise the costs which were considered were only a very small portion of cost involved in an Upgrade. The customer responded that their project…

During my discussion with my customer a very disturbing trend is emerging. Most of the customers today are going for a “Technical Upgrade” of their PLM system. Most of these PLM upgrades are pushed by the PLM ISVs. With PLM ISVs coming out with newer versions much faster than before, they are retiring otherwise recent…

Last week I was at Dassault Systemes 3D Experience customer forum in Mumbai, India. During the evening panel discussion the topic “Collaborative Innovation” attracted my attention.  The term even though not very new, but wanted to check how PLM will support the real collaboration and link it with Innovation. The Panel comprised of eminent industry…

Recently I was working with a customer for their overall PLM Audit & giving direction for their future direction for PLM. One interesting thing I observed is the way this customer manages the whole product BOM. They have concept of Modular BOM. The concept is very interesting for me to just put forward as a…

The reason I am talking about this topic because Successful New Product introduction (Innovation) has been the key to success for organizations. In the recessionary times, it has become increasingly important for organizations of all the levels to develop and introduce new products more effectively. An agile and successful New Product development process (Innovation Management)…

The word knowledge management is very frequently used, let’s put it, misused. The reason I am saying it is misused is because people often confuse between Data and Knowledge.  Professor Ray R. Larson of the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley, has defined the information hierarchy beautifully and explained the difference between…