Tuesday, December 23, 2014

PLM and ERP: Can't We Be Friends?

Recently, Joe Cocker passed away. If you don’t know, he was an iconic front-man for several rock groups in the 70’s, and he sang with a unique style. He was best known for singing covers of other people’s songs including the Beatles. One of his best known covers was of the Beatle’s song “With a Little Help from My Friends”. I am thinking about PLM and ERP today, and wondering why they can’t be better friends.

PLM and ERP are both part of most major manufacturing companies. But, their relationship can often be rocky. Both are needed to create innovative, high quality products that delight customers. But, how they are deployed across the company is often a hotly contested topic.

I wrote a blog in 2013 titled: PLM and ERP: Can’t We All Just Get Along? In this blog I talked about the often rancorous relationship that PLM and ERP have at many companies. A harmonious relationship between PLM and ERP can help provide a more efficient product development process and get more innovative products out the door faster to paying customers. 

Below are a few things that I think are important when wondering how to balance the needs of PLM and ERP:

First, it is important to understand the definition of PLM and ERP. The simplest definitions I can think of are the following:

PLM – Creating, capturing, sharing, and managing product information that relates to the VIRTUAL PRODUCT.

ERP – Gathering, coordinating, organizing, and managing the information that relates to the REAL PRODUCT.

With these two definitions in mind, what can we do to make them work together more harmoniously?

First: Make sure you are creating, capturing, sharing, and managing your information in PLM consistently, proactively, and effectively so that design personnel can always find needed information. After all, PLM is where the product design begins. If you do a bad job gathering, tracking, and sharing information at the beginning of the design process, who thinks that you will suddenly do a good job once the product is being manufactured?

Anyone who needs information must be able to find it easily and directly without knowing multiple secret information locations that no one can find. Once information is found, it must be clear, concise, and valid in order to have a positive impact on product design. If you do a good job with information, passing it on to ERP will be much more successful, and any changes that require information to come back from ERP to PLM will be accurate.

Second: There must be a way for information to flow back from ERP to PLM when changes are made. Integration can allow this to happen easily, automatically, and consistently so there is no doubt about information accuracy. Often, information is thrown over the wall to ERP, and then nothing is returned to PLM when changes are made. This leads to re-work, and does not support design re-use, which can save time and money.

Third: Work hard on the cultural change aspects of PLM and ERP relationships. Our experience has shown that there is often a cultural disconnect between PLM organizations and ERP organizations. There is often a poor relationship between these two groups. The failure of PLM and ERP integration starts with integration of the two organizations.

There is much more to this topic. I am planning to have a free webinar to discuss these items along with several others coming up on January 28, 2015.  Please join me and learn more about how you can improve the relationship between PLM and ERP. A link to learn more about his free webinar is below:

http://www.cimdata.com/en/education/educational-webinars/plm-erp-what-s-the-difference-and-why-should-you-care

Cheers,

Jim McKinney - CIMdata

30 comments:

  1. Moving - No more Pain

    Switching to some fresh position isn't much more the headache. In the event you seek the services of Packers as well as Movers for that identical, this specific headache would be a fantastic desire for you.

    Click Here:
    packers and movers pune
    packers and movers in pune
    movers and packers pune
    movers and packers in pune

    ReplyDelete


  2. Please you like my web sites ?

    social media

    Center Mass Media, a Denver Metro based Marketing Team. Contact us now at 720.336.9266 to discuss your next project!..
    Denver SEO Denver website design Denver marketing agency Denver branding company
    CENTER MASS MEDIA Center Mass Media | A Denver Metro Marketing Team

    Thank you so much..

    ReplyDelete
  3. Thanks for sharing such important data with us it best as per SEO point view.
    Finding a perfect relevant site/niche is not an easy thing. It will increase the visitors traffic.
    our wedding dream

    ReplyDelete
  4. Excellent post. This article is really very interesting and effective.
    thank you for share such kind of article. I think its must be helpful for us.
    kinder mate

    ReplyDelete
  5. Nice content! The writing process enables concepts become more understandable to readers.
    It is further broken down as: pre-writing, writing, reviewing, revising and editing
    cleaning in brisbane

    ReplyDelete
  6. Center Mass Media, a Denver Metro based Marketing Team. Contact us now at to discuss your next project!..

    youporn
    liseli porno
    grup porno
    redtube
    xvideo

    ReplyDelete
  7. Below you will get a great collection of HAPPY DIWALI MESSAGES 2016 SMS and Diwali 2016 Messages which you can use to send to your relatives and friends. You just need to copy the Messages & SMS from below and send it to your loved one. Also, you can edit them as per your need.

    ReplyDelete


  8. For a long I am looking for this kind of
    Education Erp Software
    so thanks for sharing this with us and I love to share this with all my friend also.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Great Article .. carry on with the good work.

    ReplyDelete




  10. AP Exam Results is Now releasing Manabadi ap 10th class results 2017 and also Releasing
    manabadi Ap eamcet results 2017 , SO Take Time and Check Out Apexamresults website For fast servers and More

    ReplyDelete
  11. IT Support for Nonprofit
    Anika Tech Support managed by a team of professionals utilising a combined 20+ years of experience in IT support and Managed IT services Focusing on Proactive support, continuity, growth and development. We are a forward thinking IT Company who support public and private sector using the latest tech as a driving force for our client’s Success.

    ReplyDelete
  12. Malaysia Showbiz +601123008804 Provide Indian Escorts in Malaysia. Contact me I'll Give u Best Indian Escorts in Malaysia. Service Provide in Kuala Lumpur.

    http://www.malaysiashowbiz.com/

    ReplyDelete
  13. i've such a lot of buddies of mine who are also immoderate profile girl escorts malaysia and get in touch with women in
    Indian Call Girls in Malaysia
    who is moreover within the same career. they'll be particularly of college going college college students of hey society who loves to serve them inside the the the front of fellows . as girl escorts offerings malaysia these women have a horny determine, notable top and of the wonderful frame. they love the roles in which they're capable of fulfill her dreams with random humans thru playing with them their naughty games malaysia social escorts
    #indian #escorts in #malaysia
    #kualalumpur

    ReplyDelete
  14. in advance than getting to our manage, +601133414683 you want to smooth your inquiries about girl escorts offerings kl which may be rotating around your psyche. sometimes, a customer wants to pay greater to get a affirmation that they'll be as a substitute eager on reserving our escorts kl. there may be no compelling reason to pay extra cash for kl independent escorts. we serve you the quality impartial
    Indian Escorts in malaysia an entire lot a lot an awful lot less time and installment. a part of the workplaces or malaysia escorts fees more money for the motive that they will be related to 3 high-quality company agency and they want to pay them some diploma of their earnings. be that as it is able to, our place of job is honestly unbiased and offers you advantages at realistic charges.

    ReplyDelete
  15. Al Nahr Company specializes in cleaning air conditioners at the lowest prices with cleaning and sterilization of homes, villas, homes, apartments, companies, hotels, restaurants, tanks, boards, carpets, carpets with insect control, pesticide workshops, termite control and Dafan spraying in Riyadh, all at prices that suit you and with trained workers as per the agreement
    شركة النهر خدمات عامة

    ReplyDelete
  16. This was an excellent informative website. The content was amazing! How refreshing to here someone explain without leaving me confused . I really appreciate you hard work on topic of types of sentences and please carry on or continue this effort.

    ReplyDelete
  17. nice blog. I read this blog. I get more valuable information from this blog. You can read this blog bandarban tour

    ReplyDelete
  18. nice blog. I read this blog. I get more valuable information from this blog. You can read this blog bandarban tour

    ReplyDelete
  19. Informative Blog! There is a great discussion on ERP and PLM tying in together for the success of a company. You can also visit our blog for a fresh perspective on this very topic.

    ReplyDelete
  20. They are great at dealing with Our Call Girls near Kolkata Airport benefit at Now the versatile has a choice to book the Call Girls near Kolkata Bus Stand desired young escort as opposed to going for the web focus. Hence,Call Girls in Agra it will down the real-time and cost of the client Hi Profile Escorts in Ajmer Practically the women are prepared to work whenever in a significant piece of the area so it will be more agreeable for the customer to invest hot energy.Hi Profile Escorts in Ajmer On making, the portable call is all that could be needed to book the escort young girls Hot and Sexy Call Girls in Faridabad & they will achieve a spot within 24 hours to give a benefit.

    ReplyDelete
  21. Making a profile on the systems administration stage is the way to deal with increment the traffic of the site and to accomplish to your crowds. Profile creation destinations scatter the enchantment of the profile creation highlight, where everybody can make profiles and stay associated with the watchers. I will learn, approaches to find the PR Free Profile Creation Sites. forum blog comment Backlnks

    ReplyDelete
  22. I every time spent my half an hour to read this website’s articles or reviews all the time along with a cup of coffee.

    BSc 3rd year result

    VBSPU BSc 3rd year result

    ReplyDelete
  23. "The Masters Real Estate" is official sales partner of Lahore Smart City and 1st Smart City which is Capital Smart City . We are one of the most enticing options on the planet of real estate. Our prestigious forum provides the potential solution of all your ambiguities regarding the purchasing of shops, lands, and houses.

    We have engaged our teams in various cities of Pakistan as well as the online world to make our services accessible. The provision of reasonable price real estate properties by our company is attracting the residents and the foreigners. We have intended to provide luxurious construction projects and houses at affordable prices to our nation. One more socity launch soon which is Faisalabad Smart City .

    Also Check Location at: Lahore Smart City Location

    Our Other Projects are here: Nova City Islamabad | Park View City Lahore | Park View City Islamabad

    For More Visit: The Masters Real Estate

    ReplyDelete