Author Details: Brian Davis

No one size fits all

It looks different from company to company but, properly deployed, PLM can save time, money and effort in a variety of business contexts PLM is like that classic elephant and the blind men joke. Some feel around and think it’s about fast product design and sexy. Another swears it’s about competitive edge. Some think it’s [...]

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Order out of chaos

Pioneered by the car and aerospace industries, product lifecycle management is now influencing the development of everything from pharmaceuticals to the clothes we wear Design engineers have come a long way from the drawing board, through computer-aided design and manufacture, to product data management and now product life-cycle management (PLM). PLM helps turn chaos into [...]

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Blowing in the wind

PLM technology is kicking up a storm in the renewable energy sector enabling firms to develop state-of-the-art wind turbine Aerodynamicists team up with geophysicists, composites engineers and production specialists to design, build and operate some of the most advanced wind turbines ever devised. UK firm quietrevolution is in the race to develop a more efficient [...]

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