An executive level view of Product Life Cycle Management as an Enterprise Platform. Simplified description of Platform roots and PLM maturity levels. What to do next and how Zero Wait State can help
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3. Let’s get started with some
education on Enterprise
Platforms with a PLM view
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4. How are the Enterprise Platforms
used during a product’s life
cycle?
The TERMS:
CRM – Customer
Relationship Management
PLM – Product Lifecycle
management
ERP – Enterprise Resource
Planning
SCM – Supply chain
management - now a sub
set of PLM
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5. Flow Graph of Enterprise
Platforms - Product view
SCM is now in PLM ( Agile) or in ERP,
depending on which ERP you have
SCM- supply chain management
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6. What are the Roots of the 3
Platforms ?
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7. CRM Roots - Customer contact
information- best to know this when
he calls in!
CRM – Customer
Relationship
Management
CRM ROOTS- are in
Customer contact
data
Company
Products owned
Email, phone, etc
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8. PLM Roots – Product Development
Information – your product portfolio
PLM – Product
Lifecycle
Management
PLM ROOTS- are in
Product definition
data
○ Documentation
○ Software
○ Mechanical/electrical
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9. ERP Roots – Inventory
ERP – Enterprise
Resource Planning
ERP ROOTS- are in
manufacturing
inventory
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10. Now Let’s Dive into PLM
together
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11. My maturity level – PLM
view
How mature is your
current PLM
strategy?
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12. PLM Maturity levels- Slide Courtesy of Kalypso and
Andreas Lindenthal
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13. Maturity Levels
From our
experience, many
companies with PLM
are stuck at level 3
and need help
crossing to level 4
We can help you…
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14. What do I do now?
Define your as is platform and
maturity level
What are the negative
business consequences of the
as is?
Determine your to be
platform and maturity level
What are the positive business
outcomes of the to be?
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15. Let’s white board your As is and to
be.
As Is To Be
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16. NBC’s and PBO’s- Let’s List
them!
Negative Business Positive Business
Consequences of outcomes of the To
the As Is….. Be….
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17. What are the gaps?
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18. How do we close them?
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19. Now let’s create a PLM Road
Map from your PLM Strategy
Know where you
are….....maturity level
Know where you are
going……..To be
Know why you are
going there….Positive
business outcomes
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20. Zero Wait-State (ZWS)
Services– your PLM GPS and
Navigation App
Know where you
are…...We can help-
ZWS GPS
Know where you are
going…We can guide
you – ZWS Navigation
Let’s both know why we
are going there – Mutual
positive business
outcomes!
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21. Thank you for your time
Please contact Steve
Ammann at
sammann@zerowait-
state.com if you would like
to engage us in a PLM
Strategy discussion for
your business.
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