This document discusses how product lifecycle management (PLM) is evolving from traditional integrated systems to a more networked model driven by digital transformation and connections to the physical world. It argues that PLM must shift from a focus on data control within a single system to leveraging data intelligence across networks connecting people, products, marketplaces, and applications. Going forward, PLM will be defined by data networks, intelligence and analytics, platform transformations, and efforts to achieve the lowest total cost of ownership.

1. 2019
Manufacturing Web for the Future of Product Lifecycle
Oleg Shilovitsky @ OpenBOM™

2. What is PLM?
http://plmbook.com/how-to-answer-on-the-question-what-is-plm/

3. Has the term PLM run its course?
Business process + Technology + Products
MBx
Digital Twin
IoT
PLM
?

5. Traditional PLM value sandwich
Integrations
Product
Process
People
Lifecycle
Integrate with design tools, enterprise
applications and data source (CAD, BOM,
specifications, drawings, etc)
Requirements, Design, BOM, production planning,
supply chain, purchasing, regulation, etc
Design, Engineering Change, Quality, Costing, CM
Engineering, Production, Suppliers, Contractors,
Customers, Service and maintenance
Concept→ Design→ BOM→ Production planning
→Prototype→ Shop floor→ Sales→ Support
Maturityandvalue
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7. PLM integration projects
Single Database and Federated platforms
Single databases
are dead.
We cannot pull
data in a single
place.
Federated
platforms are dead
on arrival…
The latency and
complexity of
integration is killing
factor
Integrations are complex, “data pumping” is very expensive

8. Challenge 1: Low Downstream Adoption

9. Challenge 2: Disconnected from Business

12. Work is not done in a single place any more

13. Manufacturing looks like a giant web
Crowdfunding
Design
contractors
Prototyping
Mfg2: scale
Mfg1:
small batch
DFM
consultants
component
suppliers
Design tools
local factories
Chinese
factories
online
component
libraries
Funding
Hackers
H/W
“startup”
additional
component
libraries
Example of manufacturing relationships in a hardware startup

14. Complexity of connections

15. Can “cloud” become an answer? Yes and No...

16. Is Digital Transformation the next “magic”?
Digital Transformation is a better way to sell PLM stories in 2019...

17. Just a better user experience... Capture data, transform and connects to the
actions (eg. buying decision, insurance saving)

18. How to expand product lifecycle to physical world
As-designed As-manufactured As-built As-Maintained
Virtual Physical
Physical to virtual loop

19. Digital transformation of driving process
Driving in 1995…
...driving in 2019Driving process is connected to physical world

21. Role of Networks in Digital Transformation
Network connecting people
& products (eg. social
network, phone network)
Marketplace & money
transactions (eg. online
catalogs, trade sites)
Platform including developers
and users (online OS, messaging
app, SaaS app)
Virality + Economy of Scale + Network Effect
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22. The power of Market + Networks combination
source: NFX LLC.

23. Collaborative economy and networks

24. The era of networks is coming…
What common between these companies?
They are NETWORK based
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25. PLM “Digital” Evolution - Networks and Connected Apps
Drafting Boards CAD Files PLM Database Connected Apps
Company1
PLM App
Company 2
Paper File Data Network
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30. Opportunity
1. Product-data centric business solutions
2. Digital workflow for supply chain
3. Data intelligence for manufacturing marketplace
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31. Example of Digital Workflow: Design to Purchase Process
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35. PLM paradigm shift: data control vs data intelligence
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36. PLM Digital Value Chain
Model
Connect
Visualize
Excel
ERP
PLM
CAD
DB
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Analog Data Digital Technologies Share & Collaborate
Human
Analysis
Applications
Information
Digital assets
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37. PLM - next five years
1. Data networks
2. Intelligence and analytic
3. Platform transformations
4. Battles for lowest TCO
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38. Questions
oleg@openbom.com