Ok, worst case. Product
development is seldom as
fast, efficient and
hassle-free as your
business demands. Why?
Because Marketing,
Engineering, Purchasing
and Manufacturing
operate more or less
independently, each
within the framework of
their own processes and
priorities – a “loose
confederation of warring
tribes”, so to speak.
Product data is tossed
from one department to
the next like
hand-me-down clothing.
Development stops for
weeks because everybody
is waiting for the
prototypes. Fixing
design errors is hit or
miss because by the
time, say, Manufacturing
Engineering begins work
on a new product,
Product Design has
already put that project
away and moved on to the
next.
The results? Lost
profits because your
product was late to
market. High product
development cost due to
inefficient use of
design tools and
peoples’ time, and a
stop-start design
“process”. Perhaps even
an expensive product
recall due to a design
error that could have
been fixed cheaply
before your product went
into production – had
you only known then.
Ouch. To learn about
Infotech's PLM
Intellectual Property
Hub and why it is
important to you, please
read Intellectual
Property Hub Services
Delivery.
Product lifecycle
management offers a
solution to these
problems by integrating
all those involved in
product creation around
an optimized, shared
business process and a
single, shared database.
PLM is all about
reorganizing your
business to streamline
and optimize your
product’s
design-to-market cycle.
You own your outfit’s
PLM program – not your
software vendor or your
consultant, although
they can help – and even
though Information
Technology will be part
of the answer, success
or failure ultimately
rests on your ability to
plan wisely and obtain
broad support from
within your
organization.
To learn more about the
challenges in
implementing PLM and how
Infotech can help your
company benefit, please
read
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PLM is achievable |
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PLM can seem like a
daunting task or a
fool’s errand. The
concept sounds
grandiose, “out there”,
meant for and achievable
by only the largest
players with the deepest
pockets.
Nothing could be further
from the truth.
Companies of all size
and serving every market
segment – perhaps even
your competitors – are
finding genuine benefit
from rethinking their
product development
processes and investing
prudently to integrate
their organizations,
reduce error and
dramatically shorten
their time to market.
PLM will work for you
too – it just needs to
be right-sized and
laser-focused on your
business needs. To learn
more about you can
benefit from PLM, please
read
Working with
Infotech Enterprises
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Why Infotech |
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Service providers of all
stripe are out there,
touting their skills and
hawking their wares –
from the boutique shops,
to the Consulting
Behemoths, to the
product houses. Our
size, depth of talent,
service offerings,
commitment and our
unique approach to your
business challenges make
us different. To learn
more, please read
Why
Infotech. |
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Services we offer |
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Infotech Enterprises PLM
is a consultancy focused
on making your PLM
program a financially
rewarding and
functionally productive
undertaking for your
company. If engineering
represents a significant
cost component of your
business model, and if
you have design cost,
product quality and/or
time to market issues,
Infotech can help you
sort those issues out,
and design and execute a
cost effective PLM plan
tailored to the needs of
your business.
Furthermore, our experts
can assist you in
enabling a "continuous
improvement" culture to
keep you best in class.
Here is what we have to
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Strategy & Planning
Consulting Services |
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PLM Readiness |
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Assessment & Planning |
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Business Process
Improvement |
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Requirements Definition
& Acquisition Support |
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Proof of Concept |
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Implementation
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System Design |
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PDM Customization |
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Testing & Validation |
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Deployment |
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Independent Validation &
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Our PLM point of view |
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The "PLM Superhighway"
is littered with
confusing road signs,
exit ramps leading to
nowhere, stranded
travelers who have lost
their way, and the "car
wrecks" of failed
implementation projects.
PLM is neither cheap nor
easy, and there are lots
of ways to waste your
company’s time and money
by running your PLM
program into the ditch.
A critical success
factor in developing a
PLM implementation
strategy is risk
management – knowing
what can go wrong and
planning an effective
response. This is where
Infotech comes in. Our
experts – who bring
loads of experience from
various domains and
backgrounds – have
already done the leg
work for you and are
supremely qualified to
advise you in developing
an effective,
risk-managed PLM
strategy. We want you to
excel in your PLM
implementation program
by benefiting from our
expertise.
If you want to learn
more about what we think
– about the mindset
we’ve developed and some
of the “gotchas” we’ve
seen in our years of
doing PLM – then please
read Our PLM Point of
View.
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