IDG Research Services recently surveyed 400 IT executives: 100 in the U.S., 100 in Europe, and 200 in Asia-Pacific. Interestingly, when asked, ‘Which business benefits did you derive by using BPM software in your past and current BPM initiatives,’ most world wide respondents ranked reduced operating costs and improved productivity as their

On a lighter note...

There seems to be some confusion between Workflow and BPM [Business Process Management]. They are not the same thing, so let me provide some simple clarification. 

Document management solutions span from protected/shared directories to full enterprise solutions like Documentum, FileNet, etc.

Several PhD studentships under the supervision of Prof. Duncan McFarlane or Dr Ajith Parlikad.

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INTRODUCTION TO PDM

1. Why PDM
2. For and against PDM
3. Engineering data
4. Engineering workflow
5. Life without PDM
6. PDM objectives
7. PDM benefits
8. PDM FAQS

PDM IMPLEMENTATION

1. PDM project start-up
2. PDM project preparation

PDM PERFORMANCE REVIEW

Product Lifecycle Management is one of the keystones in the development of CL₂M

Acclaimed PLM expert and author of numerous publications John Stark has made his knowledge available to registered users of CL₂M. Also his E-Zine 2PLM is now fully integrated in the CL₂M knowledge base.

PDM - Product Data Management is the forerunner to PDKM - Product Data Knowledge Management or PROMISE Data Knowledge Management.

PDM generally deals with all relevant design and production data as it relates to a specific BOM - Bill of Materials.

PDM will track changes to the BOM but falls short of keeping track of individual instances of items manufactured to the same version of the BOM.