PLM Predictions for 2010
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2PLM NewsletterJohn Stark Associates December 18, 2009 - Vol12 #20 |
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PLM Prediction for 2010 By Roger Tempest |
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Recent issues of 2PLM have discussed how the shapeless and abstract world of PLM can be formalised by focusing on clear principles and techniques that can be applied by everyone. This theme culminated in the December 07 issue by highlighting the current lack of standards and qualifications that are the norm in other professional industries. In other words, after a decade of unstructured development, it is time for the PLM industry to grow up. In order to develop standards and qualifications, the PLM industry will have to get organised. There will need to be meetings to propose, define and agree the standards. There will need to be collaboration to establish exactly which roles, skills and knowledge will be embodied within the qualifications. The 2009 PLM Journal set provides a good start, as it defines neutral principles and techniques for:-
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These can be used now to give companies the benefit of common experience within their own implementations, and can form the knowledge platform to start the standards debate. The PLMIG will launch the discussion, but there will need to be international cooperation to take it forward and to align the standards across countries and regions. Furthermore, there will need to be a new industry grouping of professional experts from PLM organisations that will act as the appraising authority. This is where it will really get interesting. Users want PLM standards, provided that they are practical and suit their way of working. Vendors and service providers want PLM standards, as long as they do not conflict with the products that they have spent years developing. And many organisations will want to be represented on the appraising body. The prediction for 2010, therefore, is a lively and contentious debate during Q1, followed by workshops and collaboration from Q2 onwards. The next issue of 2PLM, scheduled for January 18, will explain how all this is going to happen. In the meantime, 2PLM would like to wish you a Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year. Roger Tempest is co-founder of the PLMIG. The PLMIG would welcome your views or suggestions for PLM standards or qualifications, via standards@plmig.com |
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