Geneva PLM Conference 2011, PLM Governance Benchmarking, PLM Standardisation - Milan, Change Control Process
2PLM NewsletterJohn Stark Associates June 20, 2011 - Vol14 #6 |
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Welcome to the 2PLM e-zine This issue includes :
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| Geneva PLM Conference 2011 by John Stark |
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| The PLM Conference and Exhibition to be held at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland on September 6-7, 2011 has several unique aspects. For example, it addresses PLM across the product lifecycle: innovation; development; manufacturing; use/support; retirement/disposal. And, unlike many Conferences, in which there is one presentation from each organisation, the Geneva Conference includes, among a total of more than forty presentations in three tracks, seven presentations by speakers from one organisation (CERN), each addressing a different aspect of PLM.
The provisional Agenda also includes speakers from SMEs, as well as from larger organisations such as Bobst, Bombardier Transportation, EADS, European Commission, Givaudan, Merck Serono, Mettler Toledo, Salomon, Schneider Electric, SR Technics, Synthes and Varian Medical Systems. |
If you're interested in how PLM works in the real world, and how you can improve PLM in your organisation, then this is the Conference for you.
A preliminary version of the Conference Brochure (1 MB, PDF) is available for 2PLM readers here. With about 70% of the speakers identified, we're now looking for additional speakers to address PLM issues not covered in the current version of the Agenda. As for the PLM Exhibition, we're currently finalising the details of the participation of five exhibitors, and are discussing participation details with three other potential exhibitors. If you're interested in exhibiting, or sponsoring the Conference, please review the details here. If you would like to attend the event, please register here. |
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| PLM Governance Benchmarking by Roger Tempest |
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| The new PLM Governance Standard (see 2PLM June 06) provides a management framework to integrate board-level and operational PLM, and permeate visibility and governance throughout the extended enterprise. In parallel with this, there is now a demand from user companies to be able to show, in quantifiable terms, how well their organisation is set up for PLM. This will give the PLM Team all the factual data that is needed to fulfil the Board's requirements for management information.
Major corporations commit millions of euros or dollars implementing PLM, without any clear picture of how well this money is being spent. The questions go well beyond a simple need for "ROI", and cover the whole scope of PLM:-
In an ideal world, you would be able to benchmark your implementation against a neutral reference model that would give an absolute comparison (a 90% score in one area, a 36% score in another) to show your implementation's strengths, weaknesses and improvement opportunities. However, industry-wide metrics for PLM do not yet exist. The only practical alternatives are to rely on the industry experience of a specific consultancy or analyst; or to benchmark your company against a representative sample of other real PLM users. The PLMIG is therefore organising a collaborative benchmarking project that will run during the first quarter of 2012. There will be between 5 and 10 companies in the benchmark, to generate the comprehensive results that are needed; together with a structured framework to run the comparisons and process the results. |
The benefits of benchmarking in this way are extensive. The exercise gives an unparalleled appraisal of your whole PLM implementation, from strategy to operations, and a thorough review of your PLM approach. The Benchmark results will give each PLM Team the external, independent material to show to the Board that PLM performance is competitive and well-directed, and that the costs and resources are well-used. They can be used to educate people within the organisation about the current and future PLM landscape, and provide explicit guidance about what the company should be doing in PLM.
Benchmarking on this scale and in this depth of detail has never been done before in PLM. It is intended for companies that are seriously interested in quantifying the strengths and weaknesses within their PLM landscape and that are willing to commit time and resources to do so. For its part, the PLMIG will provide the leadership, coordination, benchmarking parameterisation, and full documentation. Preparation for the PLM Governance Benchmark begins now, with a 3-month 'Introduction and Pre-Registration' phase during which you can find out if your company would like to be involved. Obviously there will be a need to balance the logistics, but companies from any country in the world are welcome to take part. We may be able to establish a regional framework, or to run parallel benchmarks in Europe and the USA. More information is available on the PLM web site or via governance@plmig.com.
Roger Tempest is co-founder of the PLMIG. Membership of the PLMIG is available via membership@plmig.com. |
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| PLM Standardisation - Milan by Roger Tempest |
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| The series of PLM Standardisation events that launched in Gothenburg and Munich will continue with a workshop in Milan in September.
Presented by the PLMIG in partnership with Promise Innovation and Holonix, and hosted at a user location, the Milan Workshop will give Italian companies the chance to meet and discuss their PLM issues; to see how PLM is being applied in the Italian region; and to further develop the PLM Best Practice Library. |
Participants will also receive the latest material based on the Gothenburg and Munich results.
There will be more information in the next issue of 2PLM, on the PLMIG web site, or via events@plmig.com. |
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