Product Lifecycle Management

With a modern approach, 11 stages of the LC product can be distinguished:

Product lifecycle control is an integral process in the overall enterprise information system of a manufacturing enterprise

• Marketing and Market Research;
• Product Design and Development;
• Planning and development of processes (production, operation, etc.);
• Procurement;
• Production or provision of services;
• Packaging and storage;
• Implementation;
• Installation and commissioning;
• Technical assistance and maintenance;
• After-sales activity or operation;
• Disposal and recycling at the end of useful life.

PLM development

The term "product lifecycle management" itself has emerged as a result of almost twenty years of evolution of relevant markets and technologies. For the mid-early 1990s. there was simply no consensus on what exactly should be classified as product information (especially in the sense of engineering data). Gradually, this data began to be specified as product data. It was at this time that the term "product data management" (PDM) was introduced. The last few years have brought final clarity: the industry has formed and is constantly expanding both in terms of the degree of coverage and in terms of the capacity of the proposed solutions, thanks to which, in fact, the term PLM was adopted. The term is now used to describe business approaches to:

• creation of intellectual capital and information related to the product
• managing these components of the product
• directed use of capital and information throughout the product lifecycle

During the development of PLM, approaches to defining the life cycle of the product have also changed. So, if twenty years ago, the life cycle was usually understood as design and design work, since tools were focused primarily on automated design in data management, then in the late 1980s the approach included both the workflow and the processes taking place during the development of the product life cycle. Thus, there is an exchange of information and processes between different areas of development work.

PLM application

PLM Application Areas

The scope of PLM systems is growing rapidly. It integrates areas of activity in which the use of smart assets associated with the product and the exchange of such assets provide a noticeable increase in value. The use of such systems gives enterprises the opportunity to produce the necessary quality products and provides customers and users with the best advantages in dealing with specific types of products. Splicing PLM with other areas brings new opportunities and opens up areas where the potential of product-related intellectual capital is realized within an extended enterprise. PLM is now used in the following areas:

• Managing the Idea Formation Process
• digital production
• analysis and management of modeling
• after-sales service, including maintenance, repair and operation
• Warranty Service Programs
• Source Requirements Management
• portfolio asset management
• program portfolio management
• product portfolio management
• asset management in discrete production
• mechatronics - control of integration of electronic devices and software
• systems design
• Specification/Formulation/Nomenclature Management
• compliance management

PLM Key Objectives

PLM Main Tasks Graphical Display

It is customary to identify six main key tasks of PLM work within the framework of product management from development to disposal:

• Product Data Management
• asset lifecycle management
• program and project management
• collaboration throughout the product lifecycle
• quality management
• environmental and occupational health, industrial medicine

Product Data Management

Product data accounts for a significant portion of the total information used throughout the product lifecycle. Based on this data, the tasks of production, logistics, sales, operation and repair are solved. As you can see from practice, even a partial electronic presentation reduces the production time of the product by one and a half times and leads to a decrease in costs by 50-80%. According to the key standard of CALS-technologies ISO 10303, it is necessary to harmonize terminology, types, types of documents, formats of their electronic presentation, protocols for working with them, means of protection against unauthorized access.

Hardware Lifecycle Management

The PLM solution helps enterprises plan, operate, maintain, and replace equipment, enabling them to achieve higher levels of monitoring and accuracy. Equipment lifecycle management involves a number of functions aimed at improving the overall operation, ensuring an uninterrupted production cycle, etc.

Software and Design Management

This functional area provides information for making a strategic decision on the products being manufactured. For effective management, the project must be well structured - divided into linked packages of work, which allows you to control the product budget, plan the necessary capacities, and manage communication flows.

Interaction support

Increasing the efficiency of product development makes it possible to significantly reduce its cost, and thereby increase competitiveness. The tight integration of design, manufacturing, sales, and service processes improves the efficiency of bringing a new product to market by providing immediate and continuous feedback throughout development.

Quality Management

The increased competition led to a noticeable tightening of the requirements imposed by the consumer on the quality of products. In order to maintain competitiveness and conduct economic activities without losses, effective and effective quality control systems must be applied at all stages of the product life cycle. This aspect is wide enough to include marketing, engineering and specification development, procurement and procurement, process development, manufacturing itself, test control, certification, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal. PLM systems help solve problems of this kind with great effect.

Compliance with environmental protection requirements

PLM systems, among other things, should include components designed to reduce costs, minimize risks and take into account the requirements of regulatory legislation, which contributes to maintaining a positive reputation of the company in the public eye, expands the ability to improve personnel skills by supporting the exchange of information throughout the organization. In addition, the use of such applications in the PLM solution system significantly reduces the time to fill out safety instructions forms.

See also

ILM

CALS