Редактирование: Product Lifecycle Management

The process of managing the complete product lifecycle – from its concept, to design and production to sales, after-sales services and recovery. PLM provides opportunities for enterprises to efficiently renew their products and relevant services throughout the complete business cycle. PLM – is one of the four cornerstones of the IT-structure at any manufacturing enterprise. All companies must know how to work with their customers (see CRM) and suppliers (see [[SCM]]), as well as manage enterprise resources (see [[ERP]]). In addition, machine-building companies must be able to develop, describe, manage and distribute information about their products, which requires PLM. The key PLM components include product data management (see [[PDM]]), collective product design (see [[CPD]], [[CAD]], [[CAE]]), and manufacturing process management (see [[MPM]], [[CAPP]], [[CAM]]). 

Implementing PLM enables: 
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<li>	Reduce time-to-market (or product modification period); 
<li>	Improve product quality; 
<li>	Decrease prototyping cost (see [[Rapid Prototyping]]); 
<li>	Reuse the original product data; 
<li>	Ensure product optimization; 
<li>	Reduce waste and environmental damage; 
<li>	Achieve savings due to full integration of engineering processes.
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