PDM v/s PLM
PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT (PDM) v/s PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT (PLM)
In this modern world, we are surrounded by a lot of applications used in
the system whether we go for organizations or home. Anyways, for the persons
working in the domain of product development, might be aware with the
applications of product lifecycle management. But most of the design engineers
used to get confused b/w product data management (PDM) and product lifecycle
management (PLM) applications. The aim for this post is to give a clear picture
of PDM and PLM applications. As the name indicates, both of the terms deal with
product design and management.
Product
Data Management (PDM) system:-
A PDM system is a storage drive having an infinite disk space used for
storing CAD models, drawings, BOM and other documents concerned with the product
by checking out and checking in the files. The drawings and models are checked
out and checked in while the documents are uploaded and downloaded in the PDM
application. Intralink application is an example of PDM system.
Product
data management system serves as a product and process knowledge repository
which promotes secured data exchange and integration among all the stakeholders
including design engineers, project managers, sales managers etc. The functions
involved in this system are updating, revising and release of models and
drawings.
Product
Lifecycle Management (PLM) system:-
As
the name indicates, this system deals with the management of entire lifecycle
of a product. Product data management (PDM) system comes under product
lifecycle management (PLM) system and enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
Teamcenter, Windchill are the common examples of PLM systems. There are
basically two types of product development strategies. Among these, one is
‘starting from scratch’ which involves designing a new product which is not
existing in the market as per the need or demand of the product from the side
of customer and other is ‘modifying an existing product’ which involves updating
and modification of product as per the customer needs.
A product undergoes different stages in its
lifecycle independent of the type of product development. The different stages
are: - design, prototype, production, inventory and obsolete (end of the
product). The activities such as ECR/ECO process, updating BOM, managing change
notifications and problem reports, communication with the vendors or suppliers
etc. can be performed with the help of PLM system.
For efficient and proper working of PLM systems, it requires more and
more amount of involvement and integration among various departments of
organization.
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