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Product Lifecycle Management (Volume 4): The Case Studies

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  • Contains 21 accounts of real-world application of PLM principles in companies of different sizes in several industries
  • The only book to collect Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) case studies, with lessons learned
  • Of practical use to PLM professionals, advanced students in business and technology, and decision-makers in industry

Part of the book series: Decision Engineering (DECENGIN)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. How Do Elephants and Ants Tango?

    • Sami Grönstrand, Helena Gutierrez
    Pages 1-12
  3. Integrating PLM into Engineering Education

    • Robert Van Til
    Pages 21-27
  4. PLM at GROUPE PSA

    • Jean-Jacques Urban-Galindo, Serge Ripailles
    Pages 29-50Open Access
  5. Alfa Laval’s OnePLM

    • Björn Wilhelmsson
    Pages 63-72
  6. Applying Product Usage Information to Optimise the Product Lifecycle in the Clothing and Textiles Industry

    • Karl Hribernik, Dena Arabsolgar, Alessandro Canepa, Klaus-Dieter Thoben
    Pages 73-95
  7. A Study Analysing Individual Perceptions of PLM Benefits

    • Shikha Singh, Subhas Chandra Misra
    Pages 109-116
  8. PLM Case Studies in Japan

    • Satoshi Goto, Osamu Yoshie
    Pages 117-124
  9. Developing the Requirements of a PLM/ALM Integration: An Industrial Case Study

    • Andreas Deuter, Andreas Otte, Marcel Ebert, Frank Possel-Dölken
    Pages 125-143
  10. Product Lifecycle Management at Viking Range LLC

    • William Neil Littell
    Pages 145-152
  11. PLM Strategy for Developing Specific Medical Devices and Lower Limb Prosthesis at Healthcare Sector: Case Reports from the Academia

    • Javier Mauricio Martínez Gómez, Clara Isabel López Gualdrón, Andrea Patricia Murillo Bohórquez, Israel Garnica Bohórquez
    Pages 201-221
  12. PLM Applied to Manufacturing Problem Solving: A Case Study at Exide Technologies

    • Alvaro Camarillo, José Ríos, Klaus-Dieter Althoff
    Pages 233-247
  13. Significance of Cloud PLM in Industry 4.0

    • Shikha Singh, Subhas Chandra Misra
    Pages 249-255

About this book


This book presents some twenty case studies, showing how companies in different industry sectors and of different sizes make advances in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). Like the author’s previous volumes, this book provides a valuable resource for those wishing to learn about PLM and how to implement and apply it in their companies.  
 
Helping readers to
 
·         learn about implementing and benefiting from PLM;


·         learn about good PLM solutions and best practice;


·         improve their planning and decision-making abilities;


·         benefit from the lessons learned by the companies featured in the case studies; 


·         proceed faster and further with PLM
 
the book presents effective PLM solutions and best practices. At the same time, the case studies included demonstrate how different companies implement and benefit from PLM. Each case study is addressed in a separate chapter and details a different situation, enabling readers to put themselves in the situation and think through different actions and decisions.  


A valuable resource for PLM team managers and employees in engineering and manufacturing companies, the book is also of interest to researchers and students in industrial engineering fields. 

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Editors and Affiliations

  • Geneva, Switzerland

    John Stark

About the editor

John Stark started working in product development in 1979. In the 1980s he worked in computer aided design, product data management, and business process improvement. He has worked as a consultant to companies in the product development and support area since the mid-1980s; first for Coopers & Lybrand, then as an independent consultant.   

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Buying options

eBook USD 119.00
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  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 159.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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