Overview
- Presents a concise summary of the key topics in product lifecycle maintenance (PLM) for executives
- Provides the key knowledge needed for business leaders to lead a PLM initiative
- Outlines details of what is PLM, why it is important in business, and what an executive should do about PLM
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Decision Engineering (DECENGIN)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This third volume provides an executive overview of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), and details the roles that executives play in PLM initiatives. This book also explains why PLM emerged, why it is so important, the principles of PLM strategy, and the typical steps in a PLM initiative. Throughout the book, the author presents examples and cases studies, demonstrating the various roles of executives in PLM initiatives. The coverage is informed by John Stark’s experience of working with companies on more than 100 PLM initiatives.
The present book broadens the reader’s understanding of PLM, nurturing the skills needed to implement PLM successfully and to achieve world-class product performance across the product lifecycle. The book provides the executive reader with a thorough explanation of PLM, and the required knowledge to lead or participate in a PLM Initiative.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
John Stark has worked in the PLM area for more than 30 years. In the last 15 years, he has focused on helping companies to implement PLM. During this time he's worked with the executives of more than 100 companies, and so has a very good experience of executive requirements for PLM in industry.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Product Lifecycle Management (Volume 3): The Executive Summary
Authors: John Stark
Series Title: Decision Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72236-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-72235-1Published: 08 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-89160-6Published: 06 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-72236-8Published: 28 December 2017
Series ISSN: 1619-5736
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6589
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 137
Number of Illustrations: 55 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour
Topics: Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing, Project Management, Engineering Design, Operations Research/Decision Theory, Innovation/Technology Management, Business Strategy/Leadership