Product Lifecycle Management (Volume 1)
21st Century Paradigm for Product Realisation
Authors: Stark, John
Free Preview- Provides a detailed explanation of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) to enable readers to implement PLM within their own business environment
- Discusses the relationship between Internet of Things and Industry 4.0 and PLM in depth
- Describes the environment in which products are developed, manufactured, and supported
- Includes a step-by-step walkthrough of the typical processes and activities of a Product Lifecycle Management project or initiative
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- About this book
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This fourth edition of the book provides readers with a detailed explanation of PLM, enabling them to gain a full understanding and the know-how to implement PLM within their own business environment. This new and expanded edition has been fully updated to reflect the numerous technological and management advances made in PLM since the release of the third edition in 2014, including chapters on both the Internet of Things and Industry 4.0.
The book describes the environment in which products are ideated, developed, manufactured, supported and retired before addressing the main components of PLM and PLM Initiatives. These include product-related business processes, product data, product data management (PDM) systems, other PLM applications, best practices, company objectives and organisation. Key activities in PLM Initiatives include Organisational Change Management (OCM) and Project Management. Lastly, it addresses the PLM Initiative, showing the typical steps and activities of a PLM project or initiative.
Enhancing readers’ understanding of PLM, the book enables them to develop the skills needed to implement PLM successfully and achieve world-class product performance across the lifecycle.
- About the authors
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Dr John Stark, a recognised PLM expert, 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 after setting up his own business in 1991. Over the last 30 years, he has helped over 100 companies implement PLM. He has written numerous highly successful books on PLM. He's also developed and delivered PLM courses for executives, people working in the product lifecycle, PLM professionals and university students.
- Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Pages 1-33
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PLM and Its Environment
Pages 35-70
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PLM and Products
Pages 71-98
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PLM and Business Processes
Pages 99-158
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PLM and Product Data
Pages 159-219
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Product Lifecycle Management (Volume 1)
- Book Subtitle
- 21st Century Paradigm for Product Realisation
- Authors
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- John Stark
- Series Title
- Decision Engineering
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-28864-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-28864-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-28863-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-28866-2
- Series ISSN
- 1619-5736
- Edition Number
- 4
- Number of Pages
- XXV, 574
- Number of Illustrations
- 462 b/w illustrations, 57 illustrations in colour
- Topics