Product lifecycle management - Articles - Page 74

An Introduction to Portfolio Planning

April 2, 2012

Most companies go through some form of portfolio planning, whether they use that term or not, says Eric Symon, principal with Digital Tempus. He defines it as a strategic effort to determine "what products you're going to sell to whom, and what businesses you're going to invest in." The model can help businesses to understand which products are growing in demand, and which need to be phased out.

Supply Chain Collaboration: A 21st-Century Revival

March 26, 2012

SupplyChainBrain

There has been a recent renewal of interest in collaboration among supply-chain partners, according to Ann Grackin, chief executive officer of ChainLink Research. Reasons include a greater reliance on outsourcing and the general trend of globalization of trade. Yet another element is the desire to draw on sophisticated technology, including video, teleconferencing and social networks, to link all players throughout the chain. With such factors in mind, says Grackin, "you need working relationships with trading partners to be successful."

ToolsGroup Offers Outsourced Service for Optimizing Inventory Targets

March 20, 2012

ToolsGroup

ToolsGroup, a vendor of supply-chain planning software, has created an outsourced service which feeds optimized inventory targets to customers.

Keep Your Supply Chain Up and Running with PLM and EAM

March 14, 2012

SupplyChainBrain

Analyst Insight: When a conveyor in your warehouse is broken, but you're not sure how to fix it, what part needs to be replaced, or who can provide it to you, you risk losing both time and money. Enterprise asset management (EAM) and product lifecycle management (PLM) functionality can come to the rescue. - Gabriel Gheorghiu, research analyst, Technology Evaluation Centers

Aras Unveils Cloud-Based Replication Technology for PLM Platform

March 8, 2012

Aras

Aras, a vendor of open-source product lifecycle management (PLM) software, has made available cloud-based replication technology for Aras Innovator, developed by Ilesfay, a provider of data-replication services for organizations with distributed work groups.

Opportunities Driving Product Lifecycle Management Forward

March 5, 2012

SupplyChainBrain

Analyst Insight: For as long as we can remember, product lifecycle management technology has evolved in an incremental way, absorbing and exploiting new technologies as they've come along and steadily gaining in capability to meet the challenges of multi-organisation product development efforts and supply chains. Currently, the PLM solutions industry is being subjected to a looming confluence of pressures that represents both a major challenge to established approaches and a substantial opportunity for harnessing new technologies to drive further benefit. - Tony Christian, principal analyst, Cambashi