Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)

PLM stands for Product Lifecycle Management and pursues the goal of recording every single phase of the product lifecycle and making it more efficient. With PLM, you control all data flows and processes completely digitally right from the start. The result is an acceleration and improved control of company-wide processes - throughout the entire lifecycle of the product: starting with the concept phase and initial project planning, through maintenance and servicing, to the decommissioning of a product. The advantages in day-to-day business: fewer process bottlenecks, no isolated work and effective, because shared, use of data. 

CIDEON supports companies in the manufacturing industry and other sectors in the introduction of PLM systems of various scales. You too can benefit from our many years of consulting expertise and our in-depth process knowledge gained from numerous successful PLM projects.

Use PLM systems to make missing, outdated or unreadable information available at the "push of a button" at any time in the necessary quality and in the correct version. Product Lifecycle Management systems (PLM systems) build on PDM systems and enable efficient management and automated control of your product development by linking data with processes.

The data and information are made available in the PLM system without redundancy and in real time within the company. Regardless of whether "on-prem", i.e. stationary, or cloud-based - the goal is the same: to increase productivity in the company along the entire value chain. With PLM systems, you accelerate your product development sustainably. 

With PLM, you ensure that everyone involved in product development is always up to date and that deadlines and budgets are met when new products are launched. With PLM systems, you manage the progress of your product launches by storing all key data and processes in one central location. Use configurable templates to standardize milestones, deliverables, or regular tasks. Use the possibilities of cloud-based PLM systems and work with real-time data to have an overview at all times.

Simplify your supplier management with PLM. Use features to improve collaboration and audit your suppliers for each line item according to your specific BOMs - fully automated and from anywhere in the world. Also use it to verify completion of regular audits and ensure required compliance.

Track changes across your product or component with PLM systems by automatically storing history and information with a comprehensive audit trail. Each product change is documented individually. Therefore, it's easy to find responsible parties and suppliers and understand the impact of changes. In addition, all stakeholders can monitor change requests in real time in a collaborative environment, so bottlenecks can be avoided.

Improve innovative strength

With PLM systems, you can digitize and automate your processes and reduce the number of manual steps that were previously necessary. This gives you more freedom and capacity for further innovations.

More satisfied customers

Transparent and standardized processes increase the quality of products and services. Increase not only customer satisfaction but also your own reputation with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM).

Increase capacity

Increase your capacity for further projects with PLM by sustainably reducing non-value-adding activities such as the procurement, checking and distribution of information.