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.

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

Autorentext
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.

Inhalt

Introduction.- Case Study 1.- Case Study 2.- Case Study 3.- Case Study 4.- Case Study 5.- Case Study 6.- Case Study 7.- Case Study 8.- Case Study 9.- Case Study 10.- Case Study 11.- Case Study 12.- Case Study 13.- Case Study 14.- Case Study 15.- Case Study 16.- Case Study 17.- Case Study 18.- Case Study 19.- Case Study 20.- Summary.