1;Preface;5 2;Table of Contents;9 3;Chapter 1 - Introduction;14 3.1;What is a product?;14 3.2;PLM: What is it?;14 3.3;Product Lifecycle Management: background;16 3.4;Corporate challenges;18 4;Chapter 2 - Fundamentals;20 4.1;Product data or product information;20 4.2;Product Lifecycle Management (PLM);22 4.3;Product lifecycle management concept;24 4.4;Items;24 4.5;Product lifecycle management systems;26 4.6;System architecture;30 4.7;Information models and product structures;34 4.8;Reasons for the deployment of PLM systems;37 4.9;Summary;38 5;Chapter 3 - Product lifecycle management systems;40 5.1;Functionality of the systems;40 5.2;Use of product lifecycle management systems in different organization verticals;49 5.3;Product development and engineering;51 5.4;Production;52 5.5;After sales;53 5.6;Sales and marketing;53 5.7;Sub-contracting;54 5.8;Sourcing and procurement;56 5.9;Summary;57 6;Chapter 4 - Product structures;58 6.1;Example 1: Product structure of a ship;60 6.2;Example 2: Product structure of a cellular telephone;61 6.3;Example 3: Product structure of a customizable product;63 6.4;Example 4: Product structure of a configurable service product;64 6.5;Summary;65 7;Chapter 5 - Integration of the PLM system with other applications;66 7.1;Transfer file;68 7.2;Summary;78 8;Chapter 6 - Deployment of the PLM system;80 8.1;Different stages of deployment;80 8.2;Study of present and objective processes ( AS IS and TO BE);82 8.3;Choosing a system;83 8.4;Realization stage of the project;88 8.5;Accomplishing change in the organization;98 8.6;Summary;102 9;Chapter 7 - Business benefits of a PLM system;104 9.1;Factors leading to product lifecycle management;104 9.2;Benefits of the PLM system in product lifecycle management;106 9.3;Measuring the business benefits in daily operations;110 9.4;Material costs: reducing inventory tied capital;110 9.5;Improving the productivity of labor;112 9.6;Costs of quality;114 9.7;PLM and data warehousing as a tool to support decision- making;116 9.8;Analyzing the cost of acquisition and the deployment of a PLM system;120 9.9;PLM software licenses;122 9.10;Database licenses;123 9.11;Hardware acquisitions;123 9.12;Maintenance of equipment, licenses and software;123 9.13;Summary;123 10;Chapter 8 - Challenges of product management in manufacturing industry;124 10.1;Challenges of product management in the engineering and manufacturing industry;124 10.2;Special challenges of product management in the high tech industry;134 10.3;Case 1: Electronics manufacturer;135 10.4;Case 2: An engineering product;142 10.5;Frame of reference for product management;146 10.6;Developing product lifecycle management in project workshop Plc.;148 10.7;Case 3: Capital goods manufacturer and customer- specifically variable product;156 10.8;Breakthroughs on subprojects;158 10.9;Controlled entry of documentation into the system;158 10.10;The business processes determine;159 10.11;Rome was not built in a day either;159 10.12;Guidelines for the future;160 10.13;Summary;160 11;Chapter 9 - Service industry and PLM;162 11.1;Introduction;162 11.2;What is a service?;163 11.3;PLM in service business;177 11.4;Case 4: An IT-service (managed services) provider and a customer- specifically variable product;182 11.5;Summary;189 12;Chapter 10 - The role of product information management in collaborative business development;190 12.1;CIM: Computer integrated manufacturing;190 12.2;CE: Concurrent engineering;193 12.3;Product lifecycle management as an enabler of cooperation between companies;196 12.4;Contents of collaboration;198 12.5;Successful cooperation;199 12.6;Tools of collaboration;200 12.7;CPC;201 12.8;cPDm;202 12.9;Summary;203 13;Chapter 11 - Understanding the product lifecycle;204 13.1;The basic behavior of products and lifecycles;205 13.2;Building a product business case;211 13.3;Summary;218 14;Chapter 12 - Product and product management strategy as a part of business strategy;220 14.1;Product lifecycle management as a business strateg