A Technological Evaluation for : Product Lifecycle Management software

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A Technological Evaluation for
Product Lifecycle Management software

• Presented by FAG 4 The RD Department
• Whitney Ersman, Thang Nguyen, Lindsy Bachly, Amy
  Bergstrand and Mouhanad Youssef

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On the Agenda.

• Explanation of technology (Product Lifecycle
  Management)
• General Pros and Cons of a PLM system
• Two alternatives for petPRO Agile PLM vs. UGS
  PLM
• Evaluation of the two options (Excel)
• Recommendations

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What is Product Lifecycle Management software?

• PLM is a platform that manages every process of a
  products
• lifecycle

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What is Product Lifecycle Management software?

• PLM is used across many industries
• Aerospace and Defense
• Automotive Supply Chain
• Consumer Packaged Goods (petPRO)
• Electronic and High Tech
• Industrial products

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Benefits of Implementing a PLM system at

• Information latency
• Critical information made available
• Intellectual property is secure
• Errors and wasted efforts minimized or eliminated
  
• Decreased direct material costs

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Benefits of Implementing a PLM system at

• Less staff needed
• Increases responsiveness
• Shortens issue resolution time
• Compatibility
• Global PLM market 8 percent growth to US9.2
  billion by 2007

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Disadvantages of Implementing a PLM system at

• Expensive and timely to implement
• Costly to maintain

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Alternative 1

• General Information
• Head office is in San Jose, California
• Global company
• Nearly 1,200 companies served
• Clients Include
• Alcatel, Boeing, Dell, Flextronics, Hitachi,
  Leapfrog, Lockheed Martin, Playtex, Siemens

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Alternative 1

• Strengths
• Customer service orientated
• Trains employees
• User-friendly software
• Experienced company
• Integrates with SAP
• Weaknesses
• Implementation time (98 days)
• Costs 725 000 per year/100 users

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Alternative 2

• General Information
• Operates in 24 countries
• 42,000 clients world wide
• 19 of Global 50 and Fortune 100 companies use
  UGS' solutions
• Clients include
• Motorola, Procter and Gamble, LG Electronics
  and Samsung

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Alternative 2

• Strengths
• Global Technical Access Center (GTAC)
• Market leader, strong growth
• High-profile clientele
• Experienced company
• Integrates with SAP
• Weaknesses
• Timely to implement (160 days)
• Costs 680 000 per year/100 users

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Evaluation using Excel
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Evaluation using Excel
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Evaluation using Excel
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Recommendations

• Cost efficient in the long run
• 45,000 per year
• Aimed towards petPROs specific needs
• Implementation time have little affects in long
  run
• Higher quality training to increase employee
  productivity