Abstract
Information management during the product lifecycle has received a great deal of attention over the last few years, mainly because firms work in a complex business environment characterized by information overload, high levels of competitiveness and the acceleration of technological change. In this context, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software has been evolving rapidly and, today, powerful tools in the market enable high levels of information to be managed. However, commercial PLM software is mostly oriented towards large-sized firms, which poses a big challenge for small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs). To address this issue, SMEs can develop their own Product Lifecycle Information Management (PLIM) Frameworks for managing data and information throughout the product lifecycle processes. This article presents a successful example of a PLIM Framework: the case of Pladomin’s PLIM Framework.
Highlights
Changes in the current global economic scenario are inevitable
The Pladomin case illustrates the implementation of a self-developed Product Lifecycle Information Management (PLIM) framework as a new information-driven approach that enables companies to control the whole lifecycle of a product
The case of Pladomin highlights the importance of documenting the election of the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Summary
Changes in the current global economic scenario are inevitable. As a consequence, managing all the information during lifecycle of the product represents a major challenge for small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs), which must nowadays compete in a global market (Soto-Acosta et al, 2015). PLM is a new approach for managing information along the product lifecycle that enables firms to reduce products’ time-to-market as well as to respond to a growing demand of quality and customization of products. There is a wide offer of PLM software available on the market, the lack of interconnectivity with other enterprise information systems is still a common issue that firms must deal with. Another important challenge has to do with the limited financial resources of SMEs, which limits their access to this costly software (Vezzetti, Violante, & Marcolin, 2014). In this sense, a self-developed PLIM Framework might be a good alternative. The main objective of this case study is to present an example of a successful implementation of a self-developed PLIM Framework in a SME from the manufacturing industry
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