Product lifecycle management

Another company used the tool to help senior management think more globally about SD, to identify gaps in its product lifecycle management process, and to help its public affairs function to deal more effectively with stakeholders. 

In order to be successful in this environment, the company hires engineers with ethics, sustainability knowledge (footprint analysis, product lifecycle management, energy intensive, carbon neutral systems) and systems thinking. These were the reasons why... 

Ming XG, Yan JQ, Wang XH, Li SN, Lu WE, Peng QJ, Ma YS (2008) Collaborative process plaiuiing and manufacturing in product lifecycle management. Comp Indust 59(2-3) 154-166... 

Product Lifecycle Management, which comprehends new product introduction and product sunset, in order to reduce supply chain complexity and allow becoming agile. 

Order fulfillment Manufacturing flow management Customer relationship management and product lifecycle management... 

In this section, it will be performed a literature review for each one of the six categories of Product Lifecycle management - New Product Forecast, Supply chain Approach for New Product, Risk Assessment and Management, Product Tracking Visibility, Portfolio Optimization, Senior Management Support. This review allowed identify the DDSC characteristics for each category which was used to develop the five level maturity model. 

To cope with this new scenario, product lifecycle management as the integrated, information - driven approach to aU aspects of a product s life, from concept to design, manufacturing, maintenance and removal from the market, has become a strategic priority in many company s boardrooms (Teresko 2004). 

Strategic Framework for Product Lifecycle Management Process... 

Based on the three demand driven components (e.g., demand management, supply and operations management and product lifecycle management) and the categories within each component, identified in the previous chapter, five level maturity model was developed to be used as the basis to perform assessment of an organization current and desired future states. 

Senior Management has limited understanding of Product Lifecycle Management Process, but does not actually support the full implementation of PLM concepts inside the organization. 

For Product Lifecycle Management, Supply Chain Approach for Innovative Products should be the basis due to the strategy of launching new products in a fast pace to capture value and differentiate the company with customers and consumers. 

In the summary results spreadsheet showed in the example of Fig. 6.3, the supply chain director of the country under analysis can visualize the overall score result for his operation, as well as, the score results for each one of the three components of DDSC (e.g.. Demand management, Supply and Operations management, and Product Lifecycle management). 

In the specific example provided in Fig. 6.3, the overall score for the country is 1.48, which is in the middle of a basic (level 1) to an optimized push level (level 2), and each component has the following scores Demand management (2.0), Supply Operations management (1.64) and Product Lifecycle management (1.22). 

The last component of the DDSC is the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). In this area, as it can be seen in Fig. 7.9, both Uruguay and USA currently have a basic push operation (level 1), which can be translated as a lack of an organization culture that foster innovation. Brazil is already in an optimized push performance (level 2) regarding PLM. For future performance, all operations target to become an optimized Push-Pull (level 3), where PLM is implemented for both new product introduction and portfolio optimization. 

For product lifecycle management, it is suggested to focus on Supply Chain... 

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