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PLM Evaluation

Are you looking to find the optimal PLM solution for your organization? The PLM Technology Guide can support you.

Our proven evaluation methodology has reliably helped numerous companies in the successful selection of the best vendor and technology for their business needs. It provides significant advantages over other evaluation approaches, particularly in the areas of quality and certainty of the final decision, transparency and comparability of the results, as well as duration and costs of the evaluation process.

Approach

Our unique evaluation methodology leverages the knowledge, experience and expertise of our PLM specialists in combination with special expert and decision support systems we developed specifically for this purpose and is structured in the following phases:

Needs Analysis
* Analysis of existing practices, processes and technologies
* Identification of improvement areas and potential benefits
Requirements Definition and RFP
* Identification of business relevant, performance based and selective PLM application requirements
* Creation of a detailed PLM requirements matrix and RFP
System Pre-selection
* Identification of potential candidate systems
* Detailed capability, conformity and overall cost of ownership analysis
* Identification of the three most appropriate systems
Demonstration and Selection
* Development of realistic use cases
* System demonstration against critical use cases
* Customer reference visits
* Selection of the best PLM system
Conference Room Pilot 1 (CRP1)
* Installation and basic configuration of the selected system
* Key user training
* Validation of key capabilities and conformance to business needs
Negotiation and Purchase
* Selection of software vendor and system integrator
* Contract review and negotiation

Value

The combination of working with our experienced PLM specialists and using our proven, proprietary evaluation support technology will result in the following benefits for you and your organization:

High Quality and Certainty
Our experience from working with a multitude of different PLM systems and our vendor neutrality ensure a thorough evaluation based on business relevant requirements and guarantees the selection of the best PLM system for both your short and long-term needs.

Transparency
The broad knowledge base of the PLM Technology Guide allows immediate access to the most detailed technical and commercial information about available PLM systems and vendors.

Comparability
Available PLM vendors and systems are frequently assessed based on the same technical and commercial criteria, and the results are captured and made available in a consistent, structured and comparable format.

Short Duration and Low Costs
Our experienced specialists, proven evaluation methodology and supporting technology allow us to perform a com-plete and thorough system evaluation in only a few weeks instead of several months without requiring extensive supporting resources. This results in an efficient, fast and economically attractive evaluation project with a very short payback period.

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