Defining a PLM specification with detailed, business relevant, selective and measurable requirements is critical to ensure the selection of the best PLM solution for your business needs.

Our electronic requirements matrix is a key element in enabling us to define a PLM specification that is tailored exactly to your needs. Depending on the situation, we can leverage this tool in a variety of ways:

• The definition of detailed, customized PLM specifications
• The electronic pre-selection of appropriate PLM solutions
• As a questionnaire for PLM software vendors
• For PLM gap analyses

Our electronic requirements matrix includes approximately 1,000 standard requirements in 9 major areas and 30 sub-categories, which according to our experience usually cover over 80% of the PLM needs of our clients. The remaining 20% are defined and added to the matrix based on unique client requirements. This combination of practical experience, knowledge and client focus distinguishes our approach and the results we achieve significantly from working with and using generic PLM RFP templates that are available for download on the web.

A major advantage of using our electronic requirements matrix is the ability to quickly assess the suitability of specific tools for the client’s needs, to conveniently compare different systems, to easily determine gaps between the required and the offered functionality and to effortlessly create powerful and easy-to-understand management reports including evaluation facts and results in every desired detail.