PLM refers to product life cycle management, PLM system is an English abbreviation, its full name is Product Lifecycle Management, PLM system supports the creation of product life cycle information, data management, user needs, product design and scene application and a series of problems faced by enterprises, it can integrate human resources, processes, application systems and information related to products.
1. Product data management.
As a necessity for enterprise management, the management function of PLM system is first reflected in the product data management function. The PLM system involves parts information, product structure configuration information, CAD files, approval information, etc.; Product-related processes include the definition and monitoring of workflows, approvals, releases, engineering changes, etc. The PLM system can clearly manage and present the information of all products involved, promote the orderly operation of enterprise production, and become a database of product data.
Second, to meet the market demand management.
The main function of the PLM system is to complete the collection of the system, analyze the customer and market demand, evaluate the product design and manufacturing capabilities of the enterprise by analyzing the needs of users, and provide a feasible implementation plan for the next step of the enterprise, so that the products created by the enterprise can meet the market demand.
3. Cooperate in the creation of product design.
All designers can work together with the help of the PLM system, and collaborative product design mainly provides interaction in the design process, shares design information with project stakeholders, browses design-related information and timely modification of project design information, brainstorms, and jointly forms the final product.
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Fourth, the first chain management.
The PLM system realizes the management of demand, raw material procurement, market, production, inventory, order, distribution and delivery, etc., including every link from production to delivery, from the first business to the customer. As a software that integrates the information and planning decisions of the entire chain, and automates and optimizes the information infrastructure, we must combine the chain with other information systems to solve the problem"Information silos"problems, so that various businesses and information can be integrated and shared.
5. Workflow management.
Designers can track the entire development process of the product, from design activities, design concepts, design ideas and design changes, etc., so that the relevant data and information are distributed to the relevant teams, departments, users or roles in the process management according to certain rules to complete the corresponding work.
PLM system is an important symbol to help enterprises realize modern production mode and move towards digitalization, from the generation of enterprise product production concepts to the scrapping of final products, it is inseparable from product life cycle management, that is, the support of PLM system.