Chapter 2: Business issues

Title: Product lifecycle management opportunities in small medium enterprises

Author(s): Roberto Cavarero, Paolo Chiabert

Address: PLM Systems – Altea Network, Via Druento 290 – 10078 Venaria Reale (TO) - Italy | DISPEA - Politecnico di Torino, Dipartimento di Sistemi di Produzione ed Economia dell|Azienda – Politecnico di Torino Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 - 10129 Torino Italy

Reference: International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management 2007 pp. 107 - 116

Abstract/Summary: It is widely accepted that PLM represents a competitive edge for manufacturing enterprises. Time-to-market reduction and increased reactivity to market's demand are PLM most known fall-outs. A local survey on PLM penetration in SME demonstrates a substantial lack of interest of SME management regarding PLM opportunities. Authors deal with the problem analysing reasons and solutions, thus highlighting the need of a simple tool to determine and clarify PLM advantages in the enterprise context. The first step towards the development of such a tool is the enterprise model proposed in the paper.

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