Product Lifecycle Management by John Stark
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), a new paradigm for product manufacturing, enables a company to manage its products all the way across their lifecycles in the most effective way. It helps companies get products to market faster, provide better support for their use, and manage end-of-life better. In today's highly competitive global markets, companies must meet the increasing demands of customers to rapidly and continually improve their products and services. PLM meets these needs, extending and bringing together previously separate fields such as Computer Aided Design, Product Data Management, Sustainable Development, Enterprise Resource Planning, Life Cycle Analysis and Recycling."Product Lifecycle Management: 21st century Paradigm for Product Realisation" explains the importance of PLM, from both the business and technical viewpoints, supported by examples showing how world-class engineering and manufacturing companies are implementing PLM successfully. The book: introduces PLM, a unique holistic view of product development, support, use and disposal for industry worldwide, based on experience with internationally renowned companies; shows you how to take full advantage of PLM, how to prepare people to work in the PLM environment, how to choose the best solution for your situation; provides deep understanding, nurturing the skills you will need to successfully implement PLM and achieve world-class product development and support performance; and, gives access to a companion www site containing further material.
From the reviews: "Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is a new paradigm for product manufacturing !The book introduces PLM and explains its importance from both the business and technical viewpoints, supported by examples; it explains how world-class engineering and manufacturing companies are implementing PLM successfully. The book provides brilliantly a holistic view of product development, support, use and disposal for industry worldwide, based on experience with internationally renowned companies. This book is a must for all product manufacturing companies of the 21st Century." (Krishna B. Misra, International Journal of Performability Engineering, Vol. 4 (2), 2008)
John Stark is President of John Stark Associates, a management and technology consultancy focused on the product development and Product Lifecycle Management markets. In his long consulting career, Stark has worked with more than 100 companies in Europe, North America, Asia and Africa. Stark received his B.Sc. (1969) and Ph.D. (1972) degrees from Imperial College, London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781852338107 |
| ISBN 10 | 1852338105 |
| Title | Product Lifecycle Management |
| Author | John Stark |
| Series | Decision Engineering |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Springer London Ltd |
| Year published | 2004-09-28 |
| Number of pages | 460 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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