Training: Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)

Throughout a product’s entire lifecycle, vast amounts of data are generated. The challenge lies in capturing all of this data, systematically ensuring consistency across relevant business processes, and making it centrally available to all employees so they can find and effectively use the relevant information.

With the right PLM strategy, you can …

• Plan products more efficiently and accurately
• Shorten project lead times and reduce costs
• Prevent errors and defects in individual processes
• Improve product quality
• Bring the product to market sooner
• Tap into digital business opportunities
• Avoid misunderstandings in communication
• Efficiently resolve issues throughout the product lifecycle
• Fully leverage plant productivity
• Reduce compliance risks
• Generate fast and streamlined analyses and evaluations

• In this PLM crash course, you’ll learn to understand the evolving needs of digital business and how to apply PLM solutions to meet them.
• You’ll gain clarity and no longer have to wander through a technical jungle or deal with useless recommendations or confusing software.
• You will become well-versed in the basic concepts of Product Lifecycle Management.
• You will gain the fundamentals you need to prepare for productive work on PLM projects.
• You will be part of a real-world product development project. Step by step, you will learn the essential process steps and core applications and put them into practice.
• Our experts have more than 20 years of project experience in the PLM context and in the development management of complex systems. They bring their passion for the subject, their project experience, and current real-world examples from the industry to the training sessions, providing you with expert answers to your specific questions.
• You’ll also benefit from our trainers’ independence. You’ll receive unbiased information on promising trends, tools, and software tailored to your needs.

• Why PLM?
• How is a product described from a PLM perspective?
• What PLM processes are involved in the product lifecycle?
• How is the product lifecycle supported by IT?
• What IT solutions are required for this?
• How is PLM implemented within the organization?

With the PLM crash course, you’ll get off to a great start in digital engineering!

In this three-day training course, you will gain the knowledge and skills needed for practical work on PLM projects. Your trainers from Fraunhofer IEM and UNITY management consultancy will show you how to systematically establish future-proof consistency across relevant business processes in order to effectively utilize product data and ensure the long-term success of a product.

In six comprehensive modules, you will learn the most important PLM processes and core applications step by step. At the same time, you will apply the knowledge you’ve gained directly to a real-world product development project alongside your fellow course participants. This will provide you with the fundamentals for managing complex systems and lay the groundwork for digital engineering.

Module 1 | Introduction

Why PLM?

• Overview of the topic of “Digital Product Development”
• The Challenge of Digitalization and the Role of Product Lifecycle Management
• Product Lifecycle Management and Systems Engineering

Module 2 | Digital Product Model

How is a product described from a PLM perspective?

• Integrated product model (mechanical, electrical/electronic, software)
• Product structures / bills of materials throughout the lifecycle
• Master data (including numbering systems, part number logic, and classification)
• Variant and configuration management

Module 3 | PLM Processes

Which PLM processes are carried out during the product lifecycle?

• Product development process (general)
• Release management
• Engineering Change Management (ECM – Engineering Change Management)
• Transition from the development bill of materials to the production bill of materials (E-BOM / M-BOM)

Module 4 | PLM Architectures

How is the product lifecycle supported by IT?

• IT Infrastructure and Architectures in Digital Engineering
• The most important process and system interfaces in the PLM environment

Modul 5 | Systems and Tools

What IT solutions are required for this?

• Overview of the top PLM solutions on the market: vendors, features, distinguishing characteristics, areas of application
• Authoring systems in the PLM environment (MCAD / ECAD / SW)

Module 6 | Practical Implementation

How is PLM implemented within an organization?

• PLM Strategy and Roadmap
• System Selection and Implementation
• Common Challenges in PLM Projects

This course is designed for entry-level professionals, career changers, service providers, consultants, and experienced employees from all industries and companies who are involved in the development, production planning, or manufacturing of technical products but have little or no experience with PLM.

This course provides the fundamentals needed to understand PLM. No prior knowledge is required.