PLM Innovation Hits North America

Posted by Lauren Craig on Tue, September 18, 2012 @ 1:30:00 PM PM

The PLM Innovation Americas 2012 is North America's only independent and technology agnostic PLM event. Bringing together 300 senior end-users, thought leaders and select PLM vendors, the conference aims to leverage the collective wealth of knowledge and experience to identify and encourage best practice. The combination of a world class speaker roster, cross-industry case studies, targeted Think-Tanks and pre-qualified networking opportunities make this North America's must attend PLM gathering.

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Tags: BOM Management, PLM implementation, Change Control, product lifecycle management, PLM deployment, BOM, PLM Innovation

Build a better BOM using PLM and what not to say in an airport

Posted by John Hubert on Wed, March 21, 2012 @ 5:19:00 PM PM

During a recent business trip, I was sitting in an airport café with some colleagues while discussing how to build and manage BOMs.  We got some strange looks.  Then I mentioned something about exploding the BOM.  More strange looks.  Nervous glances.  Finally, we decided it was best to avoid using the B word in airports.  But since you probably know a thing or two about BOMs and PLM (otherwise, uh,  why are you reading this?), I'll assume you know what I'm talking about and I can use my normal Nerd-speak of PLM acronyms.  (My nickname around the office is "Big Nerd", because I'm six foot four and I think BOMs are interesting).

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Tags: NCR, PLM, BOM Management, design history file, Change management, CAPA, DMR Management, PLM system, BOM, DHF, Document Management, DMR