Overview of Product Lifecycle Management

• Provides a detailed explanation of product lifecycle management (PLM) to enable readers to implement
• PLM Shows the relationships of PLM with the Internet of Things, Industry 4.0, Digital Twins, and Digital Threads
• Describes the environment in which products are developed, manufactured, and supported

About this book

This fifth edition of “Product Lifecycle Management” updates and adds to the successful fourth edition, the most frequently cited PLM publication. It gives the reader a thorough explanation of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and provides them with a full understanding and the skills to implement PLM within their own business environment. This new and expanded edition is fully updated to reflect the many technological and management advances made in PLM since the release of the fourth edition. “Product Lifecycle Management” will broaden the reader’s understanding of PLM, nurturing the skills needed to implement PLM successfully and to achieve world-class product performance across the lifecycle.

Among the components of PLM described are product-related business processes, product data, product data management (PDM) systems, other PLM applications, best practices, company objectives and organisation. This book also describes the relationships of PLM with the Internet of Things, Industry 4.0, Digital Twins and Digital Threads. “Product Lifecycle Management” (5th edition) explains what  PLM is, and why it is needed. It describes the environment in which products are ideated, developed, manufactured, supported and retired, before addressing the main components of PLM and PLM Initiatives. Key activities in PLM Initiatives described include organisational change management (OCM) and project management. The final part of the book addresses the PLM Initiative, showing the typical steps and activities of a PLM project or initiative.

About the Author

Dr. John Stark, a recognised PLM expert, started working in product development in 1979. In the 1980s, he worked in computer-aided design, product data management and business process improvement. He has worked as a consultant to companies in the product development and support area since the mid-1980s; first for Coopers & Lybrand, then as an independent consultant after setting up his own business in 1991. Over the last 30 years, he has helped over 100 companies implement PLM. He has written numerous highly successful books on PLM. He’s also developed and delivered PLM courses for executives, people working in the product lifecycle, PLM professionals and university students. 

Table of contents

Front Matter
Pages i-xxv

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Pages 1-32

PLM and Its Environment
Pages 33-69

PLM and Products
Pages 71-98

PLM and Business Processes
Pages 99-157

PLM and Product Data
Pages 159-216

PLM and PDM
Pages 217-239

PLM and Product-Related Applications
Pages 241-301

PLM, Techniques and Methods
Pages 303-326

PLM and the Internet of Things
Pages 327-352

PLM, Facilities and Equipment, Industry 4.0
Pages 353-367

PLM and the Digital Twin
Pages 369-401

PLM and Digital Threads
Pages 403-419

PLM and Organisational Change Management
Pages 421-452

PLM and Project Management
Pages 453-481

Executive Activities in PLM
Pages 483-529

PLM and the PLM Initiative
Pages 531-581

PLM in Industry
Pages 583-611

Closing Thoughts
Pages 613-616

Bibliographic Information

• Author
  John Stark
• Publisher
  Springer Cham
• Published:
  May 2022
• Hardcover
• Number of Pages
  XXV, 616
• Number of Illustrations
  481 b/w illustrations, 92 illustrations in colour
• ISBN:
  978-3-030-98577-6

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