Effectively Employing a PLM Strategy

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">An effective PLM strategy can make an astounding difference in today’s product lifecycle environment, and today’s guest has over 30 years of experience in both engineering and information technology to prove it.  In this episode, Craig Brown and Thom Singer welcome Aerospace & Defense Product Lifecycle Management Strategist and Architect Jim van Oss.  Jim emphasizes the value of employing a PLM strategist in companies and outlines the importance of taxonomies within engineering as well as the potential reach of PLM when properly employed.  He also shares the value of  participating in working groups and the positive effect it can have on your network and career. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On today’s podcast, you will learn:</span></p> <p><strong>How to effectively employ a PLM strategist </strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Simply installing software is not the career-defining work that a PLM strategist does. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A PLM strategist works to transform engineering by utilizing model-based definition, eliminating the data chase and managing intellectual property.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Resistance to change can be overcome by utilizing builder information and breaking down the value system of the bills of information and material. </span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>The importance of taxonomies within engineering</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Are the bill of information, bill of design and bill of manufacturing all the same taxonomy? </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">One bill of material should rule all of the bills available for any one product.  </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A manufacturing bill of material should be a version of the engineering bill of