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Chuck Cimalore spells out why small-to-mid size manufacturers should leverage PLM for enterprise quality management.
Chuck Cimalore explique pourquoi les petits et moyens fabricants devraient tirer profit du PLM pour gérer la qualité de l’entreprise.
Chuck Cimalore erklärt, warum kleine und
mittlere Hersteller für das Qualitätsmanagement im Unternehmen ein Produktlebenszyklus- Management einsetzen sollten.
Reasons for product lifecycle management
B
y implementing a product lifecycle management (PLM) system, companies both large and small, benefit by simplifying and
shortening each phase of the product development process. Due to their focus on product
development and engineering, discrete manufacturers in the small-to-medium sized space (SMB) typically adopt a PLM system to support best in class engineering processes and to address challenges with continual new product introductions, shorter product lifecycles and shrinking profit margins. Yet quality processes are often
managed manually with in-house tools such as Excel spreadsheets. The result is tight engineering and design processes with costly quality issues that can surface downstream. This article is based on data from
a LNS Research report, An Enterprise Approach to Quality for SMB Discrete Manufacturers, and focuses on the key reasons SMBs should consider PLM for quality management. Taking this approach can help
manufacturers produce higher quality products, gain a significant competitive advantage, and meet their overall quality objectives. To support the research, LNS performed a Quality Management Survey and asked SMB executives
questions regarding strategic objectives as well as top challenges as each pertain to the quality management space. Based on the survey responses, executives in charge of quality for their businesses ranked ‘reducing the cost of quality’ and ‘reducing non-conformances in manufacturing’ as the top two quality management objectives. When asked about the challenges they face in trying to reach their objectives, the majority of executives cited ‘effectively measuring quality metrics’ and ‘disparate quality systems and data sources’. PLM was designed to manage
product data throughout the product life cycle. A PLM system is crucial during the design phase, where engineers need instant access to product data including specifications, engineering parameters and documentation. PLM tracks and manages component data, Bill of Materials (BOMs), product documentation, engineering changes and revisions, as well as compliance data and centralises all of this information for easy access by all team members. Extending PLM to encompass quality management allows manufacturers to link quality information to the product record all within a single database. This provides a mechanism to automate quality processes, streamline quality data, and enhance visibility into quality information across the organisation.
Using product lifecycle management can deliver quality management functionalities in the engineering and design stages.
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