THE PLM STATE

After all the dust settles, you will have to live with whatever is built at your company. We have reviewed the virtues and perils of the "free" process audit; we have analyzed the best way to...

I received a comment on one of the earlier articles from a consultant who was excited because my first article highlighted the need for his services. There are a lot of companies that claim to...

I was reminded this past week how far Zero Wait-State has come as a company over the past 6 years and that it might be worth taking the time to write about where we have been, where we are now and...

We have spent the previous four articles reviewing why we should measure the effects or potential effects of Product Lifecycle Management solutions on product development process and what aspects of...

In previous articles, we have tried to understand why we must measure the impact of PLM and what types of things we can and should measure. In this article, we focus on the most effective and easily...

Now that we know why we should measure, we can focus on what we should measure. As mentioned in previous articles, broad standards like time-to-market and increases in profitability are difficult to...

This is the second installment of a series of articles on measuring Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) value. The objective of the articles is to help provide useful information on determining the...

This will be the first of a series of articles where we would like to start with the ideas behind the “measure everything” tip. While this is good advice, it is not always clear what you should...

I attended the University of Texas and one of our pastimes is to tell jokes about one of our rival schools Texas A&M. They are known as "Aggie" jokes. A&M is an excellent university and they are...

Lean is an organizational philosophy and process which embodies respect for people, elimination/reduction of waste, and continuous improvement. This holistic system can help product development teams...