Three main goals of integrated PLM

What is most important when considering and looking at a PLM system?

Three main goals of integrated PLM

While the core function of PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) revolves around managing information—how it’s created, handled, distributed, and shared—its impact reaches far beyond data. PLM influences every corner of a business, shaping how teams collaborate, how products evolve, and how companies stay competitive.

For organisations that embrace PLM, it becomes more than just a system—it’s a strategic foundation. PLM serves as a core pillar of operational success, supporting daily workflows and driving long-term growth. By aligning product data with business goals, PLM helps companies streamline processes, reduce costs, and reinforce their competitive edge in a fast-moving market.

If you're looking to evaluate the effectiveness of your current PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) approach—and the software supporting it—start by assessing its reliability in achieving three critical business goals:

  • Design efficiency and productivity
    Are you able to deliver the correct design data to any user, on any device, across the company? By securely storing and managing engineering design data and related documents, you can quickly find and re-use design and engineering data.
  • Cost reduction
    Are you able to free up design engineers to focus on innovation rather than administration? By integrating product information with Procurement and Production you can deliver improved quality at lower costs.
  • Speed to market
    Have you automated data sharing across your supply chain? By ensuring data accuracy for each delivered unit you can support field management and turn users into advocates; favourably impacting reputation and facilitating sales growth 

MAKE IT EASY, MAKE IT SMARTER

With the creation of robust, consistent, and unified information at its heart, PLM addresses the day-to-day issues that may arise from inconsistent information sources and methodologies, but can only do this if they’re all brought together in one platform. Such a platform can provide an automatic, and automated, connection between the constituent phases and practices involved in the overall PLM process.

Sovelia Core provides a lean approach to PLM

Our Sovelia Core digital platform for engineering and PLM enables you to provide your teams with the solutions they need for seamless collaboration, to link your processes and systems, and optimise your data.

Incorporating predefined industry best practice processes, an open data model and open interfaces, Sovelia Core drives cost-efficient practices by giving you the tools to create, innovate, and manage effortlessly.


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