Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Optimise the use of your product data throughout the supply chain
Looking to enhance product information quality and ensure its smooth use in core business processes?
The prime function of Symetri’s PLM software solution is the efficient control of design data and ensuring it is easy to transfer to items and BOMs. Efficient creation and use of product information are ensured through collaboration between teams and systems. Our solution will help you reduce unnecessary costs and delays by avoiding errors caused by incorrect product information.
Our PLM software solution focuses on business process efficiency within Engineering, Production, Supply Chain, Sales, After-Sales and Service Operations. Our goal is to ensure that the most up-to-date product information is available to all the interest groups that need it throughout the lifecycle of the products.
Why PLM?
It will ensure that your company’s product information is always:
- Available at the right place at the right time
- Of the quality the company business requires
- Checked by the right person in the product delivery process
- Reusable for new and recurring projects
- Available to distributed teams and the supply chain
- Reliable without exceptions and compromises
Symetri aims to connect your business processes and systems to optimise operational performance around lead times, cost and quality.
How can your business benefit from Symetri’s PLM solution?
WE CAN HELP YOU INCREASE DESIGN TIME SIGNIFICANTLY IN SEVERAL WAYS:
■ With PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS that improve routines for modelling and drawing creation
■ ENRICHING MODEL DATA with smart properties such as dictionaries and calculated field values
■ AUTOMATICALLY CREATING INFORMATION needed outside the engineering department as part of the design process (BOMs, shareable files, etc.)
■ Ensuring that INFORMATION IS EASILY AVAILABLE and accessible to those who need it
OUR SALES PROCESS AUTOMATION AIMS TO SIMPLIFY THE SELLING PROCESS FOR COMPLEX PRODUCTS BY:
■ TRANSLATING TECHNICAL DETAILS into saleable features to facilitate the dialogue with customers
■ REMOVING THE CHALLENGE OF UNDERSTANDING technical dependencies with easy configuration rule management
■ ENSURING SHORTER DELIVERY TIMES and fewer mistakes with automatic Production BOM creation
■ STREAMLINING THE SALES PROCESS to improve new customer adoption, driving revenue growth and profitability
WE CAN HELP YOU IDENTIFY THIS 'WASTE' AND WORK TOWARDS REDUCING IT SIGNIFICANTLY BY:
■ HAVING THE RIGHT DATA IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME (for people and systems) because product information is integrated into the production process and systems
■ INCREASING EFFICIENCY by providing information automatically in the required format for various roles
■ TAKING PROCESS EFFICIENCY TO THE NEXT LEVEL by accessing product documentation using QR codes
■ Easing supplier access to INCREASING EFFICIENCY IN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS by easing supplier access to
■ EASING SUPPLIER ACCESS TO PRODUCT INFORMATION and engineering change procedures IN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, thereby reducing errors
REALISING THE SERVICE BUSINESS POTENTIAL
STARTS WITH UNDERSTANDING THE INSTALLED BASE:
■ MANAGE EACH DELIVERED EQUIPMENT UNIQUELY, a solid base for Fleet management
■ RECORD AND CATALOGUE THE SERIAL NUMBERS of critical components for efficient traceability
■ ATTACH SERVICE PROGRAMMES TO EQUIPMENT to relay an understanding of the required service and spare part business opportunities
■ INSTALLED BASE INFORMATION IN PLM ENSURES data accuracy in your Field Service Management systems, which is the core of your FSM strategy
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