Vendor First or Strategy First?
Way too often, companies select a PLM vendor before they have even developed a strategy. To find a vendor that truly meets your needs, the technology must help address your specific business needs.
How to Manage the Development of Combination Products
Combination products are a hot topic in healthcare and medical device, but the product development challenges are significant. Here's our take on how to address them.
New eBook - FDA Unique Device Identification (UDI) System: Readiness and Beyond
On September 24, 2013 the final FDA rule for UDI took effect in the US. Medical Device manufacturers have one year to prepare. This eBook will help you assess your readiness and get started on your plan.
Implementing Global IT Systems: Avoid Self-Gathering Data
Data migration is a huge challenge when implenting an IT system. Asking users to migrate that data comprimises consistency, accuracy, completeness and functionality.
Implementing Global IT Systems: Don’t Jump the Gun
One of the most valuable, but underutilized, tools for managing change while implementing large process systems is the readiness assessment. It’s important to gauge whether the process system is necessary and if the organization is ready for its implementation to avoid wasted time and energy.
New Frontiers for Medical Device PLM Systems: Leveraging the Power of Machine Learning
Medical devices are essential to our modern society. But the companies who make them face strict regulatory, quality and safety standards. To succeed, they must constantly innovate, drive down costs and navigate complex regulatory pathways.
A Personal Story – What Drives Me to Get Excited About PLM
Dave Hadfield gets pretty excited about the potential of PLM, and he has a very good reason. Learn more about Dave's personal story and what drives him to help companies maximize the value of PLM.
Amazing PLM Governance
Apply these program and project governance models to your PLM project to help mitigate risk, remove obstacles and assign accountability.
Transformational PLM is Hard – It’s Time to Rally the Troops
PLM fundamentally changes the way we work. Developing and nurturing buy-in from the organization is essential to longevity. Here are some practical things you can do to rally the troops.
To Build or To Buy?
How should you decide if you will buy a process-focused add-on-module (capability) offered by your vendor, or if you will build it yourself on top of the PLM platform.
Automation Initiative Prioritization and Grouping
Here are the basics for prioritizing and grouping the initiatives you’ll automate with PLM.
Setting the Stage and First Release
To succeed with PLM, life sciences companies need a strategy. Here are some tips for setting the stage for PLM strategy, and a list of fundamental capabilities you should include in phase one of your implementation.