Microsoft Dynamics Provider To-Increase Shares Reasons Why Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Integration Fails
New blog post advises and instructs manufacturers to embrace a culture of technical integration, prior to counting on software as a solution.
New York, NY, January 07, 2011 --(PR.com)-- To-Increase, a provider of Microsoft Dynamics solutions for discrete manufacturers, helps manufacturers identify and avoid Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) integration failure in the recent blog post, 'Reasons Why PLM Integration Fails.'
Integrating PLM software into daily operations is a popular strategy among manufacturers striving to achieve benefits ranging from leaner operations to sharper profit margins. Because PLM essentially acts as a repository for everything product related, integration can bring new-found order to the inherent complexity of manufacturing projects.
In his post, 'Reasons Why PLM Integration Fails,' author Luciano Cunha cites five best practices for PLM integration. PLM integration best practices cited by post author Cunha, Global Industry Director, To-Increase, are courtesy of Beth Stackpole's recent SearchDataManagement.com article, 'Best practices for PLM integration across the enterprise':
1. Know thy process
2. Enlist executive sponsorship
3. Talk up the value of PLM
4. Start small and establish metrics
5. Don’t underestimate technical integration
"The fifth point - don't underestimate technical integration - is where manufacturers should focus first and foremost prior to any PLM integration project," writes Cunha, Director of Americas, To-Increase. "If a PLM system is implemented, but not integrated with all other systems related to manufacturing processes, the risk exists for project information to be siloed in one system."
By failing to grasp the importance of technical integration, and continuing to work with siloed information, manufacturers can experience a trickle-up effect of failure when implementing PLM as:
· Adequate data is not on-hand to establish even the most basic metrics of success
· The system’s lack of information struggles to make any process more workable
· High-level executives see only the bottom-line struggles
· PLM is deemed a solution that simply will not fit into existing processes
"Quite simply," concludes Cunha, "if manufacturers integrate a PLM system without first embracing a culture of integration, the benefits of PLM - and the benefits are plentiful - will always be just out of reach."
Avoid PLM integration failure by reading, Reasons Why PLM Integration Fails, published to the To-Increase blog: http://blog.to-increase.com/reasons-why-plm-integration-fails/
About To-Increase
As a global ISV and Microsoft Gold Certified partner, To-Increase develops solutions for industry verticals, including highly specific Industrial Equipment Manufacturing, retail, wholesale, construction, distribution, and professional services segments. We offer end-to-end solutions built on Microsoft Dynamics AX and Microsoft Dynamics NAV, along with a wide range of business integration and add-on software for Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM solutions. We also develop e-Con, the leading sales and product configurator for Microsoft Dynamics.
To-Increase has been recognized as the Microsoft Dynamics Outstanding ISV of the year for both 2009 and 2010, and has been a member of the Microsoft President’s Club and Inner Circle for three consecutive years. Our solutions are delivered worldwide through a network of highly trained partners.
Company Web Site: http://www.to-increase.com
Blog: http://blog.to-increase.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/36762
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ToIncrease
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ToIncrease
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/ToIncreaseSolutions
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Integrating PLM software into daily operations is a popular strategy among manufacturers striving to achieve benefits ranging from leaner operations to sharper profit margins. Because PLM essentially acts as a repository for everything product related, integration can bring new-found order to the inherent complexity of manufacturing projects.
In his post, 'Reasons Why PLM Integration Fails,' author Luciano Cunha cites five best practices for PLM integration. PLM integration best practices cited by post author Cunha, Global Industry Director, To-Increase, are courtesy of Beth Stackpole's recent SearchDataManagement.com article, 'Best practices for PLM integration across the enterprise':
1. Know thy process
2. Enlist executive sponsorship
3. Talk up the value of PLM
4. Start small and establish metrics
5. Don’t underestimate technical integration
"The fifth point - don't underestimate technical integration - is where manufacturers should focus first and foremost prior to any PLM integration project," writes Cunha, Director of Americas, To-Increase. "If a PLM system is implemented, but not integrated with all other systems related to manufacturing processes, the risk exists for project information to be siloed in one system."
By failing to grasp the importance of technical integration, and continuing to work with siloed information, manufacturers can experience a trickle-up effect of failure when implementing PLM as:
· Adequate data is not on-hand to establish even the most basic metrics of success
· The system’s lack of information struggles to make any process more workable
· High-level executives see only the bottom-line struggles
· PLM is deemed a solution that simply will not fit into existing processes
"Quite simply," concludes Cunha, "if manufacturers integrate a PLM system without first embracing a culture of integration, the benefits of PLM - and the benefits are plentiful - will always be just out of reach."
Avoid PLM integration failure by reading, Reasons Why PLM Integration Fails, published to the To-Increase blog: http://blog.to-increase.com/reasons-why-plm-integration-fails/
About To-Increase
As a global ISV and Microsoft Gold Certified partner, To-Increase develops solutions for industry verticals, including highly specific Industrial Equipment Manufacturing, retail, wholesale, construction, distribution, and professional services segments. We offer end-to-end solutions built on Microsoft Dynamics AX and Microsoft Dynamics NAV, along with a wide range of business integration and add-on software for Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM solutions. We also develop e-Con, the leading sales and product configurator for Microsoft Dynamics.
To-Increase has been recognized as the Microsoft Dynamics Outstanding ISV of the year for both 2009 and 2010, and has been a member of the Microsoft President’s Club and Inner Circle for three consecutive years. Our solutions are delivered worldwide through a network of highly trained partners.
Company Web Site: http://www.to-increase.com
Blog: http://blog.to-increase.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/36762
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ToIncrease
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ToIncrease
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/ToIncreaseSolutions
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