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How Product Lifecycle Management makes a difference in your industry: 
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CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
DEFENSE
EDUCATION
INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT
HIGH-TECH ELECTRONICS
LIFE SCIENCES
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FEATURE STORY Energizing Product Development A Product First approach to PLM helps companies to optimize product development processes--and produce winning products that create lasting value. PREVIOUS FEATURE STORIES JUNE 9, 2003 Value Opportunity Nine: Improving Asset Utilization The back-from-the-brink experience of Taiwanese computer maker Acer demonstrates that improving asset utilization can speed up product development cycles, reduce product costs, and increase company profits. JUNE 2, 2003 Value Opportunity Eight: Lowering Lifecycle Cost The ongoing success of South Korean manufacturer Keyang demonstrates that intelligent, strategically focused reductions in product lifecycle costs can generate significant financial returns. MAY 25, 2003 Value Opportunity Seven: Lowering Product Cost The experience of Cisco, the telecommunications equipment manufacturer, demonstrates that cost-cutting strategies can solidify market position while they improve the bottom line MAY 16, 2003 Value Opportunity Six: Design to Realize a Price Premium The experience of Toyota demonstrates that consumer product companies can literally reinvent themselves and their product lines through an unwavering commitment to quality--and realize a significant price premium in the process. MAY 9, 2003 Value Opportunity Five: Develop & Define New Markets The experience of Chrysler Corporation vividly demonstrates the power of a great idea--and the ability of an innovative, customer-focused product to help companies prosper. MAY 9, 2003 Value Opportunity Four: Design for Ongoing Revenue Streams The experience of cellular telephony leader Nokia demonstrates that, with modular product designs, manufacturers can respond quickly to unforeseen circumstances and gain a significant and often lasting market advantage. MAY 2, 2003 Value Opportunity Three: Improving the Ability to Fulfill Demand The experience of cellular telephony leader Nokia demonstrates that, with modular product designs, manufacturers can respond quickly to unforeseen circumstances and gain a significant and often lasting market advantage. APR. 25, 2003 Value Opportunity Two: Protecting Product Position The experience of consumer electronics leader Samsung demonstrates that creating and deploying intellectual property throughout a product line can deliver significant market advantage. APR. 18, 2003 Value Opportunity One: A Classic Example of Increasing Market Share with Customer-Focused Products The spectacular success of Dell Computer Corporation's build-to-order manufacturing model demonstrates that a commitment to finding new ways of meeting customer needs can be a powerful way for product-focused manufacturers to increase market share. APR. 3, 2003 Value Opportunity One: Growing Share With Customer-Focused Products As the example of one manufacturer demonstrates, finding new ways of meeting customer needs is a powerful way for product-focused manufacturers to increase market share. MAR. 27, 2003 Product First: Nine Routes to Economic Value The Product First approach to product lifecycle management offers nine powerful value opportunities for increasing profitability and growth. MAR. 20, 2003 The Evolution of PLM Traditional product management technologies worked when concept, design, and production occurred within the four walls of the enterprise. But these technologies are not well-suited for an environment in which business success is predicated on outsourcing, collaboration, and flexibility. MAR. 13, 2003 The Competing Visions of PLM The product lifecycle management (PLM) market is just starting to mature, but two distinct approaches are already apparent. MAR. 6, 2003 Putting Products First Manufacturing is expensive. But few people know that 70% of a product's cost is absorbed before the manufacturing process begins. FEB. 27, 2003 Managing the Product Lifecycle A growing number of businesses realize the urgency of focusing again on product quality and innovation. But how do they get there? One key answer: a tool called PLM. FEB. 20, 2003 Regaining Focus Great products are the most direct and assured path to revenue growth and profitability. In the last few decades that has sometimes been forgotten. |
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