Centres to focus on industry-specific PLM

IBM is setting up a series of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Centres of Competency (CoCs) that will focus on selected industries.

IBM is setting up a series of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Centres of Competency (CoCs) that will focus on selected industries.

IBM PLM solutions, with Catia for collaborative product development, and Enovia and Smarteam for lifecycle management, collaboration and decision support, help manufacturers of all types innovate, improve quality, and reduce costs and product development times.

They also enable them to collaborate internally, across geographic boundaries and with suppliers.

The principal activity of PLM Centres of Competency will be to implement the latest PLM technologies that support the automotive, aerospace and defence, fabrication and assembly, electronics, shipbuilding, chemical and petroleum and consumer packaged goods industries.

As an example, the A and D Centre of Competency will focus on improving processes in the area of aircraft structure development.

Customers wanting to rapidly gain the benefits and value of solutions, tailored to meet the demands of their industry, will be able to work closely with IBM in the Centres of Competency.

The best IBM talents will help them succeed their PLM implementations.

"IBM PLM's major focus is on ensuring our solutions meet our customers' needs and bring value.

Therefore, we reached the conclusion that our Centres of Competency had to be specialised by industry", said Herve Rolland, Vice-President, Global PLM Sales Development.

"We have appointed some of the best consultants in IBM PLM to our Centres of Competency to create "best-of-breed" PLM solutions and improved industry processes for our customers".

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