How pervasive is Enterprise PLM?

Survey Objectives:

The category of software known as product life-cycle management, or PLM, is the key technology enabler to accelerate product innovation. PLM software is an enterprise-class application that allows companies to transform product development from an engineering-centric activity into a company-wide strategic business process. We have identified nine key business processes that fall under the umbrella of Enterprise PLM. Please identify how your company is doing when it comes to adopting these processes.

1. Design for Supply & Cost: Capabilities and processes to evaluate and improve product cost, supply, and risk during the development process.

Please choose one of the following to indicate how your company is addressing this process: Required Question

	We are addressing it today
	We plan to address it in the near future
	Our plans for addressing this process are longer term
	We have no plans to address this process

2. Product Portfolio Management: Capabilities and processes to make better product portfolio decisions, optimizing investments, resources, cost and quality across a portfolio of products and product development projects.

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	We are addressing it today
	We plan to address it in the near future
	Our plans for addressing this process are longer term
	We have no plans to address this process

3. Phased-Gate Program Management: Capabilities to manage and automate phased-gate product development and launch processes, enabling global visibility, coordination, and deliverable-driven project management across stakeholders.

Please choose one of the following to indicate how your company is addressing this process: Required Question

	We are addressing it today
	We plan to address it in the near future
	Our plans for addressing this process are longer term
	We have no plans to address this process

4. Environmental Compliance/Design for Environment: Capabilities and processes to evaluate and design ‘green’ products that meet environmental regulatory requirements.

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	We are addressing it today
	We plan to address it in the near future
	Our plans for addressing this process are longer term
	We have no plans to address this process

5. Product Quality Management/Design for Quality: Capabilities and processes to link customer’s and manufacturing quality issues into the development and DFQ (design for quality) process.

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	We are addressing it today
	We plan to address it in the near future
	Our plans for addressing this process are longer term
	We have no plans to address this process

6. Product Network Collaboration: Capabilities and processes to securely enable global partner, supplier, and customer input and collaboration during new product development and introduction and across the product life cycle.

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	We are addressing it today
	We plan to address it in the near future
	Our plans for addressing this process are longer term
	We have no plans to address this process

7. Coordination Across Product Life-cycle Stakeholders: Capabilities and processes to coordinate and manage collaboration between cross-functional teams across the product life cycle, representing areas such as engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, supply chain, quality, regulatory affairs, sales and marketing.

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	We are addressing it today
	We plan to address it in the near future
	Our plans for addressing this process are longer term
	We have no plans to address this process

8. Coordination Across Product Development Disciplines: Capabilities and processes to coordinate and manage collaboration between product development teams, including areas such as mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and software development.

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	We are addressing it today
	We plan to address it in the near future
	Our plans for addressing this process are longer term
	We have no plans to address this process

9. Customer Needs Management: Capabilities and processes to formally collect, manage, and analyze customer requirements to drive portfolio, design, and new product introduction decisions.

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	We are addressing it today
	We plan to address it in the near future
	Our plans for addressing this process are longer term
	We have no plans to address this process

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