Abstract
Today, the concept of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is widely accepted as strategically important. It is used to manage the increasing complexity of products, processes and organizations. The need to adopt PLM is growing rapidly for Small to Medium-sized Enterprises (SME). PLM implementations are costly and require a lot of effort. The business impact and financial risks are high for SME. Also, SMEs seem to have relatively more difficulties to benefit from PLM. The study at hand addresses the question, based on literature research, why these difficulties exist and how they can be overcome. To answer that question, three sub questions are discussed in this paper. (1) A generic PLM implementation process structure. (2) A list of identified PLM implementation challenges, specific for SME. (3) A classification of PLM research for SME, related to the common PLM implementation process structure. A hypothesis for a PLM implementation failure mechanism in SMEs is formulated, based on the findings. Also, a potential research gap on operational implementation knowledge in SMEs is identified.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Product Lifecycle Management to Support Industry 4.0 - 15th IFIP WG 5.1 International Conference, PLM 2018, Proceedings |
Editors | José Ríos, Abdelaziz Bouras, Paolo Chiabert, Frédéric Noël |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 681-691 |
Number of pages | 11 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783030016135 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Event | 15th IFIP WG 5.1 International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management, PLM 2018: Product Lifecycle Management to Support Industry 4.0 - Turin, Italy Duration: 2 Jul 2018 → 4 Jul 2018 Conference number: 15 |
Publication series
Name | IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology |
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Volume | 540 |
ISSN (Print) | 1868-4238 |
Conference
Conference | 15th IFIP WG 5.1 International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management, PLM 2018 |
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Abbreviated title | PLM 2018 |
Country/Territory | Italy |
City | Turin |
Period | 2/07/18 → 4/07/18 |
Keywords
- Implementation
- PLM
- SME