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fcoexposito
05-07-2007, 04:46 AM
Hello,

Can anyone tell me which is the difference between PDM and PLM? And What is MM? PDM or PLM?

Thanks a lot

John Scheffel
05-07-2007, 08:22 AM
I'm not an expert on this topic, but a web search turned up the following from Wikipedia which seems to describe both pretty well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_Data_Management

Product Data Management (PDM) is a category of computer software used to control data related to products. PDM creates and manages relations between sets of data that define a product, and store those relationships in a database. It is an important tool in product lifecycle management.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_lifecycle_management

Product lifecycle management (PLM) is the process of managing the entire lifecycle of a product from its conception, through design and manufacture, to service and disposal.

Maybe someone from CoCreate can explain how Model Manager fits into these, but on their web site they are promoting "3G PLM" which I believe stands for 3rd Generation PLM.

http://www.cocreate.com/3gplm.cfm

dszostak
05-07-2007, 02:10 PM
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)

There are five major applications areas of PLM (Read more from AMR Research (http://www.amrresearch.com/Content/View.asp?pmillid=15005)):
1. Customer Needs Management
2. Product Portfolio Management
3. Collaborative Product Design
4. Product Data Management
5. Direct Materials Sourcing

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Product Data Management (PDM)

"To reach this goal, the foundation of a company’s PLM strategy must be based on a flexible PDM platform that supports core customer value and addresses three critical technology challenges: Business Process Modeling, Data Architecture, and Scalability."

CoCreate OneSpace Model Manager (http://www.cocreate.com/model_manager.cfm) and Drawing Manager (http://www.cocreate.com/drawing_manager.cfm) is our flexible PDM platform for CoCreate OneSpace Modeling (3D CAD) and Drafting (2D CAD):

Here are a few example features related to AMR Research (http://www.amrresearch.com/Content/View.asp?pmillid=15005):

* Business Process Modeling - Ownership, States, Revision Control and ECO's
* Data Architecture - Web Services, XML, and an out-of-the-box 15 minute install (including Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express)
* Scalablility - One man teams (http://www.cocreate.com/succ_stories_detail.cfm?SuccStoryID=126) to enterprise platforms (http://www.cocreate.com/succ_stories_detail.cfm?SuccStoryID=128)

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3rd generation PLM (3G PLM) - PLM That Makes Sense

* Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/default.mspx) manages Customer Needs Management & Product Portfolio Management
* CoCreate (http://www.cocreate.com) manages Collaborative Product Design & Product Data Management
* SAP (http://www.cocreate.com/mysap_plm.cfm) manages Direct Materials Sourcing and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Click here (http://www.cocreate.com/3gplm.cfm) to read more about 3G PLM:
"Rather than approach PLM with a proprietary suite of applications for the entire lifecycle, the CoCreate OneSpace Suite integrates with and sits perfectly between the platforms that companies are successfully using today; Microsoft Office (for the upfront product planning period) and ERP systems (for downstream manufacturing, like SAP). Industry standard Web Services seamlessly integrate all three together to achieve a complete solution.

Watch (http://www.cocreate.com/webcast/archives/?WebcastID=23) the Achieving Lean Product Development — The CoCreate Dynamic Difference Webinar:
"See why the award-winning CoCreate OneSpace Suite is uniquely different from any other provider in the market today. We’ll compare Dynamic Modeling based versus History based CAD systems, explain key concepts behind lean product development, and highlight our 3rd generation approach to PLM."

fcoexposito
05-08-2007, 12:05 AM
Thanks a lot for your replies. I had read both wikipedia pages and http://www.cocreate.com/model_manager.cfm and I had some doubts because reading the wikipedia I thought MM was a PDM but reading in cocreate appeared PLM.

Now I know clearly that it is a PDM and a important part of a PLM.

Thanks!