Many stud­ies have shown that the 5% spent upfront on the design step of a pro­duc­t’s life­cy­cle influ­ences up to 70% of the final prod­uct cost. In all real­i­ty, SAP Prod­uct Life­cy­cle Man­age­ment (PLM) solu­tions have become busi­ness plat­forms focused on prod­uct and process innovation. 

By includ­ing the design func­tion into the busi­ness process and data strat­e­gy, an SAP dri­ven PLM solu­tion makes you a Design-Dri­ven Enter­prise. This enables you to get your prod­ucts to mar­ket faster, helps you adapt rapid­ly to cus­tomer require­ments and makes your busi­ness mod­els more flex­i­ble, time­ly, and more profitable.

How? By incor­po­rat­ing the engi­neer­ing knowl­edge into the data foun­da­tion, SAP reduces the com­plex­i­ty of the data, har­mo­nizes process­es and data avail­abil­i­ty and use, and uses it to influ­ence pro­duc­tion, sales and services.

PLM makes your com­pa­ny more reac­tive, resilient and mak­ing your job more enjoyable!

This dis­uc­s­sion will be lead by Jim Osborne from SAP and Jeff Fox from For­tune Brands Water Innovations/​Moen

This dis­cus­sion will focus on:

• How PLM impacts design and engi­neer­ing in R&D / prod­uct development.

• How PLM can help you with NPDI busi­ness process­es and on-going oper­a­tions to ini­ti­ate new prod­uct offerings. 

• How PLM can sup­port your prod­ucts from cra­dle to grave…

• Come to the Task­Force ready to share your sto­ry, chal­lenges, and/​or ques­tions. You can email your thoughts by con­tact­ing amanda.​mcgathey@​asug.​com before the call. 

• Par­tic­i­pate live dur­ing the event by unmut­ing your mic, turn­ing on your video, or shar­ing in the Zoom chat feature. 

• Under­stand the chal­lenges and suc­cess­es oth­er SAP cus­tomers are experiencing. 

• Acquire new ideas for real-world solutions. 

• Make a last­ing new indus­try connection. 

If you are expe­ri­enc­ing chal­lenges and would like to lead your own case study, fill out the sur­vey here.