PLM在企业中的应用效果怎么样？据一些世界知名的咨询公司的分析报告显示，发达国家的制造业企业在IT应用系统上增长最快的是PLM，市场反响的热度和增长率也都超过了ERP。Aberdeen公司提出了一个大胆的预测，全球PLM市场将以每年10.9%的高速增长率，由2001年的33.8亿美元，而在2005年增至为51.2亿美元。其市场容量有赶超ERP的势头。来自Aberdeen公司的分析显示，企业全面实施PLM后，可节省5~10%的直接材料成本，提高库存流转率20~40%，降低开发成本10~20%，进入市场时间加快15~50%，降低用于质量保证方面的费用15~20%，降低制造成本10%，提高生产率25~60%。
从实施了EDSPLM解决方案的一些客户的实例中，也印证了这样的分析和预测：通信设备厂商摩托罗拉，实现了在全企业内数据存取的简便性，减少了50%~75%的创建和维护BOM的时间，CAD的BOM实现100%准确，降低了38%的工程更改、评估和批准的平均时间；汽车厂商福特，仅开发Mondeo一款车，就节约了两亿美元研发费用，开发周期缩短13个月，设计工程效率提高25%；计算机硬盘厂商Seagate，数据存取时间从几天减少到几分钟，ECO时间从一周减少到一天，全球共享数据跨越从北美、欧洲到亚太（包括中国），惠及供应商和合作伙伴；航空轮胎厂商Goodrich，用一个企业信息化系统取代原有40多个系统，由4200个用户使用自动化的产品开发流程，在单一的Web界面下，实时获取原有系统和新的数据。
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How does PLM work in the enterprise?
How does PLM work in the enterprise? According to the analysis report of some world-renowned consulting companies. PLM is the fastest growing IT application system in manufacturing enterprises in developed countries. And the heat and growth rate of market response have also exceeded ERP. Aberdeen has made a bold forecast that the global PLM market will grow by 10.9% annually. From $3.38 billion in 2001 to $5.12 billion in 2005. Its market capacity has the momentum to catch up with ERP. Aberdeen’s analysis shows that when PLM is fully implemented. Companies can save 5-10% in direct material costs, improve inventory turnover by 20-40%, reduce development costs by 10-20%, accelerate time to market by 15-50%, reduce quality assurance expenses by 15-20%. And reduce manufacturing costs by 10%. Increase productivity by 25-60%. Digital transformation network szhzxw.cn
This analysis and prediction is also supported by examples of customers who have implemented EDSPLM solutions:
MOTOROLA, a communications equipment manufacturer, has achieved enterprise-wide data access simplicity. Reduced the time to create and maintain a BOM by 50% to 75%, achieved 100% accuracy in CAD BOM. And reduced the average time for engineering changes, evaluations, and approvals by 38%. Ford, a car manufacturer, has saved $200 million in research and development costs, shortened the development cycle by 13 months, and increased the efficiency of design engineering by 25%.
Computer hard drive manufacturer Seagate, reducing data access time from days to minutes, ECO time from a week to a day, and global data sharing across North America and Europe to Asia Pacific (including China) to benefit suppliers and partners; Goodrich, a manufacturer of aviation tires, replaced more than 40 systems with a single enterprise information system, with 4,200 users using an automated product development process that provides real-time access to both systems and new data under a single Web interface.
