A Proposal for a Standard With Innovation Management System

Stelian-Cornel Florica and George Draghici
Reduced cycle time -- ensures on-schedule product launches and first-mover market-share
advantages;
Improved quality -- boosts brand value and customer loyalty, and enables premium pricing;
Increased efficiency and process optimization -- drives team productivity and enhances breadth of
portfolio;
Improved regulatory compliance for market segments such as consumer products -- ensures
adherence to mandates such as REACH and the Consumer Products Safety Act;
Reduced direct material cost -- improves margins and profit contribution.
Table 1 show a brief analysis of the presented software for collaborative work, communication that
are most used in virtual teams. This comparison was made using information from the vendors and
users, but from our experiences gain in different projects when such software was available for use.
The differentiations between: Teamcenter, Autodesk 360 PLM, Enovia 3D, SAP, Windchill has been
done by considering criteria related to their efficiency and effectiveness to support, development
process, manufacturing, project management and entire product lifecycle process.
Table 1: Comparison between PLM / PDM platforms
5. Conclusions
Functionality Teamcenter
Autodesk
PLM 360
Dassault
Enovia
SAP
PTC
Windchill
Easy Access X X X X X
Easy to use X X X X
Specialized advanced
X X X X X
trainings needed
Different servers access X X X X X
Product visualization X X X X
Show / edit BOM (Bill of
material)
X X X X X
Multiple modification at
the same time
X X X X X
Securized data X X X X X
Cloud computing
accessibility
X
Mobile devices access X
Integration of other CAD
X X
software
Possibility of direct
collaboration between
project teams
X X X
Easy integration X
Personalization possibility X X X X X
CAD integration X X X X X
Experts have shown that in general, for small and medium companies these platforms can get
cheaper significant performance improvement for projects.
The organization and synchronization of the design process tend to be collaborative and this process
is facilitated by PLM solutions delivered by various renowned companies that strive to ease the
development and production work.
A future challenge is the need of management of specific know-how from companies to prevent
losses in an appropriate manner. The workflow and the experience must be recorded so it is needed
to be available and useful to all employees. Especially in collaborative development, special
requirements are imposed for data maintenance and version management. Companies must ensure
that updates are continuous and can offer immediate results to all stakeholders, especially in case of
changes. Large amounts of data and the high volumes of data formats is one of the main problems in
big companies.
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