Ann Arbor, MI September 16, 2021—The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) announces the publication of a new report featuring key analysis for successful digital product lifecycle management (PLM) implementation. The technology brief covers insight from several years of collaborating with government and industry partners as they determined a more cost-effective way to launch specific PLM processes, which can enable small- and medium-sized companies to make the leap.
NCMS has recognized that the digital manufacturing capability gap between large manufacturers with great resources and small businesses creates significant inefficiencies for the entire manufacturing value chain. Through a series of test projects, NCMS has worked with government partners who wanted their logistics and engineering communities to have a standardized, integrated method of accessing product lifecycle information (PLI) for their larger assets. They wanted to focus on developing a PLM solution that could manage configuration control and synchronize successive changes in PLI.
A series of test projects were executed over several years to develop a commercial off-the-shelf solution, “PLM-in-a-Box–Early Acquisition Edition,” focused on the specific needs of the government partners. This method of introducing a PLM system has been demonstrated to improve upstream acquisition activities and downstream sustainment engineering processes, which have resulted in improved supply chain and maintenance customer support. The test projects showed that introducing a PLM gradually is a cost-effective way to begin gaining the advantages of a digital PLM system.
“Significant work is being done by industry, the government and NCMS to create and improve technological advances,” says Pam Hurt, NCMS Vice President for
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About NCMS
NCMS is a cross-industry technology development consortium dedicated to improving the competitiveness and strength of the US industrial base for 35 years. NCMS leverages a network of industry, government, and university partners to develop, demonstrate, and transition innovative technologies efficiently, with less risk and lower cost. NCMS enables world-class companies to work effectively with other members on new opportunities—matching highly capable companies with the providers and end users who need their innovations and technology solutions. The NCMS network benefits from an accelerated progression of idea creation through execution.
About the NCMS Tech Brief Program
NCMS Technology Briefs highlight NCMS’s cultivation and growth of innovative technologies. Through our collaborations with government and industry, we’ve gained insights into viable approaches and best practices that can assist all companies navigate the sometimes-complex journey towards advancement. Based on the results of NCMS technology projects, the briefs show the applicability and usefulness of proven technical advances—all in an effort to speed adoption and eliminate duplication of effort. NCMS is pleased to share these insights to support U.S. manufacturing competitiveness.
