PLM - Businesses are faced with a number of significant pressures on their road to success; increased product complexity, globalization, new and different competitors, as well as pricing pressures. Typically these have been handled through initiatives that reduce the time required to develop and deliver products to market, reduce costs and improve product quality. While companies that follow these initiatives are successful in their relevant sectors these must now be applied to all areas of the business process; ie innovatively producing, distributing and servicing these products. Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is critical to enabling the kind of environment that can help organizations achieve a more efficient and profitable business transformation.

With these issues in mind, it is essential- for top level executives be educated on how to align their IT strategies with their key business objectives. Traditionally, product/project developers and engineers were the sole users of PLM, but in today’s growing market the entire organization, from engineer to CPO needs to be involved in the decision making process concerning implementation of PLM technologies.

Helping executive management to be sure of a measurable and quick ROI, quick development and deployment, as well as understanding the advantages of a successful PLM is where CXO Europe fits in. Together with industry experts, end users and the vendor community, CXO Europe educates the executive level audience on the essential tools to for success. CXO Europe brings together a range of voices with shared visions to demonstrate the importance of aligning a strategy that considers business needs and the role of IT in developing a company.

Topics Under Discussion

• Communicating PLM successfully throughout the entire organization
• Reduce time required to develop and deliver products to market, reduce costs and improve product quality.
• Responding to business pressures
  • Increased product complexity
  • Globalization
  • Reducing product risk, regulatory compliance and improving profitability
• Providing a holistic view of product related business processes and information
• Seamless link between all phases of the lifecycle

Contributors

• PLMIG- Roger Tempest, Co-Founder
• John Stark Associates- Dr. John Stark, President
• CIMdata- Peter Bilello, Sr. Consultant
• GM- Europe, Detlef Bielohlawek, Chief Engineer, IS&S Product Development
• Daimler Chrysler- Scott Baker, COE President
• Honeywell- Keith Zobott, Corporate Director of PLM Strategy

Readership By Job

• C-level: CIO, CEO, CFO, CTO, CPO, Chief Engineer Officer
• Business Management: SVP/VP/Director- Finance, Operations, Sales, Marketing, Technology
• IT Management: Product, Project, Engineering, Design, IT, CAD, Architect, Technician, Manufacturing, PLM, Process Analyst, Systems

Readership By Industry

• Industrial
• Manufacture
• Automotive
• Aerospace
• Transportation
• Bank & Finance
• Utilities/Process & Energy
• FMCG & Retail
• Healthcare/ Pharmaceutical
• Telecommunication
• OEMs
• Systems Integrators/ Distributors
• Technology/ Hi-tech