Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Solutions
Make your new product introductions more successful with cloud PLM
Make your new product introductions more successful with cloud PLM
Learn how to bring new products to market on time and on budget from concept to launch.
Launch new products with agility and confidence
Launch new products with agility and confidence
Introducing new products (NPI) is one of the most effective ways to accelerate business growth–but managing all the related processes is complex. The right product lifecycle management (PLM) solution reduces your overall risk by improving team collaboration, lowering your total new product investment, reducing time to profitability, and increasing total revenue.
See why manufacturers rely on cloud PLM for new product development.
Advance your new product introduction process
Start fast with templates—or make your own
Choose from a variety of templates—for existing product enhancements or complex global product launches—to get up-and-running quickly. Or make your own, intuitively, easily.
Maintain visibility during the entire project
Catch delays and take corrective action before things become critical, with phase-gate milestone tracking that shows deliverables, dependencies, and duration across projects.
Plan and track deliverables through phases
Focus on your most critical project milestones and reduce tedious project management tasks with automated workflows and Gantt charts for progress tracking.
Assign tasks and check completion status
Avoid project bottlenecks, increase accountability, and improve team collaboration with real-time task views that show who needs to do what, and when.
Set and update teams and permissions
Keep teams and staff organized and accountable by setting task responsibilities, filtered picklists, and more. And quickly add or remove team members as the project evolves.
Share executive-level dashboards and reports
Create personalized, graphically rich dashboards and reports to monitor key metrics and trends. See real-time NPD project status at a glance through any device.
See how others use PLM for new product introduction
“We anticipate reducing lead time to 18–20 weeks and beating our competitors to market with a higher quality product.”
—Michael Best, Engineering Technical Manager, ME Global
“This is where PLM is such a critical tool to have. It makes processes more transparent and speeds everything up.”
—Lennart Schulenburg, Managing Director, VisiConsult X-ray Systems & Solutions GmbH
PLM software for new product introduction
See what the experts say about new product development
Product lifecycle management solutions
Product data management (PDM)
Remove collaboration barriers, reduce the time you spend on tasks that add no value, and increase product development agility with data management that integrates with your CAD workflows.
Bill of materials (BOM) management
Maintain data integrity throughout your product lifecycle with a centralized, cross-departmental bill of materials that gives each stakeholder real-time access to the data they need.
Change management
Take charge of your revisions—to designs, items, and records—with change management solutions that help departments automate and document it all, throughout every phase of your product lifecycle.
Quality management
Mitigate potential issues by giving your teams the tools they need to close the loop on quality—improving designs, identifying supplier problems, and bringing higher quality products to market faster.
Supply chain collaboration
Anticipate and react to supply chain issues with more agility by connecting your extended organization to your global supply chain—for 24/7 access to quoting, procurement, and supplier management.
Product lifecycle management (PLM)
Remove product development collaboration barriers and accelerate time to market with a PLM solution that keeps teams working in the tools they know, no matter what CAD software they use.
Start quickly and scale easily with Autodesk PLM
Start quickly and scale easily with Autodesk PLM
Getting started with Autodesk cloud PLM is within reach. Talk to your account team about how modular processes and configurable, out-of-the-box workflows offer the flexibility to implement what you need, when you need it.
Getting started with Autodesk cloud PLM is within reach. Talk to your account team about how modular processes and configurable, out-of-the-box workflows offer the flexibility to implement what you need, when you need it.
Start quickly and scale easily with Autodesk PLM
Start quickly and scale easily with Autodesk PLM
Getting started with Autodesk cloud PLM is within reach. Talk to your account team about how modular processes and configurable, out-of-the-box workflows offer the flexibility to implement what you need, when you need it.
Getting started with Autodesk cloud PLM is within reach. Talk to your account team about how modular processes and configurable, out-of-the-box workflows offer the flexibility to implement what you need, when you need it.
Frequently asked questions (FAQ) about new product introduction (FAQs)
New product development describes the complex process of bringing a new product to market. Managing the many steps involved in this process is critical to getting your product out the door on time and on budget.
New product introduction is vital as it drives business growth, fosters innovation, and keeps companies competitive. By efficiently launching new products, businesses can tap into new markets, meet customer needs, and stay ahead of industry trends. Successful new product introduction can lead to increased market share, revenue growth, and brand enhancement.
NPI (New Product Introduction) and NPD (New Product Development) are key processes in bringing a product to market. NPD involves designing, creating, and refining a product, while NPI focuses on preparing the product for launch. Essentially, NPD is the ideation, design, and creation phase, and NPI is the marketing, sales, and customer feedback phase. Both are crucial for successful product lifecycle management.