Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Data and process management that adapts to your business
Data and process management that adapts to your business
Gain the advantage of connected people, processes, and data. Increase development agility, reduce non value-add processes, and improve quality with Autodesk PLM.
Imagine repeatedly trimming 10 working days off your schedule
Imagine repeatedly trimming 10 working days off your schedule
Every day, manufacturers juggle multiple CAD systems as they move from concept to delivery, opening their process to confusion, data loss, and delays. Autodesk PLM provides multi-CAD integrations that keep teams working in the tools they know and collaborating efficiently across your organization and with suppliers–regardless of file type.
Read how industry leaders use PLM software to remove product development collaboration barriers, accelerate processes, increase efficiency, and power agility.
Keep everyone working from a central source of data
Streamline processes
Streamline processes
Speed-up development through centralized CAD-integrated PDM and workflow automation to spend more time on high-value tasks.
Drive dynamic decisions
Drive dynamic decisions
Vastly improve collaboration, make better decisions earlier in the process, and track costs and materials with real-time system-wide data sharing.
Connect the supply chain
Connect the supply chain
Improve supply chain collaboration and response time with easier order visibility and control and real-time markup and feedback loops.
Get to market faster
Get to market faster
Adapt in real time to a changing market, from concept to production, with greater innovation, fewer iteration cycles, and lower costs.
How industry leaders get to market faster with Autodesk PLM
"We have complete visibility of all projects, and everyone is automatically notified when a [product] reaches the next step."
– Michael Best, Engineering Technical Manager, ME Global
"The fact that shared information is not generated manually ensures that everyone sees the same information at the same time."
– Tiago Araujo, Head of Mechanical Engineering, Wallbox
"We had to automate more of our processes. We had so many profiles and had to produce so much documentation that we were drowning in our work."
– Carl Schelfhout, CAD/PLM Manager, Reynaers Aluminium
“Both the quality and engineering teams have a closed loop change process to improve product designs to meet our evolving customer needs.”
– Tomas Martinak, Group Quality Manager, Lindab
Efficiently manage business-critical processes with PLM
Product data management (PDM)
Centralize product-related data and processes. Reduce time spent on low-value tasks, increase product development agility, and streamline collaboration by bringing all your project data into one place.
Bill of materials (BOM) management
Document, track, and review every component in your product, prepare for manufacturing, and maintain data integrity throughout the entire product lifecycle with effective BOM management.
Change management
Enforce control over revisions to designs, items, and records during the many phases of the product lifecycle. Help departments efficiently automate and document revisions for enterprise-wide visibility and traceability.
New product development (NPI/NPD)
Configure project templates and standardize phase-gate milestones, deliverables, and tasks by product line, business unit, or product team. Go from concept to production with more speed.
Supply chain collaboration
Stay connected 24/7 to your global supply chain with anytime, anywhere access to the information your extended organization needs for quoting, procurement, and supplier management.
Quality management
Automate quality workflows, track and record changes, and analyze quality metrics to prevent issues. Reduce defects and non-conformities. Improve product quality and reliability.
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Product lifecycle management webinars
Product lifecycle management webinars
Learn from Autodesk experts about product lifecycle management tips, tricks, and best practices. View our extensive library of product lifecycle management webinars to learn how you can streamline collaboration, increase agility, and improve product quality with Autodesk PLM.
Lifecycle Insights Report
Boost productivity, simplify collaboration
Boost productivity, simplify collaboration
Numerous factors are driving manufacturers to explore new approaches to managing and executing product development data and processes. Learn why the industry is ditching traditional methods and embracing PLM to get projects to completion faster.
CIMdata commentary
PLM doesn't need to be complex
PLM doesn't need to be complex
Modern companies require a strategic approach that enables them to start small and scale their PLM environment as required. Read advice from digital transformation experts CIMdata on why you need a connected product development solution that can grow with you.
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Start quickly and scale easily with Autodesk PLM
Start quickly and scale easily with Autodesk PLM
Getting started with Autodesk 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 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 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 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.
Product lifecycle management (PLM) FAQ
PLM stands for product lifecycle management. Product lifecycle management provides enterprise-wide collaboration for all involved in the product lifecycle—from engineering and supply chain to quality and manufacturing. With everyone working from a central source, you can bring better products to market faster.
PLM software is a solution that manages data and processes throughout the product lifecycle, from initial idea through development, manufacturing, service, and retirement. PLM software centralizes and automates process workflows and enables cross-functional collaboration for all stakeholders. PLM software provides such capabilities as new product introduction (NPI), bill of materials (BOM) management, change management, supplier management, and quality management.
Using PLM software for data and process management gives manufacturers more agility and resilience in an ever-changing world with increasingly complex products, customer demands, global market conditions, and competition. PLM frees up time and resources across the enterprise to respond to business opportunities and solve challenges faster with greater innovation and adaptability.
PLM enables real-time collaboration across the organization as well as with external, third-party stakeholders such as suppliers, vendors, contractors, and customers. PLM brings all stakeholders and departments together, so product design, engineering, manufacturing, and quality data stay connected. By connecting people, processes, and data in a central system, PLM helps organizations improve collaboration, increase product development and supply chain agility, reduce time wasted on non value-add processes, improve product quality, and get to market faster.
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