Linx/AS Vision Methodology: Focus on PLM
An accelerated planning process for developing a strategic yet practical PLM roadmap.
You've made a strategic investment in SAP, looking forward to long-term rewards & ROI.
Yet, as enterprise pain points emerge in product development, commercialization, manufacturing and compliance, they're often handled outside of strategic context, sometimes with point solutions that have redundant functionality in SAP.
Linx/AS can bring clarity to your PLM approach, with a focus track that evaluates your organization in the following core areas:
- Product Data Management
- Global Specification Management
- Formula Management
- Innovation Management
- Project Portfolio Management
Across all disciplines, we then assess how process enablers can further streamline the business. Enablers such as:
- Collaboration
- Workflow
- Change Management
- Document Management
Based on the pain points identified, your SAP landscape, and your business process nuances,
we establish a practical approach to PLM in a sequence of manageable projects.
The PLM Visioning process is conducted in three stages:
Kickoff lays the groundwork for the engagement. Together, we establish the core team of resources required, set executive goals and expectations, audit the current SAP/IT landscape, and document known pain points. The core team consists of Linx/AS PLM subject-matter experts, along with your IT leadership and business stakeholders.
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Focus, the team looks at a specific business process or group of processes to determine efficiencies, inefficiencies, and how SAP or complementary solutions can optimize the business.
Vision synthesizes the findings into a PLM road map: prioritized, incremental projects supported by business case and resource requirements. Each project has stage-gate ROI goals, so a measure of success, consistency, and progress can be documented as the larger strategic vision rolls out.
For case studies, please contact Linx/AS at 610.992.9333 or by email at info@linxas.com.
