PDM:Pr

oductdat
amanagement(
PDM)i
sthepr
ocessofcapt
uri
ngandmanagi
ngt
he
el
ectronicinformat i
onrelat
edtoaproductsoitcanbereusedi
nbusi
nesspr
ocessessuchas
desi
gn, production,dist
ri
buti
onandmarketing.I
tusual
l
yinvol
vest
heuseofadedicat
ed
soft
war eappl i
cationandcentral
i
zeddatabase.

PLM:Pr
oductl
i
fecy
clemanagement(
PLM)i
sasy
stemat
icappr
oacht
omanagi
ngt
heser
ies
ofchangesapr
oductgoest
hrough,
from i
tsdesi
gnanddev
elopmentt
oit
sul
ti
mat
eret
ir
ement
ordi
sposal.

PLM i
sassociatedwit
hmanufactur
ing,butthemanagementst
ruct
urecanal
sobeusedf
or
sof
twaredevelopmentandser
viceprov
ision.

Di
ff
erencesbet
weenPDM andPLM

PDM PLM
ThePDM system onlystoresdesigndata,it Designdataisbuilti
naprogr am t
hat
doesnotactasadesi gntool,
trackproject i
ntegrateswit
ht hePLM system sothatal
l
stat
us,
orli
nkt oexternal(
non-design)data. rev
isionsandther el
easestatuscanbe
i
mmedi at
elyt
racked.

Prot
otypesmaybeproducedonanas-needed Designersassigna“prototype”st
atustothe
basi
s;prot
oty
pesar
enotassignedali
fecycl
e proj
ectinsidethePLM sy st
em.Anydat a
stat
usandmaynothav eanydat
astor
edi nthe neededt omanuf act
ureapr otot
ypeis
PDM. accessibl
ealongsideotherdesign
document ati
on.

Manufact
uri
ngfil
esmaybestor
edinthePDM, CAM/ CADusersassignanI n-
Product
ion
butinv
ent
oryorsour
cingdat
amightnotbe stat
ustotheproduct
, andusersbeginli
nki
ng
stor
edinthesy
stem. thesourci
ng,i
nvent
ory ,andERPdatatothe
proj
ectdatast
oredint hePLM syst
em.

PDM systemsmi ghttr

ackrev
isi
onswithi
na Rev i
sionsandchangeordersareassi
gnedt
o
proj
ect,orr
evisi
onsmustbet r
ackedundera al
l aspectsofproj
ectdat
a,incl
udi
ngassembly
separat
eproject/
partnumber
.PDM systems data,appli
cati
onsourcecode,andthe
onlyt
rackrevisi
onstodesi
gndata. product’spr
imarytechni
caldat
a.