Customized PLM System for NPD Process Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) packages fail to effectively align engineering initiatives with organizational growth strategies, integrate product functions in a feedback loop, and manage dynamic NPD decisions based on Net Present Value (NPV), leading to high product ineffectiveness and program failure despite significant investments.
Innovation Solution
A customized PLM system that diagnoses organizational maturity through questionnaires, generates initiatives, and uses solution accelerators and knowledge enablers to improve product effectiveness by integrating customer needs, NPD program management, and field performance management, facilitating process harmonization, system engineering, and eco-compliance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If existing PLM packages are used for managing NPD process, then investment in PLM technology is made, but product effectiveness is poor due to lack of alignment with organizational growth strategies
Solution Approach 1:
The PLM system is transformed from a static package to a dynamic customized solution that adapts to organizational growth strategies. The system evolves through diagnostic assessments and continuous customization to align with changing organizational objectives, making it both reliable and adaptable simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes key parameters of the PLM implementation by introducing diagnostic assessments, customization frameworks, and alignment mechanisms. These parameter changes enable the system to measure and improve product effectiveness while maintaining adaptability to organizational strategies.
2Productivity
If PLM packages are implemented without customization, then implementation time is reduced, but product functions are not effectively integrated in feedback loops
Solution Approach 1:
Diagnostic assessments and customization frameworks are performed in advance to identify integration requirements before full implementation. This preliminary action enables efficient customization that integrates product functions in feedback loops without excessive time loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The customized PLM system establishes feedback loops that integrate product functions systematically. The feedback mechanism continuously improves integration effectiveness while the customization framework optimizes the time required to implement these integrations.
3Adaptability or versatility
If PLM packages are used without diagnostic assessment, then deployment is faster, but engineering initiatives are not aligned with organizational growth strategies
Solution Approach 1:
The diagnostic assessment process is segmented into manageable components that evaluate different aspects of alignment with organizational growth strategies. This segmentation reduces the perceived complexity while maintaining comprehensive assessment capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces specific parameters and metrics for measuring alignment with organizational growth strategies. By defining clear parameters, the diagnostic assessment becomes a structured process that enhances adaptability without excessive complexity.
4Reliability
If traditional NPD processes are used, then process simplicity is maintained, but dynamic go/kill/hold decisions are not taken based on NPV
Solution Approach 1:
The customized PLM system acts as an intermediary that computes NPV and provides dynamic go/kill/hold decision frameworks. This intermediary layer adds reliable decision-making capabilities while managing the complexity of NPV computations through automated processes.
Solution Approach 2:
Manual decision-making processes are replaced with automated NPV computation and decision frameworks embedded in the PLM system. This substitution improves the reliability of dynamic decisions while the automation manages the complexity of financial calculations.
5Reliability
If PLM packages are implemented without holistic view, then implementation complexity is reduced, but eco-compliance needs and program synchronization are not addressed
Solution Approach 1:
The customized PLM system is designed with multi-functionality to address eco-compliance needs, program synchronization, and other holistic requirements within a single framework. This universality improves reliability across multiple functions while managing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple functions including eco-compliance management, program synchronization, and product lifecycle management are merged into a single customized PLM framework. This consolidation improves comprehensive reliability while the integrated architecture manages complexity efficiently.
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AI summary
A method for improving product effectiveness of a New Product Development (NPD) process by customizing a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) of an organization is provided. The method comprises diagnosing current status of the organization with respect to one or more product effectiveness parameters. The method further comprises generating a set of initiatives for the organization based on diagnosis. The method furthermore comprises customizing the PLM using one or more solution accelerators corresponding to one or more initiatives.