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Project and Portfolio Management: a natural extension of PLM

For manufacturers who have invested for years in PLM, setting up a Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) solution and associated business processes, is a natural evolution. It increases global added value by focusing on upstream stages and on essential associated project approach.
 

PLM for energy and process industries

Process industries concern all activities around a transformation process and its implementation plant.

These industries are: energy, gas, oil and chemistry.

By similarity it also includes other industrial sectors such as pharmacy, food processing and shipbuilding.
The plant lifecycle activities involve: design, build, commission, operation, maintenance, revamping and de-commissioning phases.

The Foundation for supporting both continuous business process improvement and product innovation

For companies who have invested in PLM for many years, continuous improvement and product innovation are the major benefits.
PLM approach requires also harmonization of methods and practices which are supported by information systems.