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Documenting PLM processes
helps organizations implement
a standardized approach to
various workflows. Having well-
written documentation also
serves as a valuable resource
that reinforces concepts
learned during training.
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Documentation Services
Maximize the ROI of Your PLM Investment: Don't Overlook
the Importance of Customized PLM Documentation
Is your organization embarking on a PLM initiative? Implementing a PLM
system can be a significant investment in both time and budget. Unfortunately,
many organizations never reap the full benefits. Documentation is an essential,
but often overlooked step in the PLM implementation process. Faithfully
documenting the proprietary ways in which your PLM system integrates
with other in-house applications, workflows, and processes goes a long
way to ensure that your business transformation initiative is adopted
consistently across the organization.
So, why don't all organizations document their proprietary PLM processes?
Here are some common roadblocks that companies face when they try to
create documentation internally:
• Insufficient resources. Organizations may have internal resources
that are knowledgeable about PLM, but they are busy evangelizing
PLM throughout the company. Although they are closest to the
details of the implementation, their time is better spent on change
management tasks, rather than documenting workflows.
• Lack of expertise with documentation best practices.
Documentation best practices such as using diagrams, illustrations,
3D models, or animation to convey concepts, are not skills that
everybody has the capability or know-how to include in user level
documentation.
• Limited in-house knowledge of PLM. If PLM is a new methodology for
an organization, there may not be many (or any) employees who have
enough PLM knowledge to create comprehensive and compelling
documentation.
