Product Data and Lifecycle Management (PDM / PLM)
Need to speed up new product introduction (NPI) or improve bill of material (BOM) management?  Struggling to get to the next step with your business growth?

Matrix offers a fresh approach to Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions in New Zealand and Australia.

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is a strategic business approach that applies a set of business solutions in support of the collaborative creation, management, dissemination, and use of product records across the extended enterprise spanning from product concept to end of life.  PLM solutions combine existing business systems (ERP, CAD, SCM, DMS/CMS), providing a single source for product information including Bill of Material (BOM) and supporting collaboration and communication within a project environment. 

Product Data Management (PDM) is part of the PLM approach.  It integrates multi-seat and multi-CAD workgroups into a single environment.  It allows concurrent design and design re-use as well as product visualisation for the entire enterprise.  PDM enables you to efficiently organise workflows and manage the approval and release process of product data. 

PLM Key Capabilities

Product Data Management (PDM) is part of the PLM approach.  It integrates multi-seat and multi-CAD workgroups into a single environment.  It allows concurrent design and design re-use as well as product visualisation for the entire enterprise.  PDM enables you to efficiently organise workflows and manage the approval and release process of product data.

  • Bill of Material (BOM) management - the product record
  • Engineering Change Management (ECM)
  • Configuration Management
  • Quality compliance
  • Projects and programme management
  • Supply chain management

Business Benefits

  • Single source for product records
  • Accelerate new product introduction
  • Reduce costs
  • Reduce change cycle times
  • Improve product quality
  • Clear visibility of project status
  • Improve collaboration and communication

Who Could Benefit?

  • Sales
  • Product designers
  • Project managers
  • Product managers
  • Purchasing
  • Manufacturers
  • Suppliers

Solution Specifics
You will achieve fast and effective implementation with world-leading PDM / PLM application software from Aras.  Select these solutions under Products to the right for more information. 

Customer Success
Matrix supports a growing base of customers in New Zealand and Australia with successful implementations of Aras (Professional Open Source), who are experiencing the benefits of effective PLM.  Contact us for real business references.

How to get started
Matrix recommends a concise and jointly developed plan to ensure business benefit.  Matrix is experienced with the successful implementation of PDM / PLM and can help with:

  • Needs Analysis
  • Planning with specific metrics of success
  • Implementation
  • Customisation
  • Documentation
  • Training
  • Ongoing Local Support

Matrix is in a unique position to implement PDM/PLM with the combination of experienced manufacturing engineers as well as IT professionals with open-standards database and integration programming expertise. 

Contact Matrix or find out more about our products by selecting the links to the right.