SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM)
We have the expertise and tools to help you run your PLM program - frustration-free.
We Know Managing PLM Complexity Is a Daunting Task
Product lifecycle management is an easy-to-grasp concept. Come up with an idea, develop the concept, scale to production, then keep improving the product until eventually retiring it.
But the complexities involved can be staggering. From the sheer amount of product data to the number of participants and stakeholders to evolving regulations and continuous change management - all of these factors and more can cause a lot of frustration.
SAP PLM offers a time-tested suite of tools to manage your PLM program. But you also need expert help to align SAP's solutions with your organization's unique needs and make sure your product lifecycle management is smooth and efficient across the board.
Understanding the Five Key Phases of PLM
SAP PLM helps organizations navigate the entire product lifecycle - from the first idea to sustainable disposal. This lifecycle is typically broken down into five essential phases.
Idea
This is where innovation begins. At the ideation stage, companies collect and manage product requirements, generate initiatives, and assess early-stage concepts. It’s about turning market needs, customer pain points, or new technologies into viable product ideas. SAP PLM enables structured requirement management and concept evaluation tools to ensure the strongest ideas move forward.
Design
Once the concept is approved, the focus shifts to detailed design and engineering. This includes creating 2D/3D models, developing product structures, and managing recipes or formulations. Specifications are defined, simulations are run, and collaboration among design, R&D, and quality teams begins. SAP PLM integrates CAD tools and provides a single source of truth for all design data, ensuring smooth teamwork and version control.
Manufacturing
After the design is finalized, it’s time to prepare for production. This involves creating Bills of Materials (BOMs), work instructions, and routing plans. SAP PLM ensures that all manufacturing data is accurate, synchronized, and accessible to downstream systems like ERP and MES. It bridges the gap between engineering and shop floor operations, reducing errors and accelerating time to production.
Service
Once the product reaches the market, the service phase begins. Here, the focus is on maintaining performance, supporting users, and managing repairs or upgrades. SAP PLM supports service documentation, tracks maintenance history, and enables feedback loops from the field. This real-time feedback is crucial for improving future product generations and enhancing customer satisfaction.
Disposal
Eventually, every product reaches the end of its lifecycle. In the disposal phase, companies must manage decommissioning, recycling, or environmentally responsible disposal. SAP PLM helps ensure compliance with sustainability goals and environmental regulations by tracking material content, hazardous substances, and end-of-life processes.
What Our Customers Saytake Control of Every Stage of Your Product Lifecycle
SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM) empowers you to manage your product's lifecycle at every stage - from development and production to sales and decommissioning. With SAP PLM, you can significantly reduce time to market and streamline your processes.
Synchronization
All design, production planning, and maintenance information is centralized in one system, ensuring it's always accessible to all departments.
Change management
Any updates made during development or production are instantly reflected and available to all team members. This minimizes errors and boosts efficiency across your projects.
Optimization
SAP PLM integrates all aspects of product development into a unified system, helping you save time, cut costs, and eliminate inefficiencies.
Faster time to market
Efficient design processes, continuous updates, and error reduction enable you to launch new products faster.
Reduced downtime and process inefficiencies
With SAP PLM, businesses can establish a single source of truth, ensuring accurate information at every stage. This helps avoid missed deadlines, overlaps, and delivery delays while keeping your projects on track.
SAP PLM Services We Offer
Strategic PLM consulting
Our SAP consulting offering is designed to guide your organization through the implementation, optimization, and utilization of SAP PLM solutions. With over 20 years of experience, we can help at any stage of your SAP PLM journey - from program vision and roadmapping to training and ongoing support.
SAP PLM implementation
Implementing a robust PLM program requires meticulous planning, careful execution, and post-launch monitoring, enhancement, and support. With our proven track record in Food & Beverages, Chemical, Automotive and other verticals, we tailor SAP PLM to your industry's specifics and ensure smooth implementation from A to Z.
SAP PLM integrations
Our team can seamlessly integrate your SAP PLM solution with other data sources and solutions, focusing on speed, compatibility, data integrity, security requirements, and compliance standards. CAD/CAM software, supply chain management, QMS, document management systems, or IoT devices and sensors - you name it, we can do it.
SAP PLM application management (AMS)
With our AMS offering, we provide ongoing assistance in maintaining, optimizing, and enhancing your SAP PLM landscape - whether on-prem, cloud-based, or hybrid. Reduce operational costs, cut issue resolution time, and improve system reliability.
Security
Our services encompass securing and safeguarding SAP Product Lifecycle Management from both external and internal threats, ensuring protection against data leaks.
What Does SAP Spend Management Offer?
SAP Spend Management solutions play a vital role in enhancing operational efficiency, reducing costs, and enabling strategic decision-making. It ensures businesses can manage their spending effectively across several key areas:
Product Design and Development
SAP PLM solutions for design and development drive innovation and collaboration across product lifecycles. These solutions:
- Accelerate design processes by integrating CAD tools with centralized product data.
- Enhance collaboration between teams with real-time access to design and engineering data.
- Improve visualization using 3D modeling and simulation for better decision-making.
- SAP Engineering Control Center (SAP ECTR):Integrates CAD systems with SAP for seamless design management.
- SAP Enterprise Product Development (SAP EPD):Provides 3D visualization tools and collaborative design capabilities.
- SAP Visual Enterprise Suite (SAP VES):Combines product data with interactive 3D visuals for better communication.
Cost Management and Regulatory Compliance
SAP PLM solutions ensure cost efficiency and adherence to safety and industry standards throughout the product lifecycle. These solutions:
- Simulate and control product costs to maintain profitability.
- Ensure regulatory compliance for safety, quality, and environmental standards.
- Facilitate audits and certifications by integrating compliance checks into workflows.
- SAP Product Lifecycle Costing (SAP PLC):Tools to simulate and compare costs across lifecycle stages.
- SAP Recipe Development (SAP RD):Manage formulations and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
- SAP Product Compliance:Track hazardous substances and meet regulatory obligations.
Document and Data Management
SAP PLM solutions centralize and streamline document management to improve collaboration and reduce errors. These solutions:
- Centralize the storage of product-related documents for consistent data access.
- Enable secure document sharing between departments and external stakeholders.
- Enhance decision-making by ensuring the availability of accurate and up-to-date data.
- SAP Document Management System (SAP DMS):Centralized platform for managing product documents.
- SAP Enterprise Product Development (SAP EPD):Enables collaborative data sharing and document handling.
- SAP PLM System Integration (SAP PLMSI):Streamlines the integration of product data across SAP environments without additional middleware.
Project and Portfolio Management
SAP PLM solutions for project and portfolio management ensure efficient resource allocation and successful project execution. These solutions help:
- Align projects with strategic goals by prioritizing resources and budgets.
- Identify and mitigate project risks early in the process.
- Optimize project portfolios to maximize ROI and resource utilization.
- SAP Portfolio and Project Management (SAP PPM):Offers tools for project prioritization, risk assessment, and resource planning.
Collaborative Product Development
SAP PLM solutions connect teams and external partners to streamline product development. These solutions:
- Enable real-time collaboration by providing centralized access to product data.
- Enhance supplier and partner coordination for faster development cycles.
- Reduce time-to-market by improving communication and task handoffs.
- SAP Enterprise Product Development (SAP EPD):Facilitates real-time collaboration with 3D visualization tools.
- SAP Business Network Collaboration:Enables seamless communication with suppliers and partners.
Life Sciences and Specialized Formulation Management
SAP PLM solutions for life sciences and formulation management streamline the creation and compliance of product formulations in highly regulated industries. These solutions:
- Optimize batch records to accelerate creation, review, and approval processes.
- Ensure compliance with industry-specific regulations for life sciences and chemicals.
- Foster innovation in formulations by managing data across departments and teams.
- SAP BRH for Life Sciences:Simplifies batch record creation and ensures compliance with strict regulatory standards.
- SAP PLM Formulation:Enables the management and optimization of product formulations, ensuring compliance and quality throughout the lifecycle.
Sustainability in Product Lifecycle
SAP PLM solutions for sustainability integrate environmental and social goals into product development and management. These solutions:
- Track and report sustainability metrics to ensure compliance and transparency.
- Measure and optimize carbon footprints across product lifecycles.
- Support sustainable design with insights into material selection and lifecycle impacts.
- SAP Responsible Design and Production (SAP RDP):Provides tools for sustainable product design and regulatory compliance.
- SAP Product Footprint Management (SAP PFM):Tracks environmental impacts across the value chain.
Change and Configuration Management
SAP PLM solutions for change and configuration management streamline workflows and maintain traceability. These solutions:
- Manage product modifications with clear change request workflows.
- Ensure version control for complex product configurations.
- Facilitate traceability from design to production.
- SAP Engineering Control Center (SAP ECTR):Provides tools for managing product revisions and configurations.
- SAP Enterprise Product Engineering (SAP EPE):Enables efficient engineering change management.
End-to-End Lifecycle Integration
SAP PLM solutions provide seamless integration across all stages of the product lifecycle, from design to disposal. These solutions:
- Synchronize engineering and manufacturing processes to improve operational efficiency.
- Integrate IoT and analytics to monitor product performance and enable predictive maintenance.
- Manage end-of-life transitions with workflows for recycling, reuse, and regulatory compliance.
- SAP IoT and Analytics Integration:Provides real-time insights into product performance and usage.
- SAP Responsible Design and Production (SAP RDP):Ensures compliance during end-of-life management.
- SAP Visual Enterprise Suite:Facilitates integration between design, manufacturing, and operations.
Accelerate Innovation with Intelligent Product Modeling
Utilize AI to seamlessly link product models with essential business data for efficient decision-making:
- Connect 2D and 3D product models to ERP systems for real-time access to relevant business information.
- Integrate process-related data swiftly and accurately, enhancing collaboration and innovation.
- Streamline product development with AI-driven insights that bridge design and business operations.
Use Our SAP PLM Accelerators for a Competitive Edge
IPS (Integrated Process Solution)
IPS is a user-friendly workflow solution that allows business users to build, modify, and deploy a wide variety of workflows and improve "time to complete".
DataLark
DataLark is our proprietary solution that can significantly cut costs and improve efficiency of complex data migration and/or integration projects.
BMAX (BOM Material Allocation Extension Tool)
BMAX is designed to automate the creation and extension of material masters and BOMs, improving operational efficiencies.
IQ Product Work Center
IQ-PWC places critical data at your fingertips to enable better change management. With it, you can implement product design changes with minimal impact on business.
Neolysi Is Your Trusted SAP PLM Partner
Proven track record
For over 20 years, we have helped businesses worldwide succeed with SAP. We’ve already completed 950+ projects for over 800 clients, including top names on the Fortune 500 list.
Industry experts
The Neolysi team comprises professionals with hands-on knowledge in 30+ industries, including manufacturing, logistics, and oil and gas.
SAP partnership
We implement SAP projects end-to-end and collaborate with SAP on the development and enhancement of its existing solutions.
Quality and security track record
Neolysi operates in compliance with international standards such as ISO 9001, ISO 27001, ISO 22301, and ISO 55001, ensuring reliability and quality in every project.
Investment in innovation
We actively integrate advanced technologies, such as Data Science, IoT, AI, Big Data, Blockchain, and others, to help clients efficiently address their business challenges.
Flexibility
Our team is available 24/7, which enables us to quickly deploy projects, maintain process transparency, and adapt each development phase to meet your specific requirements.
Implementation Roadmap
We follow the SAP Activate methodology, which breaks down the implementation of SAP financial management software into six essential stages:
Discover
- Current Processes Evaluation: Assess existing business processes and identify the organization's needs.
- Defining Technical Requirements: Create a detailed specification of the functional and technical needs of the new system.
Prepare
- Setting Goals and Objectives: Establish and agree on the goals to be achieved throughout the project.
- Assembling the Project Team: Appoint team members and define their roles and responsibilities.
- Project Plan Development: Create a comprehensive plan that outlines project phases, timelines, resources, and key performance indicators.
- Budget Determination: Estimate and approve the budget.
- Specifications Preparation: Develop the technical and functional specifications for the development team.
Explore
- Ensuring Business Requirements are Met: Check that SAP financial management software aligns with business requirements and project objectives.
- Data Validation: Verify the accuracy and compliance of the data.
Realize
- Data Migration: Transfer data from existing systems to the new one.
- System Configuration: Set up the solution according to requirements and specifications.
- Customization: Develop additional features and modules, if the standard solution does not meet all needs.
- Integrations: Configure SAP financial management software to work with other IT systems and applications.
Deploy
- Testing: Perform functional, integration, regression, and load testing to ensure that all works correctly.
- User Training: Organize sessions to help users become familiar with the new system.
Run
- System Readiness Check: Verify that the system is ready for operational use.
- Launch: Officially transition to active use of SAP financial management software.
- Ongoing Support: Continuously monitor solution performance to identify and resolve any issues.
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