Product Life-Cycle Management Survey: User Needs and Channel Satisfaction

This IDC study is the second study based on survey results from IDC's regular AppStat Survey series, executed four times per year. These findings rely on a special PLM/PDM-focused subsegment of the November 2006 AppStat Survey. The survey results presented here focus on the business challenges of manufacturing enterprises - specifically, the key requirements to making these companies more successful, solutions to secure company success and hurdles on the way to implementation, ways to manage product data, and channels for PLM/PDM applications purchases. The first study on PLM was executed in August 2006 and focused on software spending plans and the adoption of open source, mobile functionality, and service oriented architecture by 205 survey respondents who were users of PLM.

Gisela Wilson, director of IDC's Product, Project, and Portfolio Management Solutions program, points out: "These survey findings will help PLM applications vendors to carefully evaluate their sales messages to manufacturing enterprises and develop product and marketing initiatives to expand their sales opportunities from large to small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises. Key factors will be support for process changes as well as product delivery as software as a service, on demand, and open source software."

IDC Opinion

In This Study

Methodology

Situation Overview

Introduction

Figure: Survey Respondents by Vertical Industry

Figure: Survey Respondents by Company Size

Figure: Survey Respondents by Level of Involvement in Enterprise Software Solution Purchase Decisions

Figure: Survey Respondents by Department

Future Outlook

Business Strategies

Key Requirements for Manufacturing Enterprise Success

Table: Key Requirements for Success at Manufacturing Enterprises

Key Hurdles on the Path to Manufacturing Enterprise Success

Table: Current and Future Hurdles to Success for Manufacturing Enterprises (Mean Rating)

Solutions for Manufacturing Enterprises to Overcome Hurdles to Success

Table: Solutions for Manufacturing Enterprises to Overcome Hurdles to Success

Challenges to Implementation of Solutions for Manufacturing Enterprise Success

Table: Current and Future Challenges to Implementing Solutions to Success at Manufacturing Enterprises (Mean Rating)

Product Data Management at Manufacturing Enterprises

Table: Manufacturing Enterprise Current and Future Use of Product Data Management (% of Respondents)

Figure: Manufacturing Enterprise Current and Future Use of Product Data Management

Distribution of PDM/PIM

Sales Channels for PDM/PIM ? Now and in the Future

Table: Past and Future Sales Channels for PDM/PIM (% of Respondents)

Demand for Services Offerings by Manufacturing Enterprises from PDM/PIM Resellers and Distributors

Table: Service Offerings Demanded by Manufacturing Enterprises from Resellers/Distributors

Shortcomings of Resellers/Distributors for PDM/PIM

Table: Shortcomings of PDM/PIM Resellers/Distributors

Essential Guidance

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Related Research

Definitions

Product Life-Cycle Management Applications

Vertical Industry Definitions Used in Survey

AppStat Methodology

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