Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) White Papers

Industry leading white papers on product life cycle management (PLM), product data management (PDM), secure data exchange with suppliers and vendors and 3D PDF technology for you to download.

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Whitepaper-Strategic-PLM-Consulting-PROSTEP-pdf — Strategic PLM Consulting

end to end digitalization white paper — End-to-End Digitalization Between Product Development and Production

Model Based Definition: The Path to the 3D Master

BHC PROSTEP — Industry Survey on the Development Maturity of Software-Driven Products – BHC and PROSTEP

Using Artificial Intelligence to Create 3D Twins

The Digital Twin as a Springboard to Digitalization

Potentials & Challenges for the Digital Twin in the Shipbuilding Industry – A Survey

PROSTEP Agile PLM — PROSTEP As a Partner for Agile PLM Development

OpenCLM White Paper — Configuration Lifecycle Management Solution for Developing and Operating Smart Products

Capability-Based Consulting for Sustainable PLM Architecture

Digitalization PLM — Digitalization Makes PLM a TOP Priority

Collaboration Scenarios in the PLM Context

Smart Engineering: The Impact of Industry 4.0 on PLM

Business Data Migration Strategic Blueprint

Challenges of the Digital Twin: Making Digital Continuity Work

Generating Service Content More Efficiently

Digitalization Push in the Shipbuilding Sector

Potential for Digitalization in the Shipbuilding Industry

Secure Data Exchange with No Installation Effort

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