It appears that many companies, including SMEs, are increasingly accepting the strategic importance of product lifecycle management (PLM) technologies. These companies now recognize that their most valuable asset is the wealth of information about their products, and that PLM forms the product...

Purpose – Provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world's leading organizations. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings –...

Purpose – This paper aims to describe the way participants in the hobby of gourmet cooking in the USA manage culinary information in their homes. Design/methodology/approach – The study utilizes domain analysis and serious leisure as a conceptual framework and employs an ethnographic...

Purpose – To explain “product lifecycle management”. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer. Findings – According to CIMdata, the overall PLM market is now worth around $17 billion, with nearly two thirds of this spend being on the primary...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the evolution of “product‐service” (P‐S) strategies in the aerospace sector. Despite the widespread perception that aerospace organisations are advanced in terms of P‐S integration, little is known about the realities of P‐S...

Purpose – This paper aims to capture and manage the product lifecycle data for consumer products, especially data that occur in distribution, usage, maintenance and end‐of‐life stages, and to use them to provide information and knowledge. Design/methodology/approach – A lifecycle...

Product lifecycle management (PLM) – the strategic business approach that applies a consistent set of business solutions in support of the collaborative creation, management, dissemination, and use of product definition information across the extended enterprise from concept to end of life –...

Purpose – Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer. Findings – Bringing products right‐to‐market...

Purpose – Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the...