ORACLE & SAP PLM SOFTWARE

Submitted by: Samiksha Sharma

MFT/16/82
CIM ASSIGNMENT
 Introduction about Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Software

Product lifecycle management (PLM) software manages data during the development of a product
from inception through the manufacturing, servicing, and disposal processes.

Companies use PLM software to increase productivity and collaboration, improve quality, bolster
creativity, and shorten time to market for a product.

It is used across various industries, helping integrate data and documents, business systems, and
people involved in the product creation process. It allows those involved to systematically track
all the changes a product goes through during its development.

PLM software integrates with a variety of systems including ERP (enterprise resource
planning) platforms and CAD (computer-aided design) tools. It is typically used by multiple users
in an organization, often with varying roles and permissions.

To qualify for inclusion in the PLM category, a product must:

Manage product data throughout its lifecycle

Provide a centralized hub for product data
Have automation tools to increase efficiency

List of software available

Aha! Lab PLM

Arena PLM
Fast React Systems
Deltek Costpoint
Onmify Product Suite by Omnify Software
Agile PLM by Oracle
Sap PLM by Sap
Wfx PLM
Sap Anywhere By Sap
Sap Business One by Sap
 PLM
BOM Management
Compliance Management
Change Management
Demand Analysis
Business Intelligence
Project Management
Supplier Collaboration
Quality Management
Document Management
Item Management
Enterprise Integration
Additional

The Function of PLM

PLM Software can do a lot. It can streamline product development processes, enhance productivity
and create a more effective environment for deploying, implementing and achieving strategic
business initiatives. Following are some key aspects of PLM, provided by Product Lifecycle
Management.

Manage design and process documents

Construct and control bill of material (product structure) records
Provide an electronic file repository
Include built-in and custom part and document metadata ("attributes")
Identify materials content for environmental compliance
Permit item-focused task assignments
Enable workflow and process management for approving changes
Control multi-user secured access, including "electronic signature"
Export data for downstream ERP systems
 COMPARISON BETWEEN SAP PLM AND ORACLE AGILE PLM

PLM SOFTWARE AGILE ORACLE SAP PLM

8.0 8.1
Meets Requirements
7.5 7.3
Ease of Use
7.7 6.6
Ease of Setup
8.1 7.6
Ease of Admin
7.4 7.3
Quality of Support
7.7 7.6
Ease of Doing Business With
6.6 7.5
Product Direction (% positive)
Small Business
3.8% 5.3%
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
15.4% 10.5%
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
80.8% 84.2%
(> 1000 emp.)
Information Technology and Information Technology and
Services 18.5% Services 21.1%
Telecommunications
Automotive 15.8%
11.1%
Mechanical or Industrial
Industry Reviews Medical Devices 7.4%
Engineering 15.8%
Mechanical or Industrial
Management Consulting 7.4%
Engineering 15.8%
Electrical/Electronic Biotechnology
Manufacturing 7.4% 5.3%
Other 48.1% Other 26.3%
 Unique Selling Proposition of Oracle PLM

Oracle defines Enterprise PLM as a strategic approach to managing the lifecycle of a product
throughout its full value chain: from initial requirements gathering through to design,
prototyping, obtaining certification, production, customization, service and retirement.
It unites all the partners in the value chain by providing a single, collaborative software platform
for the development and management of products throughout their lifecycle.

Oracle Enterprise PLM solutions enable product companies to:

Accelerate innovation through ideation management and collaboration, product
portfolio management and analytics, data consolidation and cleansing, and a rich
enterprise product record
Design for supply with product cost management, outsourced manufacturing and
product collaboration, product supply risk analytics, and spend consolidation
Rapidly commercialize through integrated portfolio and business planning, enterprise
quality management and analytics, accurate and clean product data publishing, and rapid
product commercialization
Enterprise Product Record: Provides secure, timely, and accurate visibility and control
of product information and processes to every stakeholder at each stage in the product
lifecycle
 Enterprise Product Data Hub: Enables companies to centralize all product data and
create a single view of product information across all functional departments.
Data Quality Management: Enables companies to create consistent and reliable product
data by quickly identifying and applying standards across systems, repositories, and
processes
Product Collaboration: Helps users share product data and structure and manage change
across the global product network
Customer Needs Management: Enables companies to capture ideas and requirements,
and design, conceptualize and collaborate globally with Engineer to Order and Idea
Management
Engineering Collaboration: Integrates PLM with all leading MCAD and ECAD
packages and ensures engineering processes are fully leveraged throughout the product
lifecycle, driving engineering best practices across the enterprise
Enterprise Visualization: Provides native document visualization across a global
enterprise for over 450 file formats, including all leading ECAD and MCAD packages
Pedigree and Serialization Management: Enables companies to implement and manage
mass serialization of drug products and share serialized product data across the supply
chain
Variant Management: Provides a best-practice approach to managing portfolios of
related products and product variants across the lifecycle
Product Governance & Compliance: Enables organizations to manage product,
substance and material compliance against standards and regulatory requirements
Product Quality Management: Drives improved product quality and customer
satisfaction by integrating customer, product, quality and regulatory information within a
closed-loop corrective action system
Product Cost Management: Enables companies to manage product costs through early
and real time cost visibility
Materials and Equipment Management: Organizes and manages product design assets
to support globally distributed engineering teams
Recipe Management: Ensures quality and traceability by providing full control of
ingredients, formulation optimization and a complete compliance screening engine
Product Portfolio Management: Provides tightly synchronized program and product
information, maximized resource utilization, and cross-program visibility and decision
support throughout the product lifecycle
Product Lifecycle Analytics: Delivers preconfigured, yet flexible dashboards and
reporting facilities for the production of accurate, detailed reports covering every aspect
of the product lifecycle.
Oracle Enterprise PLM for Pharma is an integrated suite of product lifecycle
management technologies for efficient and compliant drug development, manufacturing
and commercialization. It enables access to a centralized source of accurate product data
for all parties in the value chain, and joined-up processes across the entire discoveryto-
commercialization cycle from Lab to Launch.
 Unique Selling Proposition of SAP PLM
The SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM) application provides 360-degree-support for
all product-related processes - from the first product idea, through manufacturing to product
service. SAP PLM is part of the SAP Business Suite, which gives organizations the unique ability
to perform their essential business processes with modular software that is designed to work with
other SAP and non-SAP software.

Organizations and departments in all sectors can deploy SAP Business Suite software to address
specific business challenges on their own timelines and without costly upgrades.

The SAP PLM application provides integrated product life-cycle management software - a
single source of all product-related information needed for collaborating with business partners
and supporting processes including product innovation, design and engineering, quality and
maintenance management, and control of environmental issues.

The SAP PLM application helps to:

Support strategic sourcing by interfacing with supplier relationship management software

Provide role-specific, context-driven access for internal and external users to relevant information,
tools, and services
Improve decision-making through insight into projects; flexible reporting; and analytics for
portfolio management, occupational health, product safety, and product quality
Increase strategic and operative control by monitoring product and production changes affecting
timelines, costs, and resources
Provide an open-technology framework that delivers up-to-date data required by enterprise
processes for demand planning, manufacturing, purchasing, and sales.