Category Archives: Cosmetic and Food Software

A PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) system is a collaborative tool allowing to manage the entire product lifecycle of a manufactured product. If any company involved in product development can use a PLM system, it does not mean that every firm will use the same one. It is essential for a PLM to be designed specifically for the industry it will work for because of the many different challenges various industries face.

Ambitioning, planning or starting a PLM project can quickly become overwherlming. Should I go for a customized or standard solution? Can I trust my vendor? Will the board agree? So many questions pop ! As challenging as choosing the best PLM software for your company may seem, following logical and structured steps will make it a troublefree experience!

Cloud and SaaS adoption has drastically increased in the span of just a few years. Today, PLM buyers are facing the same fears, questions and opportunities than they did with other technologies when considering a cloud or on-premise solution.

Once the project has been properly set on track, it is important to stay alert to avoid it drifting away. There is considerable literature on project management and project management risks so we decided to focus on what we consider as the most critical when we specifically talk about PLM solution implementation projects. We hope you will keep these red flags in mind as they determine whether the implementation will lead to a sustainable end-user adoption or not.

Let’s cover “pre-project” considerations that ensure you and your supplier collaborative head forward in the same direction. PLM solutions have such a wide functional scope and cross-departmental impact that consolidating as strong as possible initial expectations, requirements, responsibilities, milestones, and so on, is vital for the project success.

With the digitalization of mostly everything, companies have followed by reviewing their information systems and beginning their digital transformation.

Since the early 2000s, cloud computing, or “remote data center”, has impacted organizations by bringing flexibility and reducing costs.

From 2004 through 2013, undeclared allergens were a leading cause of food recalls, accounting for 27.4% of all recall events. Globally, barely 10% of food and beverage products are traced, verified and certified (what are steps of transformation? who are the players? How to inform consumers?).

If you are part of the 48% of Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) currently planning to begin their digitalization journey or the 36% that are already on the way, we guess one of your biggest challenges is understanding and defining your own needs to identify the perfectly-fitting solution.