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+ Enabling World Class Engineering Process & Information Control

This series of papers discusses a number of perspectives on how the adoption of a PLM type of approach to the challenge of controlling the engineering process and the information it generates can improve operational effectiveness and reduce cost. The first perspective is that of project management... download

++ Building open source technology into your PLM strategy

Open source software is now widely accepted in industry and cost is not the only reason. Many firms now know that it offers more flexibility than proprietary programs and companies no longer perceive it as riskier than traditional alternatives. This paper discusses Aras Innovator, the open-source enterprise PLM solution from Aras Corporation and explains how its technology and business model challenges existing paradigms in some interesting ways... download

Building advanced enterprise open-source technology into your PLM strategy…Engineering Change Management..download

+ Getting more from your existing Teamcenter investments

Teamcenter is a powerful PLM solution but some organisations struggle to make the most of its capabilities and use it effectively in the context of a comprehensive PLM strategy.
In the difficult current economic environment, this paper discusses some straightforward and low cost initiatives that may be undertaken to get more value from your existing Teamcenter investments...download

++ AESSiS PLM Hand book

	What PLM is (and why it’s a good idea) A vast amount of material been written on the subject of PLM. Unfortunately, much of it is over‐complicated or includes jargon that is difficult to understand. This article attempts to summarise very briefly (and in plain English) what PLM actually is and why it is an approach worth investigating and pursuing....download
	PLM Procurement Selection Tips Evaluating, justifying, selecting and procuring a PLM solution (quite apart from implementing it) is a complicated and, potentially, quite political charged process with plenty of potential pitfalls for the unwary. This article provides a few tips to help the lucky project manager tasked with running the evaluation, selection & procurement process avoid some of these pitfalls. ...download
	Configuration and Engineering Change Management If Configuration Management is one of those words you hear from time to time (but are not really sure what it is) then this article is for you....download
	The Boundaries between PLM and ERP There is often an internal debate within companies investigating PLM as to whether these important capabilities should be delivered by a standalone PLM solution (perhaps integrated with ERP) or whether these capabilities should be provided by extending the footprint of an existing ERP system. This article explores some of the issues that should be considered when making this important decision....download

+ Innovator & Teamcenter connect interface fact sheet

Connecting Aras Innovator to Teamcenter allows organisations to extend the scope of their PLM implementation cost effectively. Using open-source Aras not only delivers enhanced PLM functionality in the areas of Engineering Change, Program & Quality Management, it also makes product information available throughout the organisation whilst containing Teamcenter license costs and eliminating other quality & project management software expenses..download

+ Aras Innovator Webcast Demo

See a demonstration of the most advanced PLM Software on the planet..download

+ CIM Data PLM white paper

Read CIMdata's analyst paper on how industry leading companies successfully use the Aras enterprise PLM Microsoft open source software solutions to achieve results..download