%0 Conference Proceedings
%T PLM in SME, What Are We Missing? An Alternative View on PLM Implementation for SME
%+ University of Twente
%+ Cadmes
%A Koomen, Bas
%Z Part 10: PLM Maturity, Implementation and Adoption
%< avec comité de lecture
%( IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
%B 15th IFIP International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
%C Turin, Italy
%Y Paolo Chiabert
%Y Abdelaziz Bouras
%Y Frédéric Noël
%Y José Ríos
%I Springer International Publishing
%3 Product Lifecycle Management to Support Industry 4.0
%V AICT-540
%P 681-691
%8 2018-07-02
%D 2018
%R 10.1007/978-3-030-01614-2_62
%K PLM
%K SME
%K Implementation
%Z Computer Science [cs]Conference papers
%X Today, the concept of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is widely accepted as strategically important. It is used to manage the increasing complexity of products, processes and organizations. The need to adopt PLM is growing rapidly for Small to Medium-sized Enterprises (SME). PLM implementations are costly and require a lot of effort. The business impact and financial risks are high for SME. Also, SMEs seem to have relatively more difficulties to benefit from PLM. The study at hand addresses the question, based on literature research, why these difficulties exist and how they can be overcome. To answer that question, three sub questions are discussed in this paper. (1) A generic PLM implementation process structure. (2) A list of identified PLM implementation challenges, specific for SME. (3) A classification of PLM research for SME, related to the common PLM implementation process structure. A hypothesis for a PLM implementation failure mechanism in SMEs is formulated, based on the findings. Also, a potential research gap on operational implementation knowledge in SMEs is identified.
%G English
%Z TC 5
%Z WG 5.1
%2 https://inria.hal.science/hal-02075627/document
%2 https://inria.hal.science/hal-02075627/file/474419_1_En_62_Chapter.pdf
%L hal-02075627
%U https://inria.hal.science/hal-02075627
%~ IFIP
%~ IFIP-AICT
%~ IFIP-TC
%~ IFIP-TC5
%~ IFIP-WG
%~ IFIP-PLM
%~ IFIP-WG5-1
%~ IFIP-AICT-540