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Creating a Profession for PLM Practitioners
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The Home of Professional PLM
The PLM industry needs a recognised, worldwide profession for the people who work within it. The
Professional PLM Initiative has been set up to fulfil this need.
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The Initiative aims to establish a professional structure within the PLM industry that will
support its practitioners, and the discipline of PLM itself, in line with evolving methods and technologies.
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PLM practitioners will continue to be undervalued until the work that they do is made clear to the rest of
the business world. Forming a single, global PLM Profession is the way to make this happen.
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PLM as a Profession
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Mission
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The Mission of the Initiative is to raise PLM onto the same level as
existing professions, by bringing together PLM practitioners from around
the world to form a single, global Professional Body that will support and
maintain the discipline into the long-term future.
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The drive to form a specific profession for PLM will not only raise profile and awareness amongst
other disciplines, but will have the effect of expanding and integrating the worldwide PLM industry.
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As the Initiative reaches through the world's manufacturing countries it will spread good practice and
cross-fertilise ideas. This can be leveraged by participants to actively enhance
the direction, growth and adoption of PLM.
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White Paper
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The White Paper sets out the definitive rationale of the need for and benefits of a recognised PLM Profession.
It is a blueprint for the development of the industry, and a starting point for the Working Group.
See the White Paper >>>
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Industry Planning Forum
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Practitioners from both sides of the Atlantic met and generated some practical guidelines which will now be taken forward.
The Summary Document is available for download.
See more >>>
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'No More Offshore' Forum
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The 'No More Offshore' Forum looked at the challenges and benefits of the drive for One Professional World and made some
far-reaching proposals for improvement.
See more >>>
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PLM Centres of Excellence
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The proposal is to establish a PLM Centre of Excellence in India, with other similar centres around the world. These could be
federated to create a professional structure.
See more >>>
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How to Participate in the Initiative
The way to benefit from the Professional PLM Initiative is to interact with it. Companies can join the
Steering Group or Working Group, and individual practitioners can become part of the Associate Programme.
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Find Out More
If you have any specific ideas or feedback about the material on this site then you can add your views directly.
Follow the links above through to the respective pages, or send your questions or comments to
input@professionalplm.org.
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