Creating a Profession for PLM Practitioners

 
 

The Home of Professional PLM

The PLM industry needs a recognised, worldwide professional structure for the people who work within it. The Professional PLM Initiative has been set up to fulfil this need.

 

 

The Initiative covers the whole spectrum of what it means to be 'professional' in PLM.  This will be a significant step forward, and will change the way that PLM practitioners work.

 

 

The Initiative is inclusive and interactive.  This web site shows the latest developments, and how you can get involved.

 
 
   

Professional PLM - Steering Group

 

The Steering Group is the driving force behind the Professional PLM Initiative.  It provides top-down direction, expertise, and moral authority; maintains the high-level aims of the Initiative; and sets the detailed actions to be achieved from one period to next.

   

With so much to be defined and agreed, in terms of certification, accreditation, and development of the body of knowledge, the Steering Group's impartial expertise and guidance is essential.

 

Any new profession must be an integral part of the PLM industry.  A broadly-based Steering Group with participation from many countries enables this to happen.

The Steering Group is the only active platform that is specifically focused on extending professionalism in PLM.  It brings together organisations in a Round Table format to form a new 'Voice of the Industry'.

 
   

 

Role of the Steering Group

The Steering Group provides an independent, balanced, high-level viewpoint that represents the voice of the PLM industry around the globe.  Its meetings set the targets that drive the overall Initiative progress. The collective knowledge and experience of its members maintains its direction.

The expertise of Steering Group members is the primary source of guidance for technical and project activity.

If there is to be a new PLM profession, it must meet the needs of the PLM industry now, and also in 10 and 20 years' time.  This must be achieved at a time when PLM itself may be evolving into a different discipline because of the pull towards a 'Digital World'.

The Steering Group represents and makes decisions on all of these views.

 
   

 

Terms of Reference

The main parameters of the Steering Group are:-

 

Purpose

 

Provide high-level drive and guidance to the Initiative. Steering Group funding provides the platform for PLMIG project management and material.

Role

 

Provide oversight of Initiative progress and direction. Work in synergy with the International PLM Panel.

Mission Statement

 

"To guide the Professional PLM Initiative to lay the foundations for a PLM Professional Body to be established."

Composition

 

Round Table format of Members.
SG invites or approves new members as the Initiative develops.

Modus Operandi

 

Steering Group meets on-line every two months, by arrangement.
All working material is provided. SG agreed conclusions are actioned by the PLMIG.

Overall Aim

 

Lead the Initiative through the Foundation Stage to establish the ongoing Work Programme.  Drive the Initiative as far as defining the parameters of the new Professional Body; and then assist in setting up the Professional Body.

 
   

 

Who Should Join?

Users, vendors, consultants, integrators and academics who want to take a lead in forming the future of PLM.  Participation in the Steering Group is open to PLM practitioners from any organisation, in any role, from any country.

PLM needs a global profession, and companies from every part of the manufacturing world are strongly encouraged to join the Group.

Being on the Steering Group enables you to influence this initiative at an early stage to maximise benefits for your company and for the long-term good of the PLM industry.  It also gives you a window into the benefits of a PLM profession and of how the industry might develop over the next few years.

 
   

 

Benefits of Participation

Organisations of all types can benefit from Steering Group participation, in terms of the immediate insights generated by the structuring of a Profession, and by influencing the direction and future outcomes.

For users, the benefits come in the form of formalised knowledge, learnings from other members, and practical cross-fertilisation of best practice; connections with other thought leaders; and being part of the 'Voice of PLM' that can shape the way that PLM develops.

For vendors, providers and advisers the benefits include a new collective interaction with the user base as the professional criteria are defined; establishing the standards and the value of the professional skills that are already provided; and expanding the overall take-up of PLM as more companies and regions of the world become aware and better able to adopt.

For educational establishments and academia it connects your training and syllabus development with the overall needs of the PLM population, and demonstrates a commitment to high standards and quality.

These benefits are summarised in a downloadable Datasheet.

 
   

 

How to Join

 

If you would like to join the Steering Group, you can Register here.

You will receive a copy of the Summary Document set and an overview of ongoing activity, and then we can arrange a specific Briefing Session for you and your colleagues.

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