Dassault Systemes PLM gains momentum across diverse industries
11 Jan '07
3 min read
ENOVIA MatrixOne product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions are playing a strategic role in a growing range of industries as companies adapt to fast-moving markets and shrinking windows of profitability, Dassault Systèmes announced.
The new market realities are not confined to PLM's traditional stronghold in product data management for discrete manufacturing. Consumer product, apparel, high-tech and other industries face the same regulatory environments as their heavy manufacturing counterparts, and even more intense market pressure because of volatile consumer demand.
Senior executives in industries ranging from automotive to food processing, speaking at the recent ENOVIA MatrixOne Global Customer conference, described a common set of strategic challenges that they are addressing with ENOVIA MatrixOne PLM solutions.
According to the Dec. 7, 2006 AMR Research Alert Dassault Extols ENOVIA MatrixOne, Touts Its Place As a Cornerstone of Its Business, "The set of customers presenting [at GCC] was quite diverse, including Nokia, Guess, The GAP, Johnson & Johnson and Faurecia. They shared common challenges that ENOVIA MatrixOne is helping to address, among them master data management, global design teams, product configuration and configuration management."
"PLM will be the center of the universe at Guess?," said Mike Relich, the apparel company's CIO and senior vice president IT and eCommerce. His presentation described PLM solutions as the best way for the company to ensure that global product development and business operations are responsive to fast-moving market demands. "When people see new fashion on MTV they want it right away. Long gone are the days when we had 12 months to develop a product line and the advertising to sell it," Relich said.