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Product Configuration and Manufacturing
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Brian A. Diamond, Chief Executive Officer, Connexa Softools, Inc.1627 W. Main St, Ste 438, Bozeman, MT 59715
888-526-0189 x707 / [email protected] / www.connexatools.com
Flexible-Product-Framework
Ensuring Continual IT Innovation
Always look forward
Be enablers, not constraints
IT thought leadership
Continuous Improvement = Continuous Innovation
Healthy sales/product development balance
Buy simplicity and flexibility
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Realizing Full Value of “Green” Mfg
Embrace technology to support new process capabilities and create opportunity
Green manufacturing parallels
Start at the beginning
Lean Six Sigma
Kanban Kaizen
Regulate yourself
Align goals
2
Saving Your IT Budget
Plan strategically, not reactively
Recycle
Spend strategically
Embrace new technologies Virtualization Bandwidth
Optimization Efficiency
Apply methodologies to IT planning
3
Integrating PLM with ERPDo you need it?
What are the considerations? Product complexity Product lifecycle Market Forces
Budget / Resources Goals Technology
4
PRODUCT COMPLEXITYHow complex are your products?
What drives the complexity? Product Innovations Development Timeframe Features / Options Compatibilities / Rules Inventory / BOM
Management Process Requirements
5
PRODUCT LIFE CYCLEWhy does this matter?
What are the considerations? Product complexity Internal Process Data Access Market dynamics
6
BUDGET CONSIDERATIONSWhat will your budget allow?What will the impact be? Licenses Implementation Fees Hardware Costs Maintenance Costs Staffing / Outsourcing
Costs Maintenance & Support Added Complexity
7
TECHNOLOGYWill your current applications support integration?
What are the considerations?
Business Requirements Data Management / Data Governance Business Process / Workflow Access Requirements
8
GOALS
What are your Goals?
Are they aligned with desired outcomes?
Corporate Departmental Customer
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QUESTIONS
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