Success Story I Setting the stage for a new product lifecycle management (PLM) solution

Setting the stage for a new product lifecycle management (PLM) solution

CHALLENGES

Our client, a leader in the pharmaceutical industry, has an ageing PLM, difficult to maintain due to numerous successive customizations and not fully optimized for operational use, even though essential for managing the product portfolio

Cylad was mandated to support the Programme team in scoping the future PLM solution by defining the target functional scope and prioritizing requirements with the key players in the product lifecycle.

SOLUTIONS

Cylad’s method has relied on the reconciliation between the top-down strategic stakes regarding product lifecycle  with the needs of operational teams.

• ‘Top-down’ approach with Executive committee members and Business Process Owners to
  • Identify the major strategic stakes by function
  • Clarify the expected contribution of a PLM solution

• ‘Bottom-up’ approach with operational teams to
  • Identify the strengths and weaknesses of the current solution and associated processes
  • Validate the main functional principles and use cases

• Reconciliation of both perspectives to consolidate and prioritize the needs according to the expected value and their applicability

In parallel, identification and assessment of business benefits expected from the deployment of a new PLM to build the business case for the future redesign project

KEY DELIVERABLES

• Business requirements formalized & prioritized

• IT Functional architecture orientations

• Business case for PLM 2.0