Why PLM Implementations Are So Complex – And How to Twin It

Most PLM projects apparently follow a familiar path. Leadership decides the organization needs PLM, a platform is selected, budget is approved, the program is launched – and then reality hits. Engineering works with multiple CAD systems, operations and engineering use different data structures, product data lives in several places, and the “simple” integrations that need to be built, turn into months of work.​ Two years later, the program is over budget, behind schedule, and nobody is sure whether it really delivers value.