The South African engineering and manufacturing industries drive employment and growth in the economy, but face a large industrialisation and supplier development challenge in a globally competitive and knowledge intensive market. In order to enable industry participants and new entrants to deliver globally consumed products and services that are eco-friendly, regulatory compliant and sustainable, industry participants are urged to employ a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) approach. PLM streamlines the flow of multi-disciplinary information about products, services and related processes throughout a complete product lifecycle, to ensure that the right information is available in the right context and at the right time. This paper motivates the need for increased adoption of PLM in South Africa, by showing potential benefit to selected South African engineering and manufacturing industries.
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Erasmus, J., Jacob M., and Erasmus, L.D. 2015. The need for PLM in South Africa. In: Eleventh SA INCOSE Conference 2015: System Engineering - Shifting the Barriers, CSIR International Conference Centre, Pretoria, September 2015
Erasmus, J., Jacob, M., & Erasmus, L. D. (2015). The need for PLM in South Africa. International Council on Systems Engineering. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8850
Erasmus, J, M Jacob, and Louwrence D Erasmus. "The need for PLM in South Africa." (2015): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8850
Erasmus J, Jacob M, Erasmus LD, The need for PLM in South Africa; International Council on Systems Engineering; 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8850 .
11th SA INCOSE Conference 2015: System Engineering - Shifting the Barriers, CSIR International Conference Centre, Pretoria, 16-18 September 2015. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the abstract of the full text item. For access to the full text item, please consult the publisher's website
