PLM GLOSSARY

Fundamentals of PLM

Dassault Systèmes' PLM mission is to help companies engineer, simulate and optimize the entire lifecycle of manufactured goods. The fundamentals of PLM are building blocks of the Dassault Systèmes solutions created to achieve that mission.

The PLM Fundamentals are:

• Process Centric - optimizing industry-specific business processes;
• Collaborative Workspaces - providing pervasive, communication and collaboration through a common, 3D work environment;
• Product, Process, Resources Model (PPR) - an integrated model that interlinks representations of the Product, the manufacturing Resources (tooling, factory, operators) and the production Process;
• Knowledge - capturing, sharing, and reapplying corporate information, know how and other intellectual property (IP) assets;
• CAA V5 (Component Application Architecture) - encouraging development of other PLM solutions by independent software vendors through a comprehensive, open development platform.