generic open source plm solution

OW2Con 2011, November 23-24, Orange Labs, Paris. www.ow2.org.

PLM

Open Source PLM Building a generic modern PLM solution

Florent Garin, DocDoku


•  IT consultancy company •  France based •  Team : 10 people passionate about software •  The founders

•  Florent Garin CTO, certified Java EE architect, trainer, book writer

•  Eric Descargues Sales director, agile project manager

Who are we?

•  Competency= IT •  Activities= Consulting, Training, Application development •  Open Source= DocDokuPLM


•  PLM definition •  What does PLM provide? •  Our vision, our project

Agenda


“Manages the entire lifecycle of a product from its conception to disposal. Integrates people, data, processes and business systems and provides a product information backbone.”

Wikipedia

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)


PLM, what is about?

Product Structure

Data Visualization

Process Management

Bill of Materials

Change Management

Product Configuration

Document Management

User access control


•  Decrease time to market •  Increase quality •  Reduce costs •  Achieve better productivity •  Ensure legal compliance •  Meet traceability requirements •  Manage complexity

What are the purposes of PLM?


•  PLM systems are traditionally used and designed for the manufacturing industry •  Why? •  Does any sector could benefit from a PLM system?

•  Open Source has proved to be more efficient than proprietary development process •  So, why not an Open Source PLM?

•  The social ERA has come, PLM software should embrace it

•  The cloud is changing the way enterprises make use of IT, PLM solutions cannot escape that evolution

Our vision


•  Still in early stage (fall 2011) but yet production-ready •  Used by mia-electric (electric car maker)

•  OW2 incubated

•  GPL v3

•  http://plm.docdoku.com •  Training, support and customization provided by DocDoku

DocDokuPLM


•  Cross-platform, multi-device •  Because PLM involve people inside and outside the company using

heterogeneous OS and devices

•  Enterprise level Software •  Reliability, security and performance are not options

•  Standard compliant •  To protect investments •  Adapted from STEP 10303

•  Open API •  Mandatory for interoperability

•  Cloud-Ready •  Because Cloud is more than a buzzword, it’s a strong movement

Technical specifications


DocDokuPLM Architecture – Big picture


•  Location Immeuble Le Delphe 35 rue Lancefoc 31000 Toulouse Tel : +335 61 72 24 09 Fax : +339 56 10 29 17

•  Web

http://www.docdoku.com http://plm.docdoku.com http://twitter.com/docdoku

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