{"id":30581,"date":"2024-12-06T09:48:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T08:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.huwise.com\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=30581"},"modified":"2024-12-06T09:50:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T08:50:31","slug":"product-data-management-pdm","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.huwise.com\/en\/glossary\/product-data-management-pdm\/","title":{"rendered":"Product Data Management (PDM)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is product data management (PDM)?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Product data management (PDM) is the central system and processes used to securely capture and manage engineering data and process information during product development. It is part of product lifecycle management (PLM), which covers the complete lifecycle of a product.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data stored within a PDM system includes computer-aided design (CAD), models, parts information, manufacturing instructions, requirements, notes and documents. This is then used by all employees who work with products, including engineers, quality assurance, project managers, salespeople and component buyers, often on a global scale. It integrates with other systems to deliver a single version of the truth around products and product information.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are the benefits of Product Data Management (PDM)?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By creating a centralized repository of all product information, a PDM solution delivers multiple benefits:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increased efficiency, as data is accessible to all in a single place and can be easily discovered and used<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greater collaboration, with data enabling global teams to work together seamlessly<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huwise.com\/en\/blog\/2016-05-17-data-quality-second-white-house-open-data-roundtable\/\">data quality<\/a>, with all information centralized and quality-checked to avoid errors<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Better protection of intellectual property through full audit trails and access rights management<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lower risks through access to consistent data across the product process<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improved enforcement of corporate processes and version control, such as through document control, electronic signatures and configurable watermarks<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How does a Product Data Management (PDM) solution work?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The product data management process involves three steps:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Collection <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of data from existing business systems<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Cleansing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and refining data by the PDM system to remove duplication or inconsistencies<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Centralization<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of data in a single platform, accessible to all relevant users<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once data has been collected, cleansed and centralized, the system should also manage metadata around particular files, control check-in\/check-out access to users, ensure version and release control, and update if and when product configurations change.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What features should a Product Data Management (PDM) solution provide?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A product data management solution should include the following key features:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Integration capabilities<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The solution should automatically integrate with relevant systems across the product lifecycle, connecting to share and synchronize data out of the box with solutions such as ERP, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), and Product Information Management (PIM). This ensures that data can be both collected seamlessly and shared with relevant systems and users across the organization.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Built-in data tools<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the single, central record of product information, data quality and version control are both vital features for a PDM system. This requires powerful, built-in tools that can validate, cleanse, enrich and standardize product data, including removing duplicates and correcting common errors and inconsistent information before it is uploaded and shared.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scalability<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Product data is normally extremely detailed, meaning that files are large in size, containing data, plans, diagrams and other schematic information. Files need to be available to a wide range of users, often across the organization and its global offices. The PDM solution has to scale to deliver seamless high performance sharing to everyone. Consequently, most modern PDM solutions are cloud-based.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collaboration capabilities<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PDM enables collaboration across departments, global teams and supply chains. Solutions should support collaboration through additional tools that encourage sharing and the creation of relationships between users, such as via communication and feedback channels.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Security and rights management<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Product data is normally highly confidential and intellectual property needs to be safeguarded, particularly if it is being shared with other members of your supply chain. The PDM solution should therefore feature robust rights management and access privileges, controlling access to data and providing an audit trail of which data users have viewed. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[232],"letter":[363],"class_list":["post-30581","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry","tag-data-sharing","letter-p"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Product Data Management (PDM) - Huwise<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Product Data Management: central system used to securely capture and manage engineering data, process information during product development.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huwise.com\/en\/glossary\/product-data-management-pdm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Product Data Management (PDM) - 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