SAP PLM

What do you like best?

During my internship project, I have used SAP PLM for 3 months through the internship project to streamline the entire product life cycle management where I realized that it is perfect for any application for fulfilling all business needs. It does the job. While deploying my prototype, It has provided the 360-degree-support for all product-related processes - from the first product idea, through manufacturing to product service. I have later also implemented it in SAP S/4 Hana for much better efficiency and to reinvent business models and to drive new revenues and profits. I believe that this tool can fit all types and sizes of manufacturing business. During my research phase, I have also drawn the comparison from SAP PLM tool to other PLM tool in the market. I have never seen such endless possibilities given in any other PLM tool. It gives me a lot of historical data where I could make my Purchase Requisition, Materials and Bill of Material. It supports flexible and new product development processes and streamline the management of project proposals, progress, tasks, timelines. It has really given the concrete way of cost-centered view of the product design and development lifecycle. This makes processes related to the product consistent, efficient, and simpler

What do you dislike?

Sometimes I felt that it is bit difficult to learn and use in the practical way. There are no documentation, training and modules available through the internet for practical implementation of the tool. There are number of different options available which seems to be irrelevant for the beginners. There are no copy paste to ease the work and process. There are lot of customizations that is required for each organization to accommodate their own processes.

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

I was trying to streamline the end to end lifecycle of Beer Product life Cycle management starting from the first ideation, through manufacturing to product service phase. The best thing I liked about was that it makes processes related to the product consistent, efficient, and simpler and provides lower-cost calculation to manage product development, support, and recycling projects effectively.