{"id":3863,"date":"2022-08-11T23:46:51","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T23:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/durolabs.co\/?p=3863"},"modified":"2024-07-03T22:39:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T22:39:58","slug":"connect-your-plm-to-erp-with-a-single-click","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durolabs.co\/blog\/connect-your-plm-to-erp-with-a-single-click\/","title":{"rendered":"Connect your PLM to ERP with a single click"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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At Duro,\u00a0Product Lifecycle Management<\/a>\u00a0(PLM) should be implemented before Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) whenever possible. This ensures that engineering remains the master source of truth and only the latest product information is passed downstream into ERP for manufacturing.<\/p>

If changes to product records are only made under ERP\u2019s management, there is a high risk the as-manufactured product will differ from the as-designed record, making it problematic to maintain and update throughout the product\u2019s service life.<\/p>

There are also risks: the product not meeting its specifications, duplicated or redundant work, manual corrective actions, and costly errors. This is why PLM must come\u00a0before ERP<\/a>.<\/p>

PLM and ERP must also work seamlessly together. Traditionally, a Systems Integrator (SI) would be engaged to configure a connector between the systems and incorporate business logic. This ensured the right actions and protections were built into the product manufacturing process, but it was time-consuming and costly.<\/p>

Today, manufacturers must be much more agile and avoid funding complex consulting projects when performing a PLM to ERP integration. Cloud-native solutions offer a much simpler solution. They provide manufacturers with out-of-the-box (OOTB) tools that can be connected simply with a single click.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Lengthy consulting engagements were traditionally needed to construct a digital bridge between PLM and ERP<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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PLM and ERP solutions are fundamentally different. PLM solutions are architected to help product engineers manage their product designs. Product structures are highly complex, incorporating hundreds or even thousands of components. However, the number of transactions a PLM solution handles is relatively low at any one time.<\/p>

ERP solutions are architected to help manufacture products one component at a time but in high volume. The single product structure from PLM gets decomposed into its most basic components for manufacturing purposes by ERP.<\/p>

While they have very different characteristics, both solutions are vital for designing and manufacturing quality products.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Getting the right information to flow between PLM and ERP has been challenging. Consulting engagements were required for business studies and to match up the different tasks and data fields to build the digital bridge between legacy on-premises applications.<\/p>

According to\u00a0one report<\/a>,\u00a0\u201can ERP implementation can cost\u00a0anything between\u00a0$150,000 and $750,000\u00a0for a mid-sized business\u201d.<\/em>\u00a0Not only did this add to the costs for getting a product to market, but engineering and manufacturing teams continued to work in silos.<\/p>

This led to gaps, rework loops, manual touch, duplicated tasks, incomplete master data management and consequently quality and\u00a0time to market<\/a>\u00a0issues.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Today\u2019s engineers need greater flexibility<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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In today\u2019s globally connected world, it\u2019s no longer an option to spend months integrating PLM and ERP systems. It\u2019s imperative that the way information is presented by PLM to ERP through dedicated bridges is flexible to support frequent change.<\/p>

Product life cycles are getting shorter, especially for hardware and electronic products, and these products rely heavily upon external global suppliers to provide sourced content. A flexible digital bridge is necessary because hardware products have these characteristics:<\/p>