The following are the list of Consultative Services provided to companies investing to reap the benefits of a PDM Solution:

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PDM Strategic Planning

Assist in defining the short-, medium-, and long-term goals of your company, division, department or workgroup PDM Solution.

AS IS and TO BE Analysis

Assess the current (AS IS) product process, including workflow, dataflow, data transition, contribution factors, bottlenecks and facilitators. Determine the most effective proposed (TO BE) product process based on an intimate awareness of the PDM Solutions available in the industry.

PDM Requirements Definition

Provide a detailed description of your requirements of a PDM Solution, including PDM functionality, system integration with legacy systems, application integration and technological foundation that is in line with your TO BE product process and the goals of your company, division, department or workgroup.

PDM Cost Justification

Using the Life Cycle Solutions' PDM Cost Justification Toolkit, provide a realistic cost model of your AS IS product process and the TO BE product process to demonstrate the financial benefits and the savings anticipated of a PDM solution, including a Return on Investment (ROI) analysis based on your investment period.

PDM Product Evaluation and Vendor Selection

Through the use of a defined Requirements Definition and the electronic use of the Life Cycle Solutions PDM System Evaluation Toolkit, provide a total Request For Proposal (RFP) package to a Short-List of PDM vendors that are most probable to meet your requirements; facilitate the vendor visits and demonstrations, and using the Evaluation Toolkit, provide a quantitative and qualitative analysis to select the PDM Vendor that will meet your needs.

PDM Project Planning

Prepare a Project Plan that will ensure the successful implementation and evolution of the selected PDM Solution. This Project Plan details the use of internal and external resources for tasks such as environmental preparation, product installation, product customization, training, application and system integration, and solution support. This Project Plan complies with the Strategic Goals, the TO BE product process, and the Cost Justification model put in place and agreed to by your management and the selected PDM Vendor.

PDM Project Management

Provide day to day management of the PDM Solution Implementation Plan to ensure monitoring of deliverables, milestones, contingencies, resource allocations, measured results, and the selling of successes throughout the project initiative.

PDM Systems and Network Design

Establish a technologically sound and evolutionarily consistent System and Network Design that will enable all those involved to work from a common technical framework including: all Host and Client hardware/software; application integration; data integration; MRP integration; Local Area Network (LAN) and Wide Area Network (WAN) definition; and distributed PDM solution support.

PDM Implementation Support

Work cooperatively with the PDM Vendor to install the PDM product, integrate the PDM solution in accordance with the PDM Systems and Network Design, while adhering to the PDM Solution Implementation Plan.

PDM Integration Support

Provide PDM solution integration with all applications, data sources and technologies through the use of PDM Application Programmatic Interfaces (APIs), Intelligent Forms utilities, and integration layers that make use of database, network and operating system standards to eliminate hard-to-support custom solutions.

Standards Compliance

Comply to today's international market demands for ISO standards like ISO9000, Quality Systems, and ISO10303 Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data. PDM systems have a role in this compliance and Life Cycle Solutions, Inc. can insure that your company, organization and workgroup PDM solutions facilitate adhering to these standards.

Cultural Readiness

Assist in the transitioning of those individuals affected by the PDM solution, through the use of internal training, information dissemination and one-on-one or group discussions to increase their awareness of their role in the PDM solution and to facilitate incorporating their input into the formation and evolution of the resulting system.

PDM Ownership Transition

Life Cycle Solutions, Incorporated plans PDM solution ownership transition into every project. This entails enabling you to take over what we do as soon as you are ready by transferring our knowledge to select individuals in your company. We are only there as long as you actually need us, not as long as we make you need us! Some call it "Consulting with a Conscience". We call it "Good Business".