PLM Basic question

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Guyz,

i'm new to PLM and have some few quick questions for experts ...Pls do not give me SAP URL link to PLM which i already have....appreciate if you could give your hands-on real experienced/expert comments....

1> is PLM for software products or physical products like say car or any product?

2> has any one used successfully for software products (SAP and non-SAP technologies) ? Can we manage all phases of typical software development lifecycle phases (design, develop, test and deploy) ? does it have inbuilt reports to track project activities, document management stuff etc.....

3> does it come with normal ECC6 or add-on (to be installed separately) ?

4> is it out-of-box web based solution or good-old R/3 look&feel and can be confiured with portal?

appreciate if some one shares their experiences with this product....

thanks

[Former Member]

1.PLM Means Product Life Cycle Management

PLM Application is used for Product related information management

Answer to your Question is PLM is for Product Development of any kind, But the concept differs for Physical product & Software product

2.Even MS Project can also be used for PLM

3. i think it come normally with ECC6

4.Answer to your 4 question is "Both solution are there"

For example in Engineering change management it can be done with R/3 and it can also be web based

Collobrative management is purely web based