Use PLM to optimize your product quality processes

As a leader of your company, you need to close the loop on product quality while meeting growing compliance requirements. How do you focus on continuous product improvement when burdened with decentralized or manual systems and globally distributed teams?

With PLM, you will introduce digital traceability and data governance into your product development processes. The result? You will improve quality benchmarks and increase customer satisfaction while inspiring greater product innovation. Watch this short video featuring IDC analysts to learn more.

Improve product quality with PLM

By integrating PLM into your quality initiatives, you will gain direct visibility to traceable product information throughout every step of the lifecycle. The benefits? Addressing customer complaints and non-conformances immediately with corrective and preventative actions.

Here are a few metrics on how to achieve this with PLM:

Drive Better Quality Compliance

Drive better
quality compliance

Reduce the compliance cycle time by 35% on document gap analysis.

Optimize Product Quality Processes

Optimize
product quality processes

Reduce the number of CAPAs (corrective and preventative actions) by 60% to speed up quality checks.

Decrease Cost of Poor Quality

Decrease
cost of poor quality

Drive down costs by 40% with better quality products. 

PLM capabilities for quality

For manufacturers embarking on a digital transformation, PLM provides a solid foundation for the smart, connected enterprise by enabling a digital thread of information.

Change and Configuration Management
Quality Management
Project Collaboration, Governance, and Workflow
Product Data Management

Change and Configuration Management

Make dynamic, fast-paced, coordinated changes throughout the product lifecycle to ensure all stakeholders are accessing the most up-to-date product information.

Quality Management

Continually improve the quality of the product and reduce service instances to improve customer satisfaction.

Project Collaboration, Governance, and Workflow

Manage and execute complex product development projects with powerful PLM collaboration tools.

Product Data Management

Manage multi-CAD data in a single system using tight integration with Creo, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, and other CAD tools.

Nidec Case Study

Producing with Quality: The Nidec Global Appliance Story

Nidec Global Appliance has a mission; develop innovative solutions for improving a customer’s quality of life. As one of the largest manufacturers of hermetic compressors and refrigeration solutions, Nidec faces strengthening global regulations for energy efficiency. By digitally transforming, learn how it meets regulatory requirements while delivering on its mission.

Read the Story

Additional PLM quality management resources

PLM Buyer's Guide

Analyst Report: Weaving Quality into PLM

Learn why top executives ranked automated quality services as the first feature they look for in a PLM solution. 
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CIMdata’s Closed-Loop Quality Tool

Indicate where you have challenges in quality management and get specific recommendations on capabilities that will help address them. 
Review Aberdeen’s Research

Review the 2023 PLM-Quality Survey

Learn best practices from your peers on how to leverage a holistic, quality-first PLM strategy.

Explore the digital thread for quality

Get analyst reports, webcasts, customer case studies, and more.

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