PLM systems are commonly focused on product development. Therein lies a major opportunity: by better integrating PLM into the value chain, companies can work smarter by making the entire product development, management and manufacturing process much more efficient and intelligent.

1. Teamcenter from Siemens
PLM Software on the
IBM PureFlex System
A flexible, scalable solution for consolidating product
development infrastructure
“Volatile” doesn’t even begin to cover the current landscape of the manu-
Highlights facturing world. Many manufacturing companies have recently gone
through acquisitions, mergers and divestitures, and product development
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Integrate product lifecycle management environments are incredibly complex. Convoluted infrastructures have
with other enterprise functions to drive
better decision-making and efficiency
developed that are inflexible and inefficient, and on top of all this, recent
economic downturns and concerns about future economic troubles are
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Eliminate silos of data and functionality forcing manufacturers to look for ever more aggressive ways to improve
to increase business agility
efficiency and lower costs.
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Enable synchronization of development-
related business processes across the
What is needed is a way to streamline and consolidate the infrastructures
value chain
that support product development applications and data. Manufacturers
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Leverage an expert integrated systems are turning to product lifecycle management solutions to launch new and
platform to simplify implementation and
reduce costs
innovative products, shorten change cycles and customize products for
niche markets. Teamcenter® software from Siemens PLM Software on
the IBM® PureFlex™ System provides a flexible, scalable solution for
consolidating the product development infrastructures of manufacturers.
Transforming the manufacturing landscape
with PLM
Product lifecycle management (PLM) can be defined as an information
strategy, in that it builds a coherent data structure by consolidating
systems. PLM can also be described as an enterprise strategy, as it lets
global organizations work as a single team to design, produce, support
and retire products, while capturing best practices and lessons learned
along the way. Ultimately, PLM is a transformational business strategy
that extends throughout the entire product development process,
touching many different applications, each with different infrastructure
requirements.

2. Streamlined and flexible operations and dramatically reducing the time necessary for
With its unified architecture and robust set of applications, the development. By exposing PLM functions and information to
Teamcenter solution working on the IBM PureFlex System other systems—and vice versa—as needed, the company can
allows manufacturing companies to implement end-to-end keep its entire value chain synchronized.
PLM. The solution delivers a broad and deep portfolio of
seamlessly integrated modules to improve efficiency at each Transform your business with efficiency,
stage of a product’s lifecycle. It was developed to streamline new flexibility, and simplicity
product development, improve value chain synchronization, The PureFlex System is an integrated computing system that
manage enterprise data and regulatory compliance and improve combines compute, storage, networking, virtualization and
product engineering systems efficiencies. Teamcenter on the management into a single structure. It has built-in expertise
PureFlex System allows you to: that allows you to simply manage and flexibly deploy integrated
patterns of virtual and hardware resources through integrated
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Maintain a single source of design data to produce accurate management across multiple operating platforms. Relentless
bills of materials and streamline everyday design management testing and experimentation by IBM means a PureFlex System
tasks and processes solution can reduce IT complexity without compromising the
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Reduce errors through more effective collaboration and the flexibility you need.
elimination of mistake-prone manual handoffs with
manufacturing PureFlex System has a single management interface for
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Manage software assets as part of a single view of the product compute, storage and networking resources to minimize your
structure hardware configuration and setup time. It comes out of the box
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Easily configure service oriented architecture (SOA) to with expertise encapsulated in patterns that IBM has developed
reduce the high cost of implementation based on decades of expertise, enabling deep integration and
central management of the comprehensive, open-choice infra-
Putting value into the value chain structure system and dramatically cutting down on the skills
PLM systems are commonly focused on product development. and training required for managing and deploying the system.
Therein lies a major opportunity: by better integrating PLM It is a workload-aware, flexible platform is designed to be
into the value chain, companies can work smarter by making easy to deploy, customize, safeguard and manage in a traditional
the entire product development, management and manufactur- or private cloud environment—ultimately providing superior
ing process much more efficient and intelligent. IT economics. Running Teamcenter on the PureFlex System
delivers:
Reaching this goal requires a holistic, enterprise-wide approach.
Complete, seamless integration that extends beyond PLM itself ●● ●
Agility, by eliminating silos of data and functionality
is the key. Teamcenter on the PureFlex System helps all prod- ●● ●
Efficiency, by integrating product lifecycle management with
uct-related processes proceed in unison, regardless of whether other enterprise functions to drive better decision-making
they are directly handled by the PLM system. The result is the ●● ●
Simplicity, with easy implementation and deployment
elimination of bottlenecks, enabling much more efficient ●● ●
Control, with better synchronization of development-related
business processes across the value chain
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3. A smarter approach to Product Lifecycle And with a commitment to open standards you can integrate
Management IBM solutions with other elements of your own environment
Teamcenter on the PureFlex System helps companies to achieve with your network of partners, customers and suppliers.
full PLM integration with a comprehensive solution that com-
bines best-of-breed hardware, software and services from both With the technical and industry expertise of IBM Business
companies. Addressing PLM as an enterprise function helps Partners like Siemens PLM Software and our combined ability
you gain the ability to proactively optimize production, sales, and skill to integrate it all together for you—along with an
service and asset management. unwavering commitment to your success—you can rely on
IBM and your IBM PureFlex System for your Teamcenter
The capability, jointly provided by IBM and Siemens, enables implementations.
manufacturing businesses to adopt a smarter approach to
product development. Through it, PLM can become an For more information
integral part of decision-making in today’s complex value To learn more about Teamcenter from Siemens PLM Software
chains. You can reduce inventory expense and facilitate manu- and the IBM PureFlex System, please contact your IBM repre-
facturing decisions with real-time data, while improving sentative or IBM Business Partner, or visit the following
business processes throughout the organization. websites:
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ibm.com/pureflex
Siemens and IBM solutions combine to power a company’s ●● ●
siemens.com/teamcenter
strategic business initiatives. Together, Siemens and IBM can
deliver an end-to-end solution across disparate systems and Additionally, IBM Global Financing can help you acquire the
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business problems and integrated it into the PureFlex System.
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