I'm a faithful reader of Seth's Blog by Seth Godin. In a recent post titled "Who goes first?" Seth said this about initiating a new project...
Initiating a project, a blog, a wikipedia article, a family journey--these are things that don't come naturally to many people. The challenge is in initiating something even when you're not putatively in charge. Not enough people believe they are capable of productive initiative.
Put this in my PLM brain and sparks start flying!
After years in this business, it never ceases to amaze me where PLM champions come from. Sure, a lot of PLM programs are top down, C-level initiatives. But many more are started at the grass roots level by people who care about what they do, want to produce the best possible results and know that somehow there's got to be a better way.
I love these folks. They are passionate, energetic and creative. And they aren't sitting at their computers waiting for a corporate directive to find solutions to improve their businesses.
What about you? Are you tired of re-creating the same part because you can't find the existing one? Sick of tossing components because manufacturing missed a design change on the last run? Frustrated that you don't know where a project stands or what's holding it up?
You need to get yourself some PLM.
What's that? No budget? This is Aras PLM. You don't need a budget. You just need to download it, watch a couple getting started videos and start fixing problems. Today. Get stuck? Check out our community forums.
The question isn't can you do it. The question is: what are you waiting for?