About

We are the team behind WhichPLM, a repository for up-to-the-minute PLM news and an increasing range of industry-defining projects. We provide a suite of online tools and expert advice with the aim of objectively evaluating the full range of available PLM solutions at no charge to customers.

Since its launch in September 2008, WhichPLM has gone on to become an industry institution. This website now boasts more than 12,000 regular readers.

We have used this popularity and our long-standing fiercely independent position to pioneer what many consider to be the de facto industry benchmarking programme. Suppliers face 860 exhaustive questions designed in line with best practice and our own in-depth business process knowledge, after which their solutions are evaluated and scored according to exacting criteria. We share this information with everybody in the form of our comparison engine, with the aim of promoting better communication between PLM suppliers and their prospective customers.

We believe that this comprehensive overview of so many solutions represents considerable added value for both our clients and the industry as a whole. We firmly believe that the right solution is the solution that is right for your business, and the chances are that we know exactly how well each of your shortlisted solutions fit your particular business objectives. Why not run a comparison test for yourself and find out?

As well as objective benchmarking and reporting on the latest developments, the website features regular articles, reports and blogs written by our team of technical authors. Nowhere is our blend of specialist knowledge and clear communication better captured than in our pioneering, industry-wide customer satisfaction survey.

Published in September of last year, following a six-month data collection and analysis period, the Survey Report delivers an industry first: unbiased feedback from over 500 PLM customers, including many of the leading retailers, brands and manufacturers from around the world. The report is a premium document, providing an exhaustive, 25,000 word snapshot of the industry as it stands today. We plan to repeat the survey annually, getting bigger and better every time, so that we can track the progress of the industry year-on-year, making that valuable information available to the people who can make a difference.

We are also pioneering a high-quality certification and training programme. Informed by our substantial experience and taught by our finest experts, the WhichPLM Certification Programme will debut later this year, with the aim of helping both new and experienced staff extract full value from their company’s PLM solution. Substantial course materials are written by the same minds behind the WhichPLM Survey Report, and we guarantee that participants will leave our courses with detailed knowledge appropriate to their job, and a full understanding of how PLM can work for them.

Our mission statement has always been clear. All of this additional effort is intended to help the industry as a whole mature. As a team and individually, we understand PLM from the foundations upwards and are invested in providing services above and beyond basic consultation to ensure that as many businesses as possible are able to take full advantage of all that PLM offers.

Every piece of added value that we and our sister company bring is underpinned by our demonstrable skills, decades’ worth of global experience, tried and tested methods, and our strong ethics.