PLM Reviews: Product Lifecycle Management Reviews

Annual Review

For years, WhichPLM has provided the industry with our Product Lifecycle Management Reviews, dubbed the ‘PLM bibles.’ Here, you will find a mixture of our older publications (entitled ‘Annual Reports’) and our newer ones (entitled ‘Editions’); you will also find scattered a host of other industry reviews, event reviews, vendor reports, PLM reviews, and editorial features.

Below you will find some exclusive pieces, originally published in our annual PLM reviews for 2014 and 2013, exploring a multitude of topics: 3D working in apparel, PLM integration and implementation, compliance, pricing, supply chain transparency, wearable technology, and more – dating back as far as 2011.

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WhichPLM’s 7th Edition PLM User and Project Team Survey

3rd April 2017 Lydia Mageean

For six years, WhichPLM has provided the industry with market intelligence, vendor listings, the results of an extensive PLM customer survey, and exclusive features all within our Annual Reviews. In September 2017 WhichPLM will publish our ‘7th Edition’.

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Download the WhichPLM Report: 5th Edition

25th January 2017 Lydia Mageean

With WhichPLM’s 6th Edition now in full circulation, we’re delighted to announce that our 5th Edition Report is now available to download, free of charge. The 5th Edition contains exclusive articles from industry thought leaders, interviews with the vendors, customers and pioneers shaping the future of 3D for the apparel industry, the results of our extensive […]

Event Reviews

Lectra’s Fashion Forward Event 2016: the WhichPLM Report (part one)

27th October 2016 Mark Harrop

Mark Harrop, our CEO & Founder, has recently returned from Lectra’s Fashion Forward event, where he was one of eight guest speakers. With such a wealth of information to share with our community, his coverage is split into two parts. Here, in part one, Mark discusses the live customer interviews, Q&As and presentations around PLM, […]

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6th Edition Free Draw! (week two)

26th September 2016 Lydia Mageean

We’re now into week two (of four) of our 6th Edition free draw; enter the competition to win a free copy! With submissions collected afresh each week, make sure to enter every time to be in with a chance of winning.

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6th Edition Free Draw! (week one)

19th September 2016 Lydia Mageean

WhichPLM’s 6th Edition Report has now begun shipping, and we are offering the chance each week (for four consecutive weeks) for one lucky winner in our community to win a free copy!

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The Death of the Sample and the Rise of the Virtual Fashionista

1st September 2016 Lydia Mageean

In a piece originally running in last year’s 5th Edition publication, business process expert and occasional WhichPLM reporter, Kilara Le, examines the fashion industry’s history of innovation, and the melding of craftsmanship and technical expertise that will be required for fashion and technology to truly mix.

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Intrinsically igniting your PLM team

9th August 2016 Lydia Mageean

Nancy Winslow is a freelance writer and software consultant, with experience of implementing a host of different PLM solutions in retail and brand environments. Today we post a piece from Nancy originally published in our Annual Review 2014.

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The 1-2-3 of PLM

13th June 2016 Lydia Mageean

In a WhichPLM exclusive article, originally running in our Annual Review 2014, PLM integration and implementation consultant Brion Carroll II introduces retailers, brands and manufacturers to the tentative preparatory steps that follow their selection of a PLM solution.

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Making a True Commitment to Compliance

16th May 2016 Lydia Mageean

Amidst new industry buzzwords, it’s important not to leave CSR behind, or view it as a ‘passing trend’. In her first exclusive feature for WhichPLM (originally running in our Annual Review 2014), Anneke Magendans brings years’ worth of experience in sourcing and supply chain management complemented with a master’s degree in Corporate Social Responsibility