Lectra releases White Paper on PLM implementation

French cutting room specialist, Lectra has recently unveiled a white paper titled ‘Thriving through change – The modern PLM project team handbook’ in association with whichplm.com – online destination for businesses in the retail, footwear and apparel industry. A PLM project is about creating opportunities for engagement, collaboration, modernity, transparency and beauty not just in products themselves, but in the processes of their creation, the handbook cites.

The white paper discusses the PLM implementation project team’s scope right from selecting the right PLM partner, to safeguarding brand identity and communicating the need for change in a way that is conducive to corporate culture. Enlisting and detailing the responsibilities, a modern PLM project team is charged with, the document speaks of six steps – mapping current business technologies, processes, challenges and opportunities, ROI Analysis, selecting a PLM partner, scoping and managing the implementation pioneering communication and change management and measuring the value achieved through the PLM project.