Adventures in the PLM Multiverse: Mastering Product Development Timelines

Consumers choose products with ever-increasing features in today’s highly competitive commercial landscape. To succeed in this landscape, companies must invest in efficient product development strategies as a key differentiator in determining their success. Adopting a modular product development approach where many product variants are derived from a common platform has become a best practice. However, this approach requires matching the innumerable customer requirements and all the possible product options that can be conceived in the development phase. Most of the Variant Management tools available in the market cannot handle this challenge, addressing variability only on the already developed product as it is presented to the consumers.

The new Variant Management application in Aras Innovator is designed to cover not only the customer-facing product variants, but also the development process of these variants, including mapping to the product requirements and other product representations. It leverages the power of the Aras Innovator platform, including its flexibility and connectivity, to provide a solution that applies to the complete Digital Thread. This allows companies to manage product variants from the start of the development process, addressing complexity in an efficient manner, and reducing the overall product development cycle, thus delivering value to their customers faster.