Driving Transformation and Sustainability in Manufacturing through Enterprise Product Lifecycle Management

Edzil has over 22 years of core industry experience in areas such as product development, supply chain and program/project management. He has worked on a variety of large consulting and implementation engagements in the area of New Product Introduction (NPI), Supply Chain and Customer Experience Management. Atul has over 18 years of experience in the automotive, industrial machinery, electro-mechanical and sensing and control domains. He has handled multiple roles in the area of NPI, product development, engineering services, business process consulting, and project management. He has managed a number of strategic consulting assignments in the areas of product development and PLM for major automotive clients. Sunil has over 12 years of consulting experience in the automotive, industrial machinery, and defense domains. His expertise lies in the areas of NPI, Design Change Management, Manufacturing Engineering, and Quality and Cost Management. He has handled some key roles in PLM and ERP system implementations for large automotive OEMs. As economies worldwide gain new levels of maturity, issues of sustainability and social responsibility — both from a regulatory compliance perspective and a customer awareness point of view — have become key value drivers for manufacturing organizations. Process and discrete manufacturing organizations are grappling with the double-edged sword of risk and opportunity. Manufacturing organizations should leverage Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) programs and transform their business processes to not only enhance business performance, but also promote sustainability within the enterprise. Most organizations use PLM programs for improving the efficiency of engineering functions. However, we have found that extending the use of PLM to transform business processes related to sustainability can earn far bigger rewards for organizations.