Codex of PLM Openness Now in Effect

June 12, 2012

In an often time highly competitive field it is refreshing to see a major provider of product lifecycle management solutions, SAP, commit to high standards of openness with other providers and customers. A recent Market Watch article, “Newsbyte: SAP Joins Codex of PLM Openness”, explains how SAP has joined the Codex of PLM Openness (CPO) and what that exactly means.

The article describes the CPO by saying,

“The CPO defines criteria for the openness of IT solutions used in PLM in order to help ensure that data created throughout the product life cycle can be used throughout the business as well. ProSTEP iViP has driven the CPO in close cooperation with PLM software users, PLM software vendors and implementation partners. The initiative describes a common understanding of the openness of systems in the context of PLM.”

We applaud SAP’s efforts to collaborate with others within the industry rather than mark territory which ultimately will destroy progress. Hopefully through careful partnering of companies offering PLM solutions innovation can flourish and the problems facing all industries utilizing PLM can be addressed with real resolution as an outcome.

Catherine Lamsfuss, June 12, 2012

Written by Catherine · Filed Under Enterprise, News, Search, Technology

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