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If PLM feels harder than it should, something upstream is broken.
This page helps you identify what - and where to start fixing it.
You don’t need a programme.
You need clarity.
How to use this page
Read the sections below and stop at the first one that makes you uncomfortable.
That’s the problem you actually have.
“We implemented PLM, but behaviour didn’t change”
The system works.
People just don’t use it the way you expected.
Engineers still manage work outside PLM
Ownership rules are fuzzy or tribal
The system reflects structure, not reality
Exceptions are normalised
PLM feels like administration, not support
PLM can’t fix behaviour.
But it will faithfully automate whatever behaviour already exists.
“Change is slow, political, or constantly bypassed”
Approvals happen, but outcomes don’t
Everything is “urgent”
Engineers route around the process to get work done
You can’t clearly answer what changed, why, and who approved it
Governance exists on paper but not in reality
If change control feels painful, it’s usually because it’s unclear - not because it’s strict.
This is what happens when decision ownership isn’t explicit and baselines aren’t trusted.
Governance only feels heavy when it doesn’t work.
“Our PLM migration is at risk”
You can’t explain what “latest” really means
BOM’s don’t reconcile cleanly between systems
File references break or silently duplicate
Mapping rules exist… but nobody trusts them
Every data load creates new surprises
This is the most common starting point - and the most expensive place to be wrong.
This isn’t a migration problem.
It’s a data integrity and ownership problem that the migration is exposing.
If more than one section felt familiar…
That’s normal.
Most organisations don’t have a PLM problem - they have a stacked problem:
Weak discipline → poor data → painful change → broken trust
Trying to fix these in isolation is why programmes stall.
How we help (without theatre)
Diagnose what’s really broken - fast, with evidence
Translate it into decisions leaders can actually make
Deliver working outputs, not Infographics
Embed ownership, baselines, and discipline
Leave you with something that survives after we leave
No transformation programme.
No jargon.
No hostage-taking.
If this page described your reality, we should talk.
Most first calls end with one of three outcomes:
clarity on what’s actually broken
confirmation you’re on the right path, or
a clear next step to fix it.
The first conversation isn’t a sales pitch.
It’s a working discussion about what’s actually happening in your environment.