What is PLM?
Product Lifecycle Management. Holds CAD, BOM, revisions, and engineering changes from design through build.

change order → rev C released
PLM systems typically manage…
Write it in your own words in the app.
In real work
PLM released revision C overnight. MES will not let you start op 10 until you acknowledge it.
In the illustration
A change order slides into the vault, the rev B drawer is stamped superseded, and a rev C packet holding CAD and BOM drops down the release chute toward the floor.
Push the revision in your shop-floor software to the PLM: the updated CAD, the BOM change, and the engineering change notice linked to it.
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