Eurostep: PLCS

PLCS - Product Life Cycle Support

PLCS (Product Life Cycle Support, ISO 10303-239) is the international standard för product data management across the full product life cycle, and part of the STEP standard. Please take advantage of the white papers, webinars, case studies and training opportunities.

PLCS can be thought of as a new "world map" for product support. Like any new map, PLCS contains much that is familiar - a maintenace task is still a maintenance task - and many new discoveries.

Just like a map, PLCS can be used in different ways. One is to solve business problems by automating data exchange between existing systems. PLCS can also be used to support a major update of processes across an entire organization.

Goals of PLCS:
• Improve quality and accessibility of
Product Life Cycle Support information
• Reduce the cost of creating and maintaining information
• Accelerate technical development of the standards

What issues does PLCS address?
• Keeping technical information about a product
in line with the changing physical product through life
• Linking support information to product information
• Interoperability of software tools
• Consistency of data definitions

White papers written by Eurostep and John Stark Associates to learn more about the business benefits and implementations of PLCS!		Standards-based PLM: Re-engineering the Aftermarket with PLCS: Part 1 Business Benefits
More white papers are found in the section Research & Insights.		Standards-based PLM: Re-engineering the Aftermarket with PLCS: Part 2 Technologies and Deployments