The business of providing support to complex products is undergoing dramatic change. This applies to a wide range of industries, for instance aerospace, defense, automotive, discrete manufacturing, telecommunications, and process and plant industries.

Manufacturers are looking to expand into the product support market, while asset owners are focusing on whole life cost, looking to share risk and therefore seeking partners. This is taking place against the backdrop of globalization and information sharing over the internet.

Standards play an important role in bringing consistency and interoperability to information exchanges. The PLCS standard is the only standard to address the requirements of product support throughout the complete product life cycle, from concept to disposal. Where adopted it provides data independence in relation to processes, systems and formats.

PLCS extends the ISO 10303 STEP standard from the design and manufacturing domains into the product support domain. This is critical for owners, operators and maintainers of complex products whose configuration changes over its life cycle. The ability to effectively manage legacy information is a major concern for operators of complex products with a long life cycle.

Eurostep helped develop the PLCS standard. We are proud to train experts in implementing the standard and reaping the benefits from using it.

Currently, Eurostep offers the trainings presented below. For other dates or customized trainings, please contact training@eurostep.com.

Product Life Cycle Support: Executive Overview, 1 day
This 1-day training is an executive overview of the business issues and a roadmap for exploiting PLCS. Everyone with an interest in PLCS is welcome, but the Executive Overview is especially recommended to project and business managers. Click here for more information about the training!

Product Life Cycle Support: Technical Walk-Through, 3 days
The training presents the background to PLCS and explains the concept. An overview of PLCS is made during the first day. The focus of the last two days is on an in-depth technical description of the information model and guidance for its implementation, which prepares the participants for exploiting and putting PLCS into effect. Click here for more information about the training!

DEX & RDL: Concepts & Usage, 2 days
The DEX & RDL training is developed for people who are going to build their own DEXs. After this course, you will understand how you develop business DEXs and Templates in detail, and you will have seen all the different tools used in the DEXlib development.

Introduction to PLM, 2 days
What is PLM? What are the benefits of implementing PLM? How to best select and exploit PLM solutions? 

Standards-based PLM, 2 days
Introduction to the concept of PLM, and how it is implemented by using the PLCS standard. 

STEP for beginners, 1 day
A training introducing the participants to the ISO 10303 family of standards and the roadmap for their exploitation. Click here for more information!

Using STEP, 1 day
Training for IT managers and STEP practitioners requiring the knowledge to exploit and implement STEP. Click here for more information!

Using XML, 2 days
For developers requiring knowledge in how to use XML with special attention given to the use of XML in the product and engineering disciplines. Click here to learn more!

Registrations to the courses are binding, but participation can be transferred to colleagues providing that adequate notice is given. The quoted prices are exclusive local taxes. Eurostep reserves the right to cancel a course in the event of too few participants.