BostonLogix, Inc. Product Information (A single source of the truth) IFT 2009

Agenda Introduction Evolution of Process PLM The Challenge – Documents and Data The “Whole Solution” BLX Publisher Questions

Introduction Craig Piekarz - BostonLogix –22 Years Designing & Building software solutions for Process Manufacturers Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Food & Beverage, Consumer Packaged Goods Process ERP Design & Development –Datalogix / Oracle – GEMMS / OPM - Oracle Process Manufacturing Process PLM Design & Development –Formation Systems/ Infor – Optiva PLM BostonLogix –Integrating & Interfacing Enterprise Solutions –Building the missing pieces

What is PLM? Product Lifecycle Management –The Management of Product information throughout the Entire product lifecycle from concept through obsolescence

Product Lifecycle Management

Evolution of Process PLM PDM Initiatives fail –Don’t address question: “What’s in it for me?” “Niche” applications in NPD&I category –Formulation Tools (Flavor, Fragrance, Color) –Document Management applications –Specification Management applications PLM (Product Lifecycle Mgt.) Emerges –Discrete PLM has many CAD-based options –Process PLM is still evolving

Evolution of Process PLM Formulation & Recipe Mgt Tools expand –Optiva – Formation Sys. (acquired by Infor) –DevEx – Selerant –... Enterprise Application Vendors extend –Oracle – PLM for Process / Prodika –SAP – Process PLM –... Platform Players seek vertical depth –Matrix One – PLM –Siemens/UGX – Teamcenter –...

The Challenge – Documents and Data Product information is a combination of: –Highly structured data –Documents, Files and Unstructured data Commercial PLM applications alone do not handle the unstructured information Document Management / Platform applications alone do not have critical PLM capabilities Critical Product Lifecycle information includes feedback from ERP system

Product Object with Unstructured Data

The “Whole Solution” A Whole Process PLM Solution is a tightly integrated combination of: –A robust commercial PLM application –A Process ERP application –A Document/File Management System The BLX Publisher provides: “A Comprehensive Approach to Managing Product Information (Data, Documents and Files) throughout the Product Lifecycle”

BLX Publisher

The BLX Publisher Configurable Middleware between –PLM, ERP & Document Management applications Automates –Publishing Documents from Data Sources –Data Transformation (XML) –Document Version Control –Metadata loading (for robust searching) –Logical Linking of Documents/Files to Data Objects Enables native Doc Management capabilities –Notifications (for subscribers) –Business Process Workflows –Role based Collaboration

Questions ?? Contact: Craig Piekarz BostonLogix, Inc. Phone: (508) Thank you for your time!