For details about the benefits, features, and functions of the SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM) application, check out the following information:

Overviews

• "mySAP Product Lifecycle Management" (PDF, 744 KB) – Consider how to harness the creativity and expertise of internal and external resources to quickly turn concepts and ideas into successful products by effectively managing new product development, ramp-up, change management, and maintenance – all with SAP PLM.
• "mySAP Product Lifecycle Management Statement Of Direction 2005" (PDF, 385 KB) – Examine the development road map of SAP PLM to see how it can help you drive innovation that spurs revenue growth and identifies promising concepts by helping to manage product development through support of best practices. Log-in required.
• "SAP xApp Emissions Management" (PDF, 216 KB) – See how SAP xEM helps you efficiently monitor, measure, document, and control emissions output for better compliance with regulations and opportunities in emissions trading markets.

Solution Briefs

• "Environmental Compliance for High-Tech Manufacturers" (PDF, 251 KB) – Explore how this joint solution from SAP and TechniData for environmental product compliance simplifies efficient management of constantly evolving global regulatory requirements.
• "Life-Cycle Data Management with SAP Product Lifecycle Management" (PDF, 157 KB) – Read how SAP PLM supports life-cycle data management with an integrated environment for evaluating and leveraging the full spectrum of product and project data – including documents, product masters, and service and maintenance details.
• "Life-Cycle Process Support with SAP Product Lifecycle Management" (PDF, 92 KB) – Learn how SAP PLM provides a comprehensive, closed-loop way to streamline product development – innovatively spanning early stages to product obsolescence, while enabling close collaboration among internal and external resources.
• "Project Portfolio Management" (PDF, 161 KB) – Read how SAP project portfolio management features deliver rich functionality and seamless integration with SAP and other software so you can create, monitor, manage, and execute projects efficiently.

White Papers

• "New Product Development and Introduction (NPDI)" (PDF, 477 KB) – Examine how SAP defines NPDI, specifies SAP solutions that support NPDI and the applicability across industries, explains the impact of the SAP NetWeaver platform, and introduces some implementation scenarios and functional execution capabilities.

Functions in Detail

• "SAP xApp Emissions Management" (PDF, 233 KB) – Learn how the SAP xApp Emissions Management packaged composite application provides tools to help control, measure, and document emissions and achieve compliance, reduce risk, and increase ROI.

Solution in Detail

• "Integrated Industrial Hygiene And Safety with SAP Environment, Health & Safety" (PDF, 295 KB) – Explore how SAP EH&S addresses the critical issues of organization and management of industrial hygiene and safety, risk assessment, standard operating procedures, accident management, site inspections, and analytical reporting.