IBM Product and Service Framework: Electronics

The proliferation of electronics has resulted in unprecedented connectivity across the globe-creating opportunities for new kinds of products and services.

The IBM Product and Service Framework empowers you to capture these opportunities by developing flexible, visible and collaborative value chains while directly engaging users in your innovation process. This solution platform delivers:

• Speed of implementation with repeatable architectural patterns and accelerators.
• Flexibility to progressively transform your business one project at a time.
• Choice of how to get started and who to partner with for business capabilities.
• Cost reduction through re-use of services and assets and through faster implementation.
• Alignment of business and IT priorities for more effective results from solution implementation.

• Insight and Product Innovation: Helps to create new, innovative products and services while aggressively reducing time and cost. This solution integrates software, mechanical and electronics tools and processes and expands PLM to the enterprise level.
• Operations and Supply Chain Optimization: Helps to reduce operating expenses, maximize cash flow and return on net assets. This solution helps you predict and react to variability in supply and demand.
• Marketing, Sales and Service Differentiation: Helps to capture new growth markets and increase revenues with higher levels of customer intimacy.

• Boost responsiveness, agility and customer centricity.
• Create innovative products and services that are intuitive to users.
• Reduce the cost and time of product development.
• Maximize ROA and cash flow while minimizing operating expenses.
• Provide value-added services that enhance user experiences.
• Build a technology roadmap adjustable over time as business needs evolve.

• IBM - Cognos Solutions for Electronics (US)
• IBM Service management from Tivoli for electronics companies (US)
• Integrated Service Management (US)