Node A6 · Acronym decoder
PLM
Product Lifecycle Management
What it actually means
The class of enterprise systems managing product data across the life cycle — CAD models, bills of materials, change workflow, configuration baselines — as one linked dataset. In practice, PLM is where engineering data governance actually happens, and PLM migrations are legendary multi-year sagas.
Where you'll meet it
Engineering IT infrastructure; the system of record for design data and BOMs.