Production Management (PM), or Manufacturing Execution
Systems (MES), are integral components of an end-to-end
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution. PM systems
can be tightly integrated with the design/build
functionality of PLM systems, thereby enabling a level
of validation of the "as-built" to "as-designed" not
seen before. More significantly, enterprise level PM
functions are becoming essential components of
comprehensive PLM solution sets that integrate and
interface information from Enterprise Data Management (EDM),
SCM, ERP, and other systems. pdf
