Product Library Manager

PLM is a central management system that deals with versioning and authorization. It makes sure that programs and process data is defined only once and managed centrally. PLM helps in:
• Define products, programs and parts only once
• Central parts management
• Central program management
• Central product validation & authorization
• Releasing of products and parts on line and factory level
• Central line definitions
• Faster ramp-up and repeatability
• Synchronization of parts, tray and process data to vPlan
• Downloading of programs by offline editors and Setup Assistant
• Second source vendor tables



Figure: Product library manager