Beyond the product
Accenture Product Lifecycle Services help companies exploit the value of the Industrial Internet of Things by managing complex issues from ideation, design and launch to manufacture and service of products in a broad range of industries.
Are You Making the Right Investments to Fuel Digitalization?
Industrial companies can create digital value through product lifecycle management, but many are not investing in the right capabilities.
OVERVIEW
Accenture Product Lifecycle Services provide services to cover the end-to-end product value chain from idea through product development to manufacturing and after-market product support. Our services help our clients create new revenue generating business models to designing efficient manufacturing operations that can deliver value-making innovation to market at lower costs. We partner with our clients to exploit the value of the Industrial Internet of Things as the new competitive advantage.
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Agile manufacturing
Shrinking product lifecycles, more diverse and demanding customers, unpredictable plant and equipment—manufacturers urgently need some help. -
Digital customers transform the automotive industry
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From fixed fee to fixating on profit, the new financial fundamentals of "Everything-as-a-Service"
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Beyond the product: Rewriting the innovation playbook for electronics and high tech companies
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Product Lifecycle Management: Is your business making the right investments to fuel digitalization?
Industrial companies can create digital value through product lifecycle management, but many are not investing in the right capabilities. -
Beyond the product: Rewriting the innovation playbook
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CIO leadership required in new world of connected product development
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Exploit the vast untapped wealth of product data
How can transportation and infrastructure companies can improve reliability, control costs and sell value-add services? -
For connected vehicles, product lifecycle management needs a digital turbo boost
Surging demand for connected vehicles offers fresh horizons for manufacturers yet also greatly increases complexity. -
Enterprise Product Information and Content (EPIC)
The EPIC solution captures scattered product information in one place enabling faster decision making. -
Digital PLM
Digital technologies are disrupting and changing businesses. Product innovation and development is at the forefront of this new technology wave. -
Accenture Industrial Software Solutions
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Is your Consumer Packaged Goods Innovation engine running on empty?
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Industrial companies can achieve faster time to market at a lower cost
Learn how connected device enabled by embedded software are the key to success in today's markets.
CAPABILITIES
Unmatched industry expertise
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Aras
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General Electric
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Microsoft
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OSIsoft
plus many other partners including niche players
CLIENT CASE STUDIES
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WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY PROVIDER
Leading next-generation wireless technology provider: Successful product lifecycle management carve-out
IN THE NEWS
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Accenture Research: Automotive and Industrial Equipment Manufacturers Risk Losing Market Share by Failing to Make Investments Needed to Harness Digital Technologies
AI expected to revolutionize customer interaction and become a key enabler for smart products. -
Accenture Acquires Product Design and Innovation Firm Altitude
Accenture has acquired Altitude, a product design and innovation firm that uses its expertise in consumer insight, design and product engineering to help companies innovate and develop new physical products and services. -
Accenture and Dassault Systèmes Unveil Agile Manufacturing Solution at Hannover Messe
Proof of concept for large industrial client harnesses digital technologies to reduce downtime, will better integrate engineering and the shop floor. -
IDC MarketScape Names Accenture A Leader in Product Lifecycle Management Systems Integration
The report indicates Accenture has strong capabilities in all PLM areas, including system and industry knowledge as well as project management. -
Accenture’s Digital PLM Services Recognized for Client Product and Service Innovation by CIMdata
Analyst company praises "state-of-the-art" digital PLM model that improves ROI and business outcomes for clients -
Accenture Product Lifecycle Services Launched to Help Manufacturers Unlock Engineering Productivity and Drive Value from Digital Technologies
Accenture today announced the launch of Accenture Product Lifecycle Services a new business service aimed at helping manufacturing clients better organize, develop and manage products and services.