BEACHWOOD, Ohio — May 21, 2020 — Continuing its growth as the firm approaches its tenth anniversary, Kalypso announced today that it has merged with Integware, a consulting firm with expertise in product lifecycle management (PLM). 

Facebook is making changes again -- and this time it is targeting small business owners. "The social network launched an initiative called Facebook Fit, a series of 'boot-camp' like events to help smaller business leverage online tools including Facebook Pages," USA Today announced on Tuesday, May 6. Facebook is not just blowing smoke; key technologies can easily guarantee the ongoing success of small businesses. What exactly is Facebook proposing, and what are some similarly essential technologies?

By Dave Hadfield, VP Customer Solutions with editorial support from Jon Nelson, VP Operations

I attended COFES 2014 this past week.   It was an excellent event bringing together some of the world’s best engineering minds.

It's a dog-eat-dog world out there, and most businesses are looking for the edge they need to get past the competition. As many find out the hard way, you need more going on than a lot of Facebook likes in order to start generating more profits and reducing the daily costs of operations. What can your company do in order to create better, sustainable management practices? Here are three tips.

This week, Staples made the surprising announcement that it will close 225 of its North American stores by the year's end -- a move that sent chills through stockholders, as shares dropped over 10% before markets opened. The recession had done its damage to the industry, which faces increasing competition from online retailers.

Dedicated requirements management tools are available to manage product, user, system requirements for new product introduction projects.  These tools can be feature rich and very good, at least within the isolated context for which they were intended.  For example, with a dedicated requirement management tool it’s possible to define a hierarchical set of requirements starting with a product concept, through critical-to-quality user needs and down to detailed functional requirements.  Another key feature is tracking test cases and interfacing those with the tool, often it’s possible to automate the generation of traceability reports and validation protocols, whose accuracy is paramount.  

If you're one of those individuals who has to sit and wonder "what is PLM software" when asked, you're probably missing out on something that could provide you with a number of benefits to your business. Product lifecycle management systems are used to examine and manage the lifecycle of a product, from its initial conception, to the very end when it is no longer of use to anyone.