Product Lifecycle Management

As globalization accelerates, products must be tailored to regional requirements while meeting optimal QCDE (Quality, Cost, Delivery, Environment) standards. Achieving this demands a globally integrated operating model that enables efficient sales, production, and procurement. 

Building a unified operating framework requires standardizing processes across diverse products and factories. This often involves redefining product structures, modular designs, and manufacturing workflows—necessitating enterprise-level transformation decisions. 

Organizations need to establish an integrated information backbone by linking BOMs, technical documents, and design data with CAD, ERP, and other enterprise systems. This enables seamless, cross-functional collaboration through seamless information flows supported by scalable IT infrastructure. 

We enable global organizations to design and implement both the universal operating model and the digital information infrastructure essential for end-to-end product lifecycle management. 

Service Offerings

Strategy Formulation

  • Develop mid-term technology and IT strategies
  • Define project roadmaps
  • Redesign organizational strategy across R&D, design, and manufacturing—including global site roles
  • Plan and architect Industry X.0 initiatives

Specialized Operating Model Design

  • Build project-driven BOM frameworks for engineer-to-order businesses
  • Integrate scheduling and BOMs through matrix-based WBS structures
  • Redefine modularization and standardization to accelerate product variation
  • Standardize production processes aligned with order specification redesign
  • Rebuild compliance processes for RoHS/REACH

Universal Operating Model Design

  • Reengineer engineering processes using DR (Design Review) and DSM (Design Structure Matrix)
  • Build requirement-driven BOMs linking specifications, parameters, and product functions
  • Redesign multi-layer BOMs (e.g., engineering, manufacturing, service BOMs)
  • Restructure code systems for products, parts, and suppliers
  • Establish cross-functional change and information management frameworks
  • Visualize cost structures through management accounting
  • Transform after-sales service operations

Information Backbone Architecture

  • Manage 3D/2D CAD data
  • Govern engineering data based on BOM structures
  • Integrate B2B CRM, PLM, and ERP platforms

Consultants

  • Katsuhiko Arakawa

    Senior Managing Director

  • Masanori Kato

    Managing Director

  • Hiroyuki Kawashima

    Managing Director

  • Naoko Takayama

    Managing Director

  • Takanori Yoda

    Managing Director