Effectively managing the business processes impacted by compliance legislation is imperative to avoiding negative impact to revenue. The implementation of a compliance strategy in an organization maximizes the visibility of compliance information to all stages of the product lifecycle and thus minimizes the risk and cost associated with non-compliance.

Many compliance initiatives focus on auditing and traceability but fall short of including product lifecycle management (PLM) as an essential part of their compliance strategy. Compliance starts early in the innovation process as teams define both product and process capabilities. PLM ensures that repeatable processes with phased-gated sign-offs are in place to enable traceability that can be checked throughout the innovation through manufacturing process. PLM also plays a significant role in the identification of product capabilities which are predetermined by regulatory governance. Identified product capabilities can be traced and managed throughout the innovation process, thereby ensuring that when a product comes to market it meets the regulatory requirements.

UGS Product Lifecycle Management solutions enable companies to meet these regulations and set the framework for staying ahead of the growing and constantly changing environmental requirements. It is an off-the-shelf solution that offers a complete set of functionality to analyze and track compliance at the substance, material, part and product level and efficiently manage the data collection and reporting process. It can easily integrate into your existing supply chain, design and manufacturing systems or be deployed as a stand alone application.