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Implementation of PLM
The PLM approach necessarily involves close cooperation with the 
ERP of the enterprise to gather information related with the manufacturing 
stages of the product as well as with Customer Relationship Management 
tools to take into account returns by clients.

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ILM (Information LifeCycle Management)
As enterprises are opening their information system to their 
partners and the performance of means of telecommunication increases, 
the volume of enterprise data increases exponentially. Considering the 
strategic value of the information assets of the enterprise, it therefore 
becomes necessary to implement warehousing means to preserve these 
data. Nonetheless, the speed at which warehousing technologies develop 
may render a tape or optical disk-based storage system obsolete very 
quickly. 
In addition, the constraints imposed by laws regarding the 
invidivudal liberties or the legal obligations of enterprises must also be taken 
into account. All of these criteria therefore make it necessary to implement 
an overall storage and warehousing strategy for enterprise data. ILM 
(Information Lifecycle Management) consists in using a comprehensive 
approach in terms of efficient management of the information assets of 
the company depending on the value of the information and the cost of 
storing it.
ILM is a comprehensive approach whose goal is, on one hand, 
the efficient use of the means for the storage of information to take into 
account the most suitable technical, regulatory, and legal requirements 
for storing information and making it available and, on the other hand, to 
ensure tracking the life cycle of documents.
ILM therefore covers the concepts of availability and speed of 
access to information depending on the development of its value over 
time, from the time it is created until it is destroyed.
ILM makes it possible to apply different storage rules depending 
on the value of the data to be stored to better meet the following criteria:
➢ Usefulness of the data
➢ Security requirements: integrity, confidentiality, and availability of 
data
➢ Regulatory requirements regarding the data
➢ Access time to the data
➢ Cost of storage

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