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A leader in the market for years, Oracle Agile PLM certainly has the name recognition. But is that enough to compensate for these costly pitfalls?

When your user interface is so friendly users can teach themselves, the Salesforce administrator role is free to innovate your day-to-day workflows.

With something as broad and variable as business transformation, the proof is in the pudding (here, the pudding is 5 real stories with real results).

Episode 20. Rule 20: Delivering PLM Success in an AI-Obsessed World. The world is teeming with conversations about AI—but how often are they backed by Forrester research?

From the beginning, Agile had a vision for the future of product lifecycle management. But did it ever get there?

Learn how personal experience and passion for helping others can fuel business growth in the health and wellness industry.

Advice from a CEO about ensuring your customers remain happy with—and, crucially, loyal to—your brand when the market is noisier than ever before.

Episode 19. Rule 19: Exponential Growth Requires Scalable Tech. Learn how one small company managed hypergrowth after a major acquisition.

Forrester's VP/Principal Analyst George Lawrie and Propel CEO Ross Meyercord discuss how AI-powered PLM solutions allow you to extract more value with larger, standardized, and most importantly—trusted—datasets.

What does a day look like for a PLM engineer in the era of digital transformation?

Build a comprehensive cloud product lifecycle management (PLM) strategy that delivers true product success by optimizing your manufacturing workflows and technologies.

Learning a customer is unhappy is always scary. But, according to Propel CEO Ross Meyercord, it could also be a golden opportunity to deepen the relationship.

Are you stuck in the Marketing Maze? Here's the direct route to getting out.

Business transformation is no longer optional. Fortunately, there's a proven framework to walk you through it.

While everyone else jumped on the AI train, manufacturing companies have watched from the sidelines due to security concerns and proprietary constraints. Until now.

Episode 18. Rule 18: QMS Digital Transformation for Medtechs. Learn how rapid innovation in the medtech industry is affecting digital transformation for QMS processes.

Looking to understand value chain analysis? Here's a complete checklist.

Determine which approach suits your company’s goals best—and whether your PLM solution is suited to that approach.

Episode 17. Rule 17: Driving Transformation One Process at a Time. How Diana Sehawneh (MaryRuth Organics) transformed QMS workflows by learning the solution, engaging her team, and driving early executive buy-in.

Learn why a robust PIM platform is a business imperative for keeping up with today’s increasingly competitive landscape.

Manufacturing Day 2023 falls on a watershed moment for the industry. Let’s examine all the pivotal trends shaping tomorrow’s manufacturing landscape.

Episode 16. Rule 16: Solutions for Sustainable Leadership. PLM veteran Michelle Stone shares best practices when it comes to driving sustainable product development.

Overcoming the dread of performance evaluations is easier said than done. Here are some tips from Propel CEO Ross Meyercord.

When you limit the use of the device history record (DHR), you’re limiting your own product’s commercial power.

As Salesforce unveiled the future of enterprise software, Propel was there, capturing every insight. Here are our key learnings from Dreamforce 2023.

Episode 15. Rule 15: Embrace Change to Drive Growth. BekaertDeslee's Dmitriy Geler details the intricate journey of reshaping an established company's path to success.

Drive Engineer to Order (ETO) by using a modern, unified platform that offers both next-generation PLM and Salesforce's modern cloud CRM capabilities.

It’s time to lean into smart technology to help close the skills gap.

Explore how Salesforce Console reshapes the world of product management by powering unparalleled productivity.

What does the manufacturing process actually look like? Here's a deep dive.

The foundation of a successful business framework today relies on real-time data visibility. Here’s a comprehensive look at the benefits of democratizing your data.

Modern solutions don’t remove your control of the CAPA process, they simply remove the speedbumps.

Not only are medtech companies accelerating to meet the evolving demands of consumers, they're using the changing landscape as an opportunity to innovate in three key areas.

Episode 14. Rule 14: Transform Product Data into Market Success. A comprehensive look into the PIM industry landscape, and how modern PIM improves time-to-market and customer satisfaction.

Episode 13. Rule 13: Adopt Early, Go to Market Faster. Tips for implementing digital solutions with user buy-in and why it's never too early to start future-proofing.

The three levels of trust that make or break SaaS relationships, according to Propel CEO Ross Meyercord. Part of our blog series “The CEO Lens.”

Digital transformation is by no means a small undertaking and there are bound to be naysayers. Here’s how to help folks through the most common fears.

From personalized product demos to speakeasy cocktails, there are so many opportunities to get some face time with Propel Software at Dreamforce 2023.

We're breaking down a few ways to optimize your value chain to increase your margins.

Episode 12. Rule 12: The No Code Revolution. How to unlock your business users' creativity by lowering the barrier to software development.

How technology is reshaping demand chain resilience, empowering businesses to stay ahead in today's dynamic market. Read the third and final part of our series.

Digital transformation is no longer a "nice to have"—it's a business imperative.

Have your commercial teams failed to evolve past long-extinct marketing processes like outdated spreadsheets and systems?

Creating compelling customer experiences is a highly collaborative task. Shouldn't your product and commercialization teams share the same platform?

Episode 11. Rule 11: One Platform, One Vision. How Savant Systems out-innovates competitors with a holistic approach to product development.

Here’s how modern software solutions revolutionize quality validation processes, streamlining compliance and enhancing efficiency in regulated industries.

The goal of a product value management (PVM) solution isn’t only to drive value for the customer, it’s to embed value in every aspect of the business.

If a picture’s worth a thousand words, what’s a product viewable worth? Here are 6 key benefits of incorporating visual representations of products into the design process.

At Propulsion 2023, Heather Multhaupt, VP of Team Services at Alert Innovation, explained how the company is managing rapid growth after its acquisition.

Good manufacturing practices keep consumers safe and manufacturers compliant.

Essential strategies for enhancing manufacturing resilience, reducing waste, and improving product quality. Read part two of our series.

An excerpt of Tech-Clarity’s recent report entitled “Drive Growth by Connecting the Digital Thread Through Product Commercialization.”

In the medtech industry, claims are critical to the design, testing, and promotion of products. Without a connected and traceable path, they are often lost or forgotten on the journey from concept to customer.

There’s only one way to close the gap between what the product team knows and what the customer expects—strengthen your product thread.

Software development and product development may not be as different as you think. If you’re a product-focused IT leader managing both, consider these parallels.

Being a manufacturing company in the digital age is no small feat, but the rise of technology gives manufacturers access to a critical tool: Data.

What’s the point of digital transformation if you’re still siloed or stuck with rigid processes? Here’s how product value management (PVM) is designed to unleash unfettered innovation.

Here’s why a strong testing mindset is crucial for identifying gaps in product quality and prioritizing risk mitigation through automation.

Propulsion 2023 included real success stories for enduring revenue growth and strategies for uninterrupted product innovation in any market.

Forrester VP & principal analyst George Lawrie explains how some PLM providers are delivering big innovation pushes to meet customer needs of today and tomorrow.

Savant Systems, the leader in premium smart home products and parent of GE Lighting, is using technology and innovation to disrupt a 100-year-old market. Featuring Savant's Angie Larson and Beth LeClerc.

Three experts—Kirsten Allegri Williams, Cindy Bolt, and Ray Hein—explore how changing consumer behavior is affecting manufacturers and why they need to think differently to succeed in a digitized world.

How Samsara used digitalization and fast evolution to optimize supply chains while scaling from startup to public company worth $10 billion. Featuring Jeff Faulkner, VP of Operations.

Industry leaders Geoffrey Moore and Alexa Vignone explain how digital transformation maximizes customer lifetime value and the main challenges companies face when implementing their digital strategies.

Political and economic analyst Bruce Mehlman provides an overview of macroeconomic trends across technology, geopolitics, culture, and climate.

Two sustainability leaders share how ESG is impacting business practices, and what companies must do to make a real impact for future generations. Featuring leading experts Kevin O'Marah and Ralph Loura.

Business and IT leaders are connecting their company on a single data thread so employees spend less time looking for information and more time building strong relationships with customers. Featuring Jan Meise and Ulrike Scholuebbers of AMS Technologies.

Alert Innovation leveraged its best-in-class robotic technology and solid infrastructure to revolutionize e-grocery fulfillment and fuel hypergrowth that led to their acquisition by Walmart. Featuring Heather Multhaupt, VP of Team Services.

As technology accelerates product innovation cycles, medtech companies are aligning with providers on the continuum of care. Featuring Salesforce's Dr. J. Cris Salinas.

Guardant Health’s revolutionary approach to cancer detection and treatment is saving lives—and the company is embracing continuous digital transformation to increase efficiency as it scales.

Having a streamlined process to get customer feedback, adhere to regulations, and automate processes not only helps make sure a business delivers the best quality products but also helps ensure that customers are satisfied.

In Propel CEO Ross Meyercord's keynote for Propulsion 2023, he illuminated the path forward for product companies on the fast track to business evolution.

Here's why omnichannel expansion isn't the quick and simple win execs at CPG brands believe it to be.

Three years after a global reckoning for supply chain leaders, disruptions don’t show any signs of slowing down. Read part I of our series.

Returning May 17 & 18, here’s what to expect at this year’s biggest event for product innovators.

How Propel's Ross Meyercord draws on his experience as CIO of Salesforce to inform success in his role as CEO.

Breaking down the ever-pressing need for supply chain diversification based on the timeless wisdom of modern-day bard Weird Al Yankovic.

The need for product value management (PVM) is overwhelmingly evident, but why now? What led us to this inflection point?

As with any business model evolution, the move toward subscription models is having a big impact on a number of key roles at product companies.

Companies are used to hearing from customers who’ve had the most negative or positive experiences with their product. But the real goldmine is in all those in-between.

In an industry where the race to market is cutthroat, don’t overlook the team who’s closest to the market itself. Here’s how to better equip them for your next launch.

Supplier collaboration is inherent to modern-day manufacturing, yet many product companies still aren’t using the most effective and safe tools for data-sharing. Here’s how to tighten up your supplier processes.

Can customers trust your product info? Here’s how to avoid sending them running to the competition.

In this Converged Live webinar, Tech-Clarity's president & founder Jim Brown joins Propel's Tom Shoemaker and Mark Boles to examine the cause of the product information disconnect—and how to solve it.

Here’s how companies get locked into a system with no ability to upgrade or integrate—and the key to getting out.

Here are some tips for managing digital transformation to deliver revenue growth and cost savings.

Coming from all over the world, almost all members of the Propel team convened to kick off FY24, the majority meeting each other in person for the very first time.

In a recent survey conducted by Propel, a majority of business leaders in product and commercial teams indicate a need for product value management (PVM). Here are the findings.

If your company hasn’t yet implemented a robust design for manufacturing (DfM) process, you’re not only missing out on cost reductions but also tangible revenue growth.

If there are holes in your information channels, you could wind up dragging down your brand reputation. Here’s how to close the gaps and get shipshape.

An overview of the very involved world of logistics operations, forecasting, and planning—and the important role technology plays in all of it.

As the supply chain continues to grapple with an increasingly digital consumer base, a remote workforce can be a bigger boon than most realize.

Modern product management software doesn’t ask its customers to manage new feature installments. Instead, new releases are ready to adopt on your schedule.

How to get a headstart on the top trends of 2023, as predicted by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM).

Artificial intelligence is a part of our lives now and we should know what to expect. I’ve done the reading so you don’t have to. Here are my predictions.

Learn how to hit the ground running with total quality management (TQM) and make sure it sticks for the long haul in your organization. Read part III of our series.

As in all relationships, technology breeds stronger connection—and medical device companies are reaping the benefits with their contract manufacturing partnerships. Here’s how the trend is driving competitive advantage in the industry.

We cover the major benefits and potential challenges of implementing the organization-wide management approach known as total quality management (TQM). Read part II of our series.

Many legacy systems have fallen to the wayside due to market evolution, but none faster than enterprise resource planning (ERP). Here’s the new solution that’s eradicating the dinosaurs.

An excerpt of CIMdata’s recent report entitled “Product Value Management in the Age of Disruption.”