These include applications like customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning and product lifecycle management.

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Called "product lifecycle management, " or PLM, the software links manufacturers with their suppliers and customers to share data about a product--from conception to junkyard.

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Business ByDesign includes hosted versions of several SAP applications, including enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, business intelligence, supply chain management and product lifecycle management.

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Called "product lifecycle management" or PLM, the software links manufacturers with their suppliers and customers to share data about a product--from conception to junkyard (see table above).

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For Dassault the 7E7 is a chance to prove the value of product lifecycle management, a murky term that has been met with skepticism from many manufacturers, says Monica Schnitger, an analyst with Daratech, a technology research outfit in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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For Dassault the 7E7 is a chance to prove the value of product lifecycle management, a murky term that has been met with skepticism from many manufacturers, says Monica Schnitger, an analyst with Daratech, a technology research outfit in Cambridge, Mass.

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