Growing pains

摘要

A trio of product lifecycle man-agement software makers are trying to work through their business segment's growing pains by reconstituting themselves or retooling their offerings. Electronic Data Systems Corp.'s PLM Solutions business, Agile Software Corp. and Dassault Systemes AG are each trying to fight the perception among some customers that the concept of PLM has not lived up to its promise of connecting product engineering and component procurement processes.