Product Lifecycle Management or system PLM is a business strategy about the life cycle management of all products (lifecycle). The included software tool; (software tools), database (database), technique and management (management technique).
The life cycle of the product or Lifecycle contain different information in many ways, since information about concept in design. (conceptual design), data design (Design), the production process (Manufacturing), information about the application of products to use (usages).
In order to develop the system PLM out to succeed requires the cooperation of many parties are involved, or all parties with relevant information. From the picture below is that PDM is one system in the PLM or is referred to as a module subset of PLM.