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# Backbone PLM Features

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## New Product Introduction (2)

Ideation

Gather and analyse ideas for new products or product enhancements

Cost estimating

Provide users with cost estimation tools for new products or enhancements

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## CAD (1)

CAD Models

Allows users to create new CAD models or import them from CAD systems

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## Collaboration (4)

Supplier alignment

Allows users to colalborate with suppliers and partners on product development projects

Communication

Include features such as chat that internal and external users can use to communicate

Development

Helps users and suppliers or partners colalborate on product development activities

Document Management

Allows user to collaborate on creating and managing documents and files

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## Product Data Management (2)

Product Metadata

Define and manage a taxonomy of product metadata that applies to the entire company

Data Quality

Manages the quality of the product data and ensures its up to date

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## Bill of Materials (1)

BOM management

Provide the ability to deliver product variations such as configure-to-order and engineer-to-order

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## Analytics (2)

Reporting

Provide users with the ability to report progress made throughout the product lifecycle.

Costing

Track product costs and costs related to design and development activities

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## Integration (1)

PIM

Integrates with Product Information Management (PIM) software

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## Generative AI (2)

AI Text Summarization

Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary.

AI Image-to-Text

Converts images into a textual description, identifying key elements.

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