Mars PLM Features

Provides a wiki to keep useful product documentation.

Provides a place for product users to interact and ask questions.

Provides a medium for users to make suggestions for the product.

Calculate NPS of customers

Measures the amount of work an employee can handle in a sprint.

Ranks the priority of a task.

provides a Kanban board to visualize tasks.

Enables the creation of custom workflows to facilitate various processes.

Predicts a products release based on the workflow.

Estimate or forecast of a future scenario based on the study of present trends

Arrange tasks based on the level of priority or urgency

Create human and material resources and categorize them based on skills and other criteria.

Monitor capacity in real time to track resource use and identify bottlenecks.

Allocate resources by matching capacity and demand, by project, team, or department.

Receive data and information in real time

Tracks the amount of time spent on a task.

Measures the progress of tasks within a product workflow.

Measures the cost of tasks and enables the allocation of budget to different projects.

Provides data on employee performance for gamification.

Reporting on how each user, task or process has advanced since its initiation

Track the status over time for a request, process, asset, or transaction

Track and document all activities across devices, networks, and other systems

Monitor task progress and planned accomplishments to better manage project status

Track the status and progress of tasks

Monitor the progress of projects from start to finish

Create, design and manage workflows for repetitive tasks

Forecast customer demand using historical insights and simulations

Monitors and tracks the physical status of goods and materials

Aggregates and centralizes data regarding product movement, materials management, and financial information

Generates reports that identify KPIs and other relevant metrics

Track the status over time for a request, process, asset, or transaction

Receive data and information in real time

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

Track product costs and costs related to design and development activities

Provide insights into product performance from multiple data sources

Provides comprehensive visibility and oversight into supply chain operations

Provides inventory scheduling and inventory management functionalities

Provides employee scheduling and employee management functionalities

Automates the tracking and recording of activities within the entire supply chain lifecycle

A record of all activities within the system, including user access, changes made, etc.

Organize and manage all processes/procedures involved in purchasing goods and/or services

Manage all supplier data and operations

Track and manage inventory levels to maintain proper supply

Track and manage adherence to policies for any service, product, process, or supplier

Create, send, and track purchase orders and their statuses

Plan, schedule, and execute organization's accounts and assets to ensure compliance with policies and laws

Captures invoice data and maintains comprehensive records for auditing and reporting purposes

Manage inventory, communication, marketing, orders & more across warehouses, stores and online channels

Create, design and manage workflows for repetitive tasks

Manage user accounts, profiles, roles, permissions, and other details across applications, devices or networks

Management of the flow of things between point of origin and point of consumption.

Track and facilitate returns of products sold

Manage and track customer orders for goods, investments, or any other purchases

Manage and track operations and inventory within warehouses

Negotiate best prices and choose the right vendor for various purchases

Management of inbound and outbound shipments in the context of international trade

Store, manage, and track all electronic documents in a centralized location

Manage and track orders being shipped to customers

Organize and track the physical movement of goods from one location to another

Maintain a single repository for all product data and manage access rights

Define product taxonomies, categories, and other types of classification

Manage multiple kinds of product metadata such as descriptive, administrative, and rights management

Tracks versions and changes, including options to check-in and check-out

Aligns product data from various sources such as ERP and PLM

Include workflows and approvals to define who is responsible for which type of data

Manages product data across its lifecycle phases such as as-designed, as-planned, and as-built

Monitor the performance of each resource by project, portfolio, or resource type.

Provide demand-driven forecasts to prepare and plan for future projects.

Identify misutilizations and provide suggestions to improve planning and scheduling.

Gather and analyse ideas for new products or product enhancements

Calculate the time to market for new products or improvements to existing products

Provide users with cost estimation tools for new products or enhancements

Deliver workflows that can be used by managers to approve or reject new products and features

Provides functionality to convert CAD models into bills of materials (BOM)

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

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

Helps users and suppliers or partners colalborate on product development activities

Allows user to collaborate on creating and managing documents and files

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

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

Tracks and audits versions and changes, including options to check-in and check-out

Manage the process of evaluating documents or requests submitted for approval

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

Bills of materials can be combined, merged, and nested to create multi-level BOMs

Manages BOM types such as manufacturing BOM (mBOM) or engineering BOM (eBOM)

Provide users with the ability to visualize the BOM in a 3D environment.

Graphical representation of data

Deliver workflows to approve or reject engineering change requests (ECR)

Allows user to manage changes to product configurations while maintaining the functional and physical attributes of a product throughout its lifecycle.

Create and manage engineering change orders (ECO) based on ECRs or from scratch

Manage the end-to-end lifecycle, from initial setup/development to deployment and maintenance

Plan, schedule, and execute organization's accounts and assets to ensure compliance with policies and laws

Capture, organize and track product-specific data and information in a centralized location

Create, manage and track all task activities and progression

Collect, organize, and track inventory/product data including item numbers, descriptions, etc.

Manage the end-to-end production process for manufacturing operations

Focuses on improving processes by collecting data and spotting bottlenecks or other challenges.

Plan and coordinate all the resources, costs and time needed to execute assignments

Create, design and manage workflows for repetitive tasks

Track and manage adherence to policies for any service, product, process, or supplier

Create, save, and store files

Overview of all programs that help compare initiatives, align projects with strategic goals and identify risk

Track and manage schedules and meetings via an integrated calendar

Collaborate on creating a product by sharing and adjusting designs through a shared portal

Enables creation, management, and tracking of product requirements & features during product production/development

Manage all supplier data and operations

Users can create virtual environments to test product characteristics

Analyse multiple simulations to determine product strenghts and weaknesses

Simulation results can be used to improve product design and development

Provide users with the ability to identify all functional needs of the product ahead of time and incorporate this information into each stage in the product development lifecycle

Ensures that all quality issues can be traced back to the root causes

Ensures compliance of items according to regulatory, safety, and environmental specifications

Integrates with manufacturing ERP solutions

Integrates with Product Information Management (PIM) software

Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary.

Converts images into a textual description, identifying key elements.

Use AI to generate content in the form of text, images, videos, etc.

Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary.

Converts images into a textual description, identifying key elements.

Use AI to generate content in the form of text, images, videos, etc.

Use AI to generate content in the form of text, images, videos, etc.

Create, manage and track all task activities and progression

Provides a channel for team members to share media files, communicate, and work together

Receive system updates as soon as any changes are made

Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems

Manage and track all stages of a product lifecycle, from its conception, design, development, and deployment

Manage and track all internal and external communication conducted via calls, email, text, or chat

Import and export data to and from software applications

Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities

Notifications that are delivered to users as soon as an event occurs

Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases

Process of planning, scheduling and executing the optimal and effective use of human capital across projects

Assemble applications and processes by dragging over and arranging pre-built components

Leave comments and notes on documents for others to view

Customize data fields to support various needs and use cases

Track and manage schedules and meetings via an integrated calendar

Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes

Create, design and manage workflows for repetitive tasks

Track and manage the scheduling of tasks

Enables creation, management, and tracking of product requirements & features during product production/development

Plan and coordinate all the resources, costs and time needed to execute assignments

An @mention is a way to tag or notify a specific person about a message/post

Ability to handle several projects simultaneously

Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns

Organize and schedule projects

Allow users to access multiple services after entering their login credentials once

Store and organize documents in a centralized system

A timeline for taking a project live that outlines what features should be operational at the go-live date

Visualize and analyze customer experience across all touchpoints and channels

A virtual assistant that uses AI to pursue goals and complete tasks on behalf of users

Visual representation of project's schedule, sequence and duration of tasks, benchmarks and dependencies

View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data

Manage, store and organize emails within the system or via third-party apps

A digital list of items that need to be completed

Gauge satisfaction and receive information for improvement and success

Specify or track the date/time a project, task, etc., is due for completion

Use AI to generate content in the form of text, images, videos, etc.

Identifying desired outcomes and important milestones and creating a plan on how to achieve them

Create, collect, discuss, improve, and evaluate insights or alternative thinking before starting projects

Receive data and information in real time

Iterative project Management approach that involves technologies such as Kanban, Scrum, XP, APF, XPM and more

Manage a detailed schedule of a product plan

Create, save, and store files

Protect sensitive data for digital privacy

Pre-designed project plans that can be customized

Collecting, analyzing, and utilizing feedback from users or customers to improve a product or service

Attach digital tags to documents and assets for identification, search, or monitoring purposes

Create, save, and re-purpose templates for emails, forms, etc.

Allow guests to view the software and interact with users

Graphical representation of data or processes

Automated or logic-based workflows that assist in the creation of electronic documents

Track what was updated, who made the changes, compare two revisions, and revert or perform another revision

A record of all activities within the system, including user access, changes made, etc.

Graphical representation of data

Create, save, and store files

Manage all supplier data and operations

Pre-designed layouts that can be customized to match preferences and requirements

Track and manage adherence to policies for any service, product, process, or supplier

Search and filter data across systems to locate required information by entering keywords or certain criteria

Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities

Create, design and manage workflows for repetitive tasks

Synchronizing data between two or more devices/systems and automatically updating changes to maintain consistency

Provides a channel for team members to share media files, communicate, and work together

A set of indicators that tracks the performance of networks, applications, systems, teams, etc.

Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes

A virtual assistant that uses AI to pursue goals and complete tasks on behalf of users

Store, manage, and track all electronic documents in a centralized location

Add customized logos and colors to align with company branding

Manage and support multiple languages

Material list of manufacturing parts and associated costs

Identify component attributes like servers, hardware, software, and manage relationships across all services

Create, save, and re-purpose templates for emails, forms, etc.

Track parts inventory levels and manage re-stocking

Create and manage digital catalog of products/services with their details, specifications, and price

Assemble applications and processes by dragging over and arranging pre-built components

Public or private sharing of digital files such as documents, audio/video, images, and more

Track and monitor efficient handling of all changes/transitions

Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns

Manage and edit content taken from multiple CAD sources and create an integrated single design

Intended to be used by manufacturers

Manage and store data in a database

Collaborate on creating a product by sharing and adjusting designs through a shared portal

Handles digital content throughout its lifecycle, from creation and storage to distribution and archiving

Import and export data to and from software applications

Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases

Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems

Manage and track all stages of a product lifecycle, from its conception, design, development, and deployment

Assign categories, labels, tags, or attributes to documents for organization, search and storage

Manage inventory, communication, marketing, orders & more across warehouses, stores and online channels

Collect and maintain structured information that describes data or content

Process to track, record, and analyze expenses that occurred over the entire duration of a given project

Enables creation, management, and tracking of product requirements & features during product production/development

Leave comments and notes on documents for others to view

Material list of manufacturing parts and associated costs

Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes

Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities

Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases

Store and organize documents in a centralized system

Set & manage permission levels based on user roles and restrict access to only authorized individuals

Import and export data to and from software applications

Track the status over time for a request, process, asset, or transaction

Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges

A virtual assistant that uses AI to pursue goals and complete tasks on behalf of users

Arrange tasks based on the level of priority or urgency

Reporting on how each user, task or process has advanced since its initiation

Monitor task progress and planned accomplishments to better manage project status

Provides a channel for team members to share media files, communicate, and work together

Customize data fields to support various needs and use cases

A record of all activities within the system, including user access, changes made, etc.

Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns

Assemble applications and processes by dragging over and arranging pre-built components

Process to track, record, and analyze expenses that occurred over the entire duration of a given project

Leave comments and notes on documents for others to view

Track and manage schedules and meetings via an integrated calendar

Manage and control operations that take place on the shop floor or factory floor

Organize and manage the accomplishments and development of employees or performance of applications or systems

Active monitoring of systems, applications, or networks

Tracking the status of previously identified performance measurements

Monitor and analyze the availability of resources to help plan and streamline the service delivery to clients

Addition of necessary external data, applications, tools, or features

Assemble applications and processes by dragging over and arranging pre-built components

Plan and coordinate all the resources, costs and time needed to execute assignments

Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities

Algorithmically generated suggestions based on user behaviors, preferences, or data patterns to enhance UX, productivity, or engagement

Provides a channel for team members to share media files, communicate, and work together

Monitor and maintain equipment used to manufacture and deploy products and services, and to reallocate assets where needed

Create, manage and track all task activities and progression

Visual representation of project's schedule, sequence and duration of tasks, benchmarks and dependencies

Reporting on how each user, task or process has advanced since its initiation

Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges

Method used in decision-making that allows businesses to input variables to forecast potential outcomes or possibilities

A virtual assistant that uses AI to pursue goals and complete tasks on behalf of users

Intended to be used by manufacturers

Active reporting of data and metrics

Access software remotely via mobile devices

Manage budgets, track and optimize spending and align capacity to workload demand

Develop potential scenarios to identify risks and opportunities

Archive of job costs for similar projects

Monitor product stock levels

View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data

Use AI to generate content in the form of text, images, videos, etc.

Measure and track time including hours worked and paid time off (PTO)

Process of planning, scheduling and executing the optimal and effective use of human capital across projects

Predict future data based on historical data sets

Assign available resources (human and/or non-human) to various projects and tasks

Estimate or forecast of a future scenario based on the study of present trends

Arrange tasks based on the level of priority or urgency

Search and filter data across systems to locate required information by entering keywords or certain criteria

Track the amount of time spent on a job or task

Create, design and manage workflows for repetitive tasks

Track employee skills, competencies, training & qualifications

Track the frequency of asset usage

Manage the process of evaluating documents or requests submitted for approval

Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems

Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes

Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns

Alter the layout and content of reports

Leave comments and notes on documents for others to view

Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases

Organize and schedule projects

Assign issues and tasks based on availability or required skills

Customize data fields to support various needs and use cases

Ability to handle several projects simultaneously

Log and record hours worked and costs spent to assist in billing and invoicing

Approve or reject incoming requests for resources based on need and user permissions

Import and export data to and from software applications

Track task progress, milestones, delays, or other key information and generate reports on them for evaluation

Monitor service demand and performance to plan for adequate resources that meet business needs

Notifications that are delivered to users as soon as an event occurs

Receive system updates as soon as any changes are made

Pre-designed project plans that can be customized

Store, manage, and track all electronic documents in a centralized location

Streamlining repetitive tasks and activities through automated and predefined workflows

A collection of customer information such as contact details, demographics, previous interactions, etc.

Search and filter data across systems to locate required information by entering keywords or certain criteria

Scan barcodes to ensure accurate pricing and label tracking

Manage the process of receiving, preparing, and delivering orders for goods/products

Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases

Provides a channel for team members to share media files, communicate, and work together

Workflows that help acquire inventory, issue purchase orders and receive and store items in required quantity

View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data

Material list of manufacturing parts and associated costs

Built-in accounting to manage ledger, accounts payable/receivable, financial reports, etc.

Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes

Transfer of data from one computer system to another

Maintain and control the stock level of inventory

Manage and support multiple locations

Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities

Alter the layout and content of reports

A virtual assistant that uses AI to pursue goals and complete tasks on behalf of users

Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges

Generate quotes or estimates for customers

Use AI to generate content in the form of text, images, videos, etc.

Track and document all activities across devices, networks, and other systems

Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases

Track and manage schedules and meetings via an integrated calendar

Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns

Collecting, analyzing, and utilizing feedback from users or customers to improve a product or service

A virtual assistant that uses AI to pursue goals and complete tasks on behalf of users

Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes

Manage, organize, and store contact information

Reporting on how each user, task or process has advanced since its initiation

Notifications that are delivered to users as soon as an event occurs

Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities

Manage and track all internal and external communication conducted via calls, email, text, or chat

Connect with meeting participants remotely over video

Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges

Provides a channel for team members to share AI models, media files, communicate, and work together

Store, manage, and track all electronic documents in a centralized location

Customize data fields to support various needs and use cases

Assemble applications and processes by dragging over and arranging pre-built components

Access software remotely via mobile devices

Store and organize documents in a centralized system

Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems

Digitally share screen view with others

Create, save, and re-purpose templates for emails, forms, etc.

Handles digital content throughout its lifecycle, from creation and storage to distribution and archiving

Create, manage and track all task activities and progression

Add customized logos and colors to align with company branding

Public or private sharing of digital files such as documents, audio/video, images, and more

Pre-designed project plans that can be customized

Protect sensitive data for digital privacy

Move files across different systems or networks

Securely stores data to prevent data loss or breaches

Track revisions and updates made to files and navigate between different versions

Specify or track the date/time a project, task, etc., is due for completion

Communicate using direct chat or messages within the system

Leave comments and notes on documents for others to view

Create, save, and store files

Plan and coordinate all the resources, costs and time needed to execute assignments

Track and manage the scheduling of tasks

Track the status over time for a request, process, asset, or transaction

Attach digital tags to documents and assets for identification, search, or monitoring purposes

Organize and schedule projects

Track the status and progress of tasks

Arrange tasks based on the level of priority or urgency

Monitor task progress and planned accomplishments to better manage project status

Assign issues and tasks based on availability or required skills

Online forums/groups where users can ask questions, share ideas, best practices, etc.

Allow users to access multiple services after entering their login credentials once

Create, collect, discuss, improve, and evaluate insights or alternative thinking before starting projects

Visual representation of project's schedule, sequence and duration of tasks, benchmarks and dependencies

Manage a detailed schedule of a product plan

A digital list of items that need to be completed

Process of planning, scheduling and executing the optimal and effective use of human capital across projects

Allow guests to view the software and interact with users

An @mention is a way to tag or notify a specific person about a message/post

Preview and make real-time changes in the web content

Enables creation, management, and tracking of product requirements & features during product production/development

Group collaboration to solve ideas in a productive and concentrated manner.

Graphical representation of data or processes

Iterative project Management approach that involves technologies such as Kanban, Scrum, XP, APF, XPM and more