Bluestar PLM: PLM Embedded in Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management

About This Solution

Bluestar PLM is a product lifecycle management application that runs natively inside Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management. It uses the same user interface and the same data model as Dynamics, so engineering, purchasing, manufacturing, and sales work from one set of product data.

Manufacturers in industrial equipment, automotive, and electronics use it to shorten engineering change cycles, prevent errors caused by duplicate data, and preview the cost and time impact of a change before it is released.

Key features

• Runs on the Dynamics 365 SCM database, with the familiar Dynamics look and feel
• Two-way CAD integration for items, BOMs, properties, 3D models, and drawings
• Integrated engineering change management with a cost and time impact preview
• Workflow automation, lifecycle states, and approvals
• Revision control, traceability, and BOM redlining to compare versions
• Configuration and variant management, classification, and parametric search
• Item-centric document management, a lightweight 3D viewer, and batch printing
• Multi-site support, and web access for suppliers and customers
• Approved manufacturers list

Why embedded PLM

Because Bluestar PLM is part of Dynamics 365, it needs no separate PLM server or database. Your own Dynamics resources can maintain and customize it, which keeps the cost of ownership down.

Who it is for

Discrete, electronics, and mechatronics manufacturers that run Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management, and the engineering, IT, and operations leaders who want engineering data and ERP data in one system.