Virtual Product Management Headstart program for ENOVIAvpm (virtual product model) from IBM (www.clearlake.ibm.com/mfg/pdm2) is designed to offer customers a quick assessment on the value of implementing the ENOVIAvpm Solution. In 90 days or less, customers get hands-on experience and begin to gauge how ENOVIAvpm can help them increase innovation in their product development process, and design more and better products.

With Virtual Product Management Headstart, customers get a first-hand experience in how to enhance their product development process. As many as eight seats of ENOVIAvpm are installed to enhance collaboration. Thirty days of onsite support are included with telephone help during the entire assessment period.

At completion, IBM works with the customer to evaluate the data and results. This information will be used to determine how effective ENOVIAvpm was and the development processes that benefited the most. Virtual Product Management Headstart is ideal for customers such as automotive, aerospace and other companies seeking to enhance their product development processes. The primary objective is to optimize end-to-end development of products.