PLM readiness checklist: connecting CAD, PDM and ERP before adding AI

A checklist for engineering and IT managers: what has to be in place in master data, release states and interfaces before an AI assistant can answer reliably from your CAD and PLM data.

What's inside

• Item master and numbering: one number, one owner
• Release states and revisions that mean the same in every system
• BOM structures for design and manufacturing, and the mapping between them
• Interfaces between CAD, PDM and ERP, and who triggers them
• Access rights an AI assistant has to respect
• A scoring sheet to rate your own landscape