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In industry, product lifecycle management (PLM) is the process of managing the entire lifecycle of a product from its inception through the engineering, design and manufacture, as well as the service and disposal of manufactured products.^[1]^[2] PLM integrates people, data, processes, and business systems and provides a product information backbone for companies and their extended enterprises.^[3]

^ Kurkin, Ondřej; Januška, Marlin (2010). "Product Life Cycle in Digital factory". Knowledge Management and Innovation: A Business Competitive Edge Perspective. Cairo: International Business Information Management Association (IBIMA): 1881–1886. ISBN 9780982148945.
^ "About PLM". CIMdata. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
^ "What is PLM?". PLM Technology Guide. Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2012.